Relay mounts

Hi All,
I am trying to think about what to do with relay switches for accessories (like lights) that I might want to add. Specifically, I have an auxiliary power tray setup:



This is the Overland Equipped auxiliary power tray.

I have seen a couple of products that look like you could mount maybe three relay switches to them. However, they appear to mount to the mounting point the auxiliary power tray uses. I also saw someone who appears to have drilled into their body to mount a relay switch (indicated with the red arrow below):


My question is does anyone have any ideas for relay switch mounting? Even the ones I have found that used the aux power tray mount would only mount I think three switches. Has anyone every drilled into their body as the last pic appears to show? How well does that work (the sheet metal seems kind of thin to me).

Thanks.

 

Pretty basic, but I just mounted a plate off those two threaded bolts on the inside of the fender, and then mounted relays to that. You could easily extend that piece out to accommodate extra relays.

 

But to do that, you used those pre-existing bolt holes in the body, right? I have used those for my aux power tray.

 

One thing that is a shame is all of the unused real estate that is the top of the OEM fuse box

 

Depends on how many relays.

Four or less - use a cheap rack and find a way to kludge it into your tray.

More than that, use a relay box.

I did the opposite. I kludged my block onto my relay rack.

 

I may go with the OE Auxilliary Power Kit also since it is just right for my application compared to the PowerSwitch that I also see online with way too many banks that I don't need. I am prepping to install a pair of LP4s and a transceiver and I am thinking that this may be the right way to do it.

 

https://caliraisedled.com/products/2005-2020-toyota-tacoma-4runner-bolt-on-relay-holder

Can hold four relays and be used with existing holes that your power tray uses. See last photo in the linked post.

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads...3rd-gen-today.399305/page-12312#post-27930513