Wiring in a 50" light bar - where to run the wiring??
12-09-2014, 06:55 AM
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Any of you guys running 50" bars, have you ever done comparison pics between Rigid and cheap Chinese bars? I put a cheap one on mine, and it definitely throws out a ton of light, but are Rigids actually worth it?
12-10-2014, 03:49 AM
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I'm not sure about the cheap Chinese bars but I have had my FCK 40 inch light bar beside my friends rigid 50 inch and I thought that the 40 inch put out more light.
12-10-2014, 05:33 AM
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So I finally pulled the trigger on a 50 inch light bar, and expect it to arrive within the next couple of weeks. However I'm curious as to how people are wiring these in. I'm running Trailskinz pillar mounts (same as Poison Spyder, and most of the others out there), and they're fairly tight to the A Pillar, so I highly doubt I could fit the wiring behind the pillar mount. The only other option I see is to run it into the cab between the freedom panel and window frame. Once inside, I can just run it behind the paneling into the engine bay to my sPOD. However this doesn't exactly seem like a good idea. Especially as we get winter up here, where temps from Nov-Mar are always below 30f/0c. I fear ice making it's way into the cab with this option - however if I can't come up with anything else, I might just try it.
12-11-2014, 09:05 AM
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I have the eautogrilles mount for a 52" lightbar (both from ebay). I removed the outer black wire sheath about 6" from the lightbar. Snaked them under the mounting brackets (it is tight, but it will work), and used gorilla glue duct tape to "resheath" the wires at the bottom of the mount. Wires were fed under the cowl to the sPod. Tightened the mounting bolts on the A pillar and cowl. No issues after about a year.
Anyway I'm planning on re-wiring it in with 10g. But I don't think I could get 10g under the mount the same way (it's pretty tight with the 12g. Will see.
11-12-2017, 06:41 PM
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Bump... because I'm looking at a 52" LED Light Bar from Light Bar Supply and want to know how to run the wiring. If the wiring is too thick to fit under the mounting bracket, what do you do?
11-13-2017, 10:56 AM
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Most the time those just come with a little pig tail and don't have this thick loom that travels all the way down. You can always splice and solder wire that will fit under the bracket. to get it down the a-pillar.