Wiring Extra Lights?

[LRDisco94]

I have four Hellas on my roof rack, how do i run them to power with out going into the roof or have a ugly mess of wires running down the side of my truck ? any suggustions would be helpful

[bruinlad]

Run the wireloom behind outer trim of the A pillar on the front passenger side. It's closer to the battery. Don't forget to add an option to enable you disconnect the harness on the roof lights from the point where the wires go through the A pillar. This way you can take off the rack without unplugging the connectors from the back of the lights themselves. Make sure you get one of those weatherproof connectors for that.

[Funrover]

Check this out........

So how did you wire your roof light?

[keptin]

http://discoweb.org/forums/showthrea...ghlight=pillar

http://www.discoweb.org/forums/showt...ht=rack+lights

http://www.discoweb.org/forums/showt...ht=rack+lights

http://www.discoweb.org/forums/showt...ht=rack+lights

Two ways that I have seen, drill through the A pillar and wire down, or drill through roof and wire though there. I would choose A pillar, both can be done and turn out clean, but the A pillar method is easier.

[DiscoRick]

be carfull on the pilliar they are a pain in the arse to get back on!! do it when its warm and try and be carfull. or you will have black duct tape on them like me.

[LRDisco94]

Thanks Lots of info im gonna have to examine my rover...going through the factory roof bars could be a good idea....is the pillar hollow ?

[keptin]

Not sure if its hollow hollow, but its hollow enough to get those big wires through it.

[RageRover]

I wish mine could be that neat. I wired mine in 20 degree weather and quite frankly, it looks like s@#t. When it gets warmer, i'll try to whip out the soldering gun and go to town.

[LRDisco94]

Do you put a gromet or silicone at the top were you make the hole? or does it matter if water gets into the pillar ?

[keptin]

I would use a gromet, just make sure its a tight fit....for both the wires (inside) and the outside of the gromet. If the wires leave a gap, I would probably wrap them tight in electrical tape where they lead into the gromet to try to make them as circular as possible (to fill the center of the gromet). If there space between the wires then I would use a bit of silicone or something to take up the slack.