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5th January 2016, 12:13 AM
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Mounting LED light ideas please-Update: Mock-up done
I just received two led lights which I thought to mount it on the roof bars for camping purposes.
if any of you had a similar or different setup using LED's can you please advice/post a pic which I may make use of the ideas.
Thanks with regards,
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Last edited by MyGU8; 7th January 2016 at 08:43 PM.
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5th January 2016 12:13 AM
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5th January 2016, 08:54 AM
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Patrol God
I'd personally mount them under the bar in that spot. Get them lower oand more protection
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5th January 2016, 09:34 AM
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Good point Westy, thanks.
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5th January 2016, 01:39 PM
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Patrol God
X 2 with underneath,,, well protected
04 ST 3lt auto, not enough Mods to keep me happy, but getting there
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5th January 2016, 03:50 PM
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My plan is to bring the wire along the centre pillar and through the existing wire grommets to the dash area.
But I will need a good wide sticky tape to achieve this.
Is there anything for this or is there a better way to do the wiring. The only thing I am worried about taking the wire through the door is water ingress during pressure washing.
I have two of these lights which I am planning to fix on both sides. Is there a switch I can operate light1, light2, and both lights? Like a 4 way switch?
Thanks
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5th January 2016, 06:21 PM
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Patrol God
You can pull the door trim out and run it along the
channel under those step plates that simply snap on
I have wires running down the B pillar into the Patrol
just go easy where the wires enter when you wash it.
GQ or GU ??
I use either the yellow plastic from chip board flooring
or a straightened out coat hanger to "snake" wire through
difficult areas
Last edited by threedogs; 5th January 2016 at 06:24 PM.
04 ST 3lt auto, not enough Mods to keep me happy, but getting there
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6th January 2016, 01:03 AM
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Thanks for the suggestions TD, Mine's a '12 GU. I run my RCA wires for the amp on passenger side step trim so I am fairly familiar with the setup. I noticed the second row door's electrical going through a rubber grommet through the middle pillar but fairly closer to the floor so I need to bring the wires from the roof bars to almost closer to the floor, if I can workout something to stick the wires to the pillars it would be a neat hidden setup as I noticed the pillar is almost always hidden from view. I will see how I go and surely will post a HowTo once finished.
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6th January 2016, 09:19 AM
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Patrol God
Sounds good you could run an on/off/on carling switch.
Would those telecom antenna wire [brackets work]
They are square about 25mm x 25mm with
tape on the back you hold the cable in place with a
small cable tie
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/100PcsSel...4AAOSw2s1UtKV3
04 ST 3lt auto, not enough Mods to keep me happy, but getting there
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7th January 2016, 08:37 PM
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Led floodlight mock-up install
Hi All,
Just did a mock-up of my led floodlight installation.
I used 40x40 steel section (not sure what they are , but that's all I had in my shed).
Hoping to use the same size 3mm thick aluminium angle section for the final.
I like to have the aluminium section to looks professional, not sure how I am going to achieve this with simple tools.
What are your thought on the installation guys/gals.
Thanks with regards,
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7th January 2016, 09:19 PM
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Patrol God
I'd just drill a hole threw the bar and bolt threw.
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