Hey everyone,
Well I've seen alot of thread showing how people wired their lights on their roof racks. Some chose the hole through the roof method, some chose down the door method and some chose down the lift gate method.
Personally I couldnt stand the thought of drilling a hole through my roof and then accidently screwing up, although it would look very clean which I like. I also thought that having a bulk of wires running down my drivers door wouldn't look good either.
So I went with the lift gate method.
This is my guide for you guys being such a big help to me. This install is not extremely difficult but if you get frustrated easily, this install may not be for you.
Here we go.
1)Tools & Supplies needed:10mm Socket wrench
13mm Socket wrench
13/16 socket wrench
Standard Philips Screwdriver
Wire stripper & crimper
Electrical tape
Zip ties
Wire loom tubing
18 guage butt splices (or whatever size your using)
150 feet 18 guage wire (or whatever size your using
2) First disconnect the negative wire from your battery
3) Mount your roof rack on your car (if its not already) and then mount your fog or driving lights to your mount that attaches to your rack.
4) Strip about 1/4th of the wire off from your positive and negative wires coming from your lights and your 18 guage wire. Using the butt splices connect +/+, -/- (duh) Next, roll out about 20-25 feet of wire then cut it. Do this however many lights you have, i.e I had 4 lights so i needed 8 butt splices and 100 feet of wire.
5) Now for the disassemly. Start by opening your lift gate and removing the 4 screws around where the door locks.(pic coming) Then remove 1 screw on the left of the ceiling holding the vent in place. Next remove your spare tire (if you have one) unscrew 2 screws near the left side rear seat belt
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Once all screws are out remove panel above the rear lift gate shock (pic coming)by simply pulling on it and it will pop out. Next, move to the left rear door and using a 13/16 socket wrench unscrew the bolt that holds the seat belt in place
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Then remove panel around the seat belt slider, which in the picture above is right behind it. Use the same method as the last panel, pull and pop.
Once you get the panel off there will be a screw, which you need to take out.
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Now right in the middle of the plastic foot panel inside the car there is a screw which also needs to be taken out.
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You can now take off the entire panel that covers the left rear tire
6) Now that you have that off, next remove vent on the outside of the car.
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There will be a small hole already there, which you can use to run the wire through.
7) Finish wiring and zip tying up the roof rack and cover the wires with wire loom tubing
8) Start to one by one push your wires into that hole and by reaching up through this part
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you can grab hold of the wires and string them through. Once all wires are strung through, leave a little slack on the outside for some adjusting.
9) Next start to run your wires through this
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Then start wiring them like this
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10) Now it is time to remove the rear passenger seat and using you 10mm socket wrench remove the bracket that hold the seat in place (pic coming)
Well I've seen alot of thread showing how people wired their lights on their roof racks. Some chose the hole through the roof method, some chose down the door method and some chose down the lift gate method.
Personally I couldnt stand the thought of drilling a hole through my roof and then accidently screwing up, although it would look very clean which I like. I also thought that having a bulk of wires running down my drivers door wouldn't look good either.
So I went with the lift gate method.
This is my guide for you guys being such a big help to me. This install is not extremely difficult but if you get frustrated easily, this install may not be for you.
Here we go.
1)Tools & Supplies needed:10mm Socket wrench
13mm Socket wrench
13/16 socket wrench
Standard Philips Screwdriver
Wire stripper & crimper
Electrical tape
Zip ties
Wire loom tubing
18 guage butt splices (or whatever size your using)
150 feet 18 guage wire (or whatever size your using
2) First disconnect the negative wire from your battery
3) Mount your roof rack on your car (if its not already) and then mount your fog or driving lights to your mount that attaches to your rack.
4) Strip about 1/4th of the wire off from your positive and negative wires coming from your lights and your 18 guage wire. Using the butt splices connect +/+, -/- (duh) Next, roll out about 20-25 feet of wire then cut it. Do this however many lights you have, i.e I had 4 lights so i needed 8 butt splices and 100 feet of wire.
5) Now for the disassemly. Start by opening your lift gate and removing the 4 screws around where the door locks.(pic coming) Then remove 1 screw on the left of the ceiling holding the vent in place. Next remove your spare tire (if you have one) unscrew 2 screws near the left side rear seat belt
Once all screws are out remove panel above the rear lift gate shock (pic coming)by simply pulling on it and it will pop out. Next, move to the left rear door and using a 13/16 socket wrench unscrew the bolt that holds the seat belt in place
Then remove panel around the seat belt slider, which in the picture above is right behind it. Use the same method as the last panel, pull and pop.
Once you get the panel off there will be a screw, which you need to take out.
Now right in the middle of the plastic foot panel inside the car there is a screw which also needs to be taken out.
You can now take off the entire panel that covers the left rear tire
6) Now that you have that off, next remove vent on the outside of the car.
There will be a small hole already there, which you can use to run the wire through.
7) Finish wiring and zip tying up the roof rack and cover the wires with wire loom tubing
8) Start to one by one push your wires into that hole and by reaching up through this part
you can grab hold of the wires and string them through. Once all wires are strung through, leave a little slack on the outside for some adjusting.
9) Next start to run your wires through this
Then start wiring them like this
10) Now it is time to remove the rear passenger seat and using you 10mm socket wrench remove the bracket that hold the seat in place (pic coming)
