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Matt
| | Posted on Monday, November 04, 2002 - 10:50 am: | 
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I am looking to add an IPF rear roofrack light to my Disco. What is the best way to hide the wire running from the light itself to the front of the Rover? Any other hints would be great |
Mike B.
| | Posted on Monday, November 04, 2002 - 11:08 pm: |
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I ran my wires along the bottom bar of the roof rack all the way to the front. I used zip ties to hold it in place. I used heat shrink on the wires to make it look neat. I ran the wires down the front A Pillr and into the engine compartment. Here is a link to the wiring of my lights:
http://www.discocrazy.org/roof_rack_lights.htm
Sorry, the article is mostly about wiring the front lights.
Thanks,
Mike B. |
Jerry Crawford (Jcrawford)
| | Posted on Tuesday, November 05, 2002 - 07:46 pm: |
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Mount the work light on the top of the door instead of on the roof rack and you can conceal the wire in the frame of the door. The bracket is fairly simple to fabricate - take a look at worklight bracketat the bottom of the page. The plans and instal are there free for anyone to use but I may start marketing this in the future. |
Carter Simcoe (Carter)
| | Posted on Tuesday, November 05, 2002 - 07:50 pm: |
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Yeah, but when you mount it on the door the light is no longer aiming behind the truck when you are trying to do something back there with the door open. |
Jerry Crawford (Jcrawford)
| | Posted on Tuesday, November 05, 2002 - 08:20 pm: |
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think outside the box man. you mount the light so it swivels on the bracket (or close the door). If you mount the bracket right the work light will rotate about 180 degrees - only limited buy the length of the ground wire. Even my prototype turns about 45 degrees in both directions and I made that one up in about ten minutes just to take concept pictures. The next one I make will have a longer lamp platform so the light doesn't hit the bracket as it turns. |
Jack (Olered)
| | Posted on Tuesday, November 05, 2002 - 08:24 pm: |
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I mounted mine on the rack. I ran the wiring down the back and into the rear door. I was able to get a good ground in the rear and I ran the wiring through the inside under the trim. It looks nice and clean. I zip tied the wires on the rack. It may sound messy but it's really clean looking. |
Carter Simcoe (Carter)
| | Posted on Tuesday, November 05, 2002 - 08:35 pm: |
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Closing the door doesn't help if you are doing something back that requires access to the interior. Swiveling the light is just one more useless thing to mess with when you could just as easily mount it on the rack, it isn't that hard to run the wires in the door. I think mounting it on the door is a good option for those without racks but it makes no sense if you have that great mounting point up there. Just my opinion. |
Jerry Crawford (Jcrawford)
| | Posted on Tuesday, November 05, 2002 - 08:39 pm: |
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..OK, we agree the roof rack might be the better option for some, the question was what to do with the wires and I just gave the guy an option. |
Carter Simcoe (Carter)
| | Posted on Tuesday, November 05, 2002 - 09:21 pm: |
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And I just gave him a draw-back to your option. As for what to do with the wires Jack has the right idea if you ask me. |
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