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Light bar install

I dont have a complete how to on the install process of putting the light bar on our trucks. I do have some pics of how mine is on the truck and if anyone has questions i am will to help with answers. I know there some other guys on here that have them that can chime in (redneckstone).

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this is the pic of the non gutter mounts and it also shows you how i mounted my bar on to it too. I also recommend changeing the out the tamper proof bolts they strip real easy

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this after i put the weather striping back to hide it and get a weather tight seal




and thats a video with all my lights on playing around

and ps if this is posted in the wrong place can one of the mods change it
 
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looks good i want one so bad but haven't gotten one yet
 
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Hehehe.....
 
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Did you guys order that CARR bar?
 
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Hehehe.....
FAIL!!!
 
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Did you guys order that CARR bar?
no both of ours are KC bars...
 
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Damn I really like that KC bar but it's discontinued everywhere.
 
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dang stone like it hehe but that's just a photoshop right????? and if not y did u decide for the front of the cab not the back
 
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dang stone like it hehe but that's just a photoshop right????? and if not y did u decide for the front of the cab not the back
its not photoshop and its not really attached its just sitting on the channel lol
 
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lol ok but would u put it more towards the front of the cab or at the back again???
 
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I would put it closer to the front or at least in the middle of the roof.. Less to get in the way of lighting up the ground.

Do you have any full truck shots with the light bar on?
 
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Originally Posted by BananaEdge
lol ok but would u put it more towards the front of the cab or at the back again???

middle so it would be at the same spot as it was on the silver truck not much glare on the hood and did its job...



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I would put it closer to the front or at least in the middle of the roof.. Less to get in the way of lighting up the ground.

Do you have any full truck shots with the light bar on?
there is no need for having the bar up front to light up the ground thats what bumper lights are for lol.. thus the lights that will be on my WAAG here in the spring lol... plus 4 150W lights do a damn good job lol
 
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Sorry im lost howd you get the wires in the cab?
 
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Sorry im lost howd you get the wires in the cab?
only wire you need in the cab is the switch wire no need to run power wires in the cab those go in the engine bay i have pics of the wiring here somewhere give me a min...
 
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hurry up stone i want to see it
 
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not of wiring i am going threw 8 photobuckets i found these too...


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I drilled the bar and used the grommets the holes where not there before..

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How Christian ran his:


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how i ran mine:


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threw the inner fender right into the engine bay




just for fun

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that is a sweet pic
 
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*** yea I love it.

That's sick I really want one. It's supposed to be my late x-mas gift =D
 
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Love the idea I just hate how high they sit up off the roof.
 
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What is that? Is that where you ran your wires?

 
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Looks sick but not a fan of drilling in to my cab
 
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yea thats where i ran the wires. There was a whole there where they added the extended cab on the back of a regular cab i am geussin and it just worked our perfect. Alll i had to do was make the hole a little bigger to slide the wires through and then siliconed it back up and while it was wet put the weather strip back on so it would help seal it. ill try and get better pics this weekend.
 
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so are those kc bars for the ranger or f-150's cut to size?? what the model number?
 


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