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Old Aug 10, 2011 | 02:29 PM
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I wouldnt mind seeing the wiring diagram for this. I have the same problem with my Tri-Fecta cover, cant see into the bed at all at night.......
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Old Aug 10, 2011 | 03:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Pyo05
I wouldnt mind seeing the wiring diagram for this. I have the same problem with my Tri-Fecta cover, cant see into the bed at all at night.......
I don't know about a "wiring diagram". You can look at this link for an install guideline I did a long time ago, but basically you wire the lights onto the gray wire with a purple stripe found in the driver's side kick panel. Super easy.
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Old Sep 29, 2011 | 04:25 PM
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Old Sep 29, 2011 | 04:27 PM
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its real simple:
Light negative grounded to body or to battery.
Light positive ran to either an existing light or a switch.
If ran to a switch, run a wire from the switch to the battery.
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Old Sep 29, 2011 | 05:28 PM
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I just picked up a couple tent lights and stuck them on either side. No hassle of runnign wires. But nowhere near as bright as yours. It looks good!

Here's what I have but I bought them much cheaper online http://www.canadiantire.ca/AST/brows....jsp?locale=en
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Old Oct 17, 2011 | 12:35 AM
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I used a slimline underbody light kit from ledunderbody.com and they are a strip of LED encased in a clear tube and sealed. They fit perfectly under the rail attached with nylon ties.

The kit comes with two 48" strips and two 36" strips which wire up in series with a push on/off switch. I used the two 48" strips under the rails so far, and plan to put one of the 36" in the tool box and the other under the hood (I ordered an extra switch for that).

I wired to the license lights, so they are on with running lights. They don't look super bright against the black Linex in the pictures below, but are plenty bright for at night. Here are some pictures:







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Old Oct 17, 2011 | 10:06 AM
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That's a great deal! I like that it runs the entire length of the bed more than the pods I got with my kit.
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Old Oct 17, 2011 | 12:53 PM
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nice install!
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Old Oct 17, 2011 | 03:41 PM
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Another way to do this...and save some $$$...is to go buy some cheap LED fog lights from autozone. Mine cost me $20 plus the switch. Not bad for a half a days work and less than $30.

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Old Jun 21, 2014 | 10:44 AM
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I bought 8' roll white leds on ebay.15:00 put two 4' strips on a 1"2 wide 4' long L shaped pc of aluminum under bed rail. Ran wire to the battery so it would be hot all the time. a momentary switch mounted to tailgate support to turn on lights when gate opened. close it lights go off. Also mounted togle switch so day time u can turn them off. Don't have worry about opening doors or hit fob to turn on parking lights. love it.
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