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Old Feb 9, 2015 | 11:18 PM
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I just placed my order for 2 50" light bars from EZ lightbars and I was wondering how people have ran the wires from the roof to the battery, if you have any experience with this and pictures please chip in with tips!
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Old Feb 10, 2015 | 12:39 AM
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Your gonna need custom brackets made,p
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Old Feb 10, 2015 | 12:49 AM
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I ran my wiring through the window seal/rain channel. I would highly recommend going this route vs drilling a hole through the roof or RVT ing it down the side of the trim.. Maybe you can see in the picture how i ran it.
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Old Feb 10, 2015 | 08:24 AM
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Originally Posted by 02_Black_On_White
I ran my wiring through the window seal/rain channel. I would highly recommend going this route vs drilling a hole through the roof or RVT ing it down the side of the trim.. Maybe you can see in the picture how i ran it.
so could I just tuck the wires under that weather seal strip and where did you run it into the engine bay?
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Old Feb 10, 2015 | 08:30 AM
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so could I just tuck the wires under that weather seal strip and where did you run it into the engine bay?
you can run it through the weather strip on the window. Under it and you might see it, the weather strip basically empties out right at the front fender corner so i just snuck it across. Simple, hidden, and neat.

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Old Feb 10, 2015 | 10:39 AM
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Originally Posted by 02_Black_On_White
you can run it through the weather strip on the window. Under it and you might see it, the weather strip basically empties out right at the front fender corner so i just snuck it across. Simple, hidden, and neat.
if you could post a couple pictures that'd be great, just so I can have a reference
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Old Feb 10, 2015 | 11:51 AM
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Here ya go. You can see if you look close enough in the first picture the wires coming out of the seal.
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Old Feb 10, 2015 | 05:42 PM
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Originally Posted by 02_Black_On_White
Here ya go. You can see if you look close enough in the first picture the wires coming out of the seal.
thank you!
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Old Feb 11, 2015 | 12:09 AM
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I've also seen on here where a few guys took some gmc/Chevy roof brackets for the door jamb and made them work? Could someone help me with that or tell me the guys names so I can ask them about it?
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Old Feb 11, 2015 | 12:14 AM
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Originally Posted by Connor97
I've also seen on here where a few guys took some gmc/Chevy roof brackets for the door jamb and made them work? Could someone help me with that or tell me the guys names so I can ask them about it?
it works on supercrews and single cabs. You'll want 07-13 Chevy 1500 mounts from rough country. They will work without any modification. Here's a pic
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