Roof rack light HELP

[jayssut]

Hey every one i just bought some roof rack lightes off of kijiji and I called the dealer and they can't sell me a plug for them any one have any ideas or should I  hard wire them in off of a toggle switch?<img src='http://www.canadianhummerclub.com/forum ... #>/huh.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='???' />???



please help lol



thanks Jon

[dwaxman1]

what roof lightning kit did you buy? After Market or OEM?

[BrokenPlay]

My H2 came with factory lights on the rack and a factory switch on the roof mounted console up front.



The switch that is used...Lordco autoparts has some that are a close match. They have a large and small one. The small is almost the exact size as factory. It is a round low profile rocker switch with a square base. Uses a yellow/orange led. Lordco has this plus one in green, red, and blue.



The lights, you can do several things with wiring. If you will be permantly mounting the lights so that they are not made to come off with out effort, I would solder all connections outside and have them wrapped in flooded heat shrink tubing. This tubing has a type of sealant in it, heat activated and seals tight when cooling. Your connections will never oxidize through this.



If you want your lights to remove, then I would go with any type of marine application quick connectors. Lordco again has some of these.



And remember with your lights, use relays that your switches activate and the relays handle the lighting power.

[dwaxman1]

if you can see the red and blue switch, I installed these to support my fog lights on the brush bar and also my over hear lights as I bought both of them off Kijiji too, I didn't have the factory switches so I got these off of Ebay, they light up and look great.



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The wiring I did with Weather Proof Marine Quick Disconnect connectors off of Ebay too and other wiring... they all work out great and light up fine..



Let me know what other solution I can help you with..

[BrokenPlay]

Aw likez da purdy blew reedin lawhts yer gotz beelo dem dar switchers.  <img src='http://www.canadianhummerclub.com/forum ... >/grin.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=';D' />



What is that beside your switches? Looks like a lighted level guage or do you have musical airhorns?

[dwaxman1]

it is a level gauge, been close to the 40 already a couple of times....



These are my blue disco lights, i actually swapped out all my interior lights for Blue LEDs, ALL of them.. I love it!

[BrokenPlay]

hmmmm..that is a cool idea. Are you finding these lights off Ebay as well? I can't seem to find a lot of goodies in BC

[dwaxman1]

this is the guy that I bought all mine from, here in in Canada...



http://shop.ebay.ca/merchant/maple125_W ... omZQQ_mdoZ

[jayssut]

hey thanks everyone I think I might try and hard wire the lights in with a toggle switch and relays but I tried calling the dealer I bought it off of to see if they can get my the wiring I need to do it proper

[dwaxman1]

I may actually have a wiring harness for the over head light but which model is it? the same as mine?



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