Thread: Driving lights on roof rack

Allan,
at some point you are going to have to drill, so the wiring can enter the cab. Personally I would prefer it not to be on top of the roof. For the rear work light I would enter in the back flat part of the roof near the washer nozzle, easy to get to. Good grommets will do the trick. As for the front lights you could follow the snorkel down and enter in the front panel or into the engine bay.

Hi Allan,

I would make up a neat wiring loom, protected with split tube, to service all lights on the roof rack and fit it snuggle.(you might be able to go internal through the rack)

Then as suggest by Craig go internal down through the snorkel, sealing as you go of course, to the engine bay. Use a water proof connector between the rack and snorkel.

From the engine bay, follow the factory wiring loom (on the near side of the motor) to underneath and into the battery box.

No drilling - nice and neat

Cheers

The lights I had on mine were run down the snorkel and out the pipe at the bottom

5mm dual core all covered with a long bit of shrink fit will fit just snuggly inside the gutter

I'll try and find a photo tonight

Thanks all.

Allan

Personally - just drill the holes. One at the rear and one at the front. Use the marine grommets - the one;s you can get from BCF or any marine store. The are a three piece design and more waterproof than any Defender ever was


Cheers
Chris

I'm with Chris....

Start drilling!

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Entreq in Germany make a low profile plug especially for roof rack lights, very handy as you can take the rack off complete with lights if needed. Unfortunately you will still need to drill holes.

Schnellkupplung flach

which ever way its done, i would certainly use good quality plugs, will just make life so much easier down the track if you need to unhook for any reason.
by the way, what kind of lights will you be useing, H.I.D, L.E.D, led strip ????

cheers
muddy