After seeing a few posts of people installing LED light bars i decided i would undertake this adventure. I purchased a budget LED bar here 40 Inch CREE S-Series - Lineside LED. Light seems strong and service was great. Advice on this light bar. Since you are mounting it behind a grill and its a combo light you will lose a lot of spread on the light. I would contact Eric who is a great guy and ask him to add a few more spot reflectors to your bar. Feel free to call his as hes very nice to talk to and can offer great advice. If you have any questions that i did not cover feel free to PM me.
This system was great, easy to install, and was affordable on the budget i wanted to pay.
Things you will need before you start.
(2) 1/4" x 20 x 2" Grade 8 Allen head bolts and 1/4" x 20 Nylon Lock Nuts (What i used you don't have to) ** DO NOT USE THE NUTS SHOWN ON THE LEFT, I MADE THAT MISTAKE**
(14) 1/8" thick Washers. Two extra in case you lose one.
You will need these as the light bar has to be raised to sit evenly in the grill section.
First you want to remove you grill from the truck. Its very easy, but make sure you pull towards your body and not up to the Sky. Once exposed you will see the black where you want to mount to.
You want to mount the bracket as far back as possible with still getting a good mount. This is subjective as the brackets are moveable on the light bar and location can change on the black frame mount. I believe i did the brackets roughly 2 1/2" from the edge of the bar.
Once drilled mount the bracket. Mount the bracket. I used a total of 6 1/8" washers to get the desired height. You could use probably 1 - 2 more to get it perfectly centered.
Once both brackets are mounted you will slide your light bar in to the brackets from the left side of your truck. Loosen the light height adjustments and slide it on in.
You could get away with an 1/8" or 1/4" more.
Time to start the wiring harness. This harness provided was very easy and very straight forward. Hardest part about this install was the getting the switch connector through the firewall rubber. You will need a coat hanger and razorblade. Make a cut in the rubber on both sides, tape your switch wiring for the switch to the coat hanger and go. This probably took my 2 hours and it was being very stubborn and the wiring is pretty large. Once its through go through the harness zip tying everything up and you should be done.
Unfortunately my night shots are bad as they are with my phone so it automatically adjusts the light and the location was bad. The light bar is very bright.
Low Beams
High Beams
High Beam + Light Bar.
This system was great, easy to install, and was affordable on the budget i wanted to pay.
Things you will need before you start.
(2) 1/4" x 20 x 2" Grade 8 Allen head bolts and 1/4" x 20 Nylon Lock Nuts (What i used you don't have to) ** DO NOT USE THE NUTS SHOWN ON THE LEFT, I MADE THAT MISTAKE**
(14) 1/8" thick Washers. Two extra in case you lose one.
You will need these as the light bar has to be raised to sit evenly in the grill section.
First you want to remove you grill from the truck. Its very easy, but make sure you pull towards your body and not up to the Sky. Once exposed you will see the black where you want to mount to.
You want to mount the bracket as far back as possible with still getting a good mount. This is subjective as the brackets are moveable on the light bar and location can change on the black frame mount. I believe i did the brackets roughly 2 1/2" from the edge of the bar.
Once drilled mount the bracket. Mount the bracket. I used a total of 6 1/8" washers to get the desired height. You could use probably 1 - 2 more to get it perfectly centered.
Once both brackets are mounted you will slide your light bar in to the brackets from the left side of your truck. Loosen the light height adjustments and slide it on in.
You could get away with an 1/8" or 1/4" more.
Time to start the wiring harness. This harness provided was very easy and very straight forward. Hardest part about this install was the getting the switch connector through the firewall rubber. You will need a coat hanger and razorblade. Make a cut in the rubber on both sides, tape your switch wiring for the switch to the coat hanger and go. This probably took my 2 hours and it was being very stubborn and the wiring is pretty large. Once its through go through the harness zip tying everything up and you should be done.
Unfortunately my night shots are bad as they are with my phone so it automatically adjusts the light and the location was bad. The light bar is very bright.
Low Beams
High Beams
High Beam + Light Bar.