Fire and Ice LED Light Bar (Spoiler Mounted)

[Roz]

First off, I want to thank Stinkeroni for "donating" to the cause. The ignorant SOB suprised me with a nice Recon Fire and Ice LED Light Bar at the Spring PCB GTG. He wouldn't accept payment or anything. He just wanted me to install the thing successfully and report back. All he did want was a little suck-n-blow action. . . :dontknow: :hahaha:

Secondly, I want to thank Scott (azpyroguy). I needed some advice as how to disable to "running" lamp feature of the light bar and he came through with a simple solution in a very timely manner. Thanks!! :congrats: :rock:

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Now that we got that out of the way. . . . I've had this F&I Light Bar since the Spring GTG, and I finally got around to installing it. It was a two-night & 10 beer process!

The first night I had to modify the Light Bar so it could be adhered to the underside of the spoiler. This included removing the spoiler (shhhhh - don't tell anyone I took the spoiler off!) and drilling a hole in the tonneau (shhhhh - don't tell anyone I did that either). I got the Light Bar adhered to the spoiler on the first night.

The second night consisted of running the wires in a fashion where they wouldn't be visible plus be able to still use (shhhhh - I don't seriously use my truck) the tonneau/bed without the wires getting damaged. Lastly, I modified the Light Bar so the "running" feature was disabled. I've always loved how the light bars look, but never cared for how they stay constantly lit when the tail-lights are on. I just wanted mine as a 3rd brake-light. Scott hooked me up and told me all I had to do is cut one wire. Viola! Running lamps disabled!! I also chose not to make use of the reverse lamp feature. I only did this cause I ran out of time. I will go back and get this working because I plan to completely tint my tail-lights and it will be nice to still have some usable reverse lights.

Here's the pics!! (and video)

Edit: You'll have to wait til tonight for pics/video. I thought I had my thumb-drive with me. I apparently do not. (Sorry!)

 

[EMT/SRT]

Oh the suspense! That is a great idea! I have had the idea for a while but it was with Whelen emergency LEDs. I just didn't have the $$$ to buy enough to go all the way across the wing. I added some LEDs to my emergency arsonal yesterday. Of course my camera phone won't catch how fast they flash but they are just as fast as strobes. Here is a video, unlike some people! I can't wait for the vid Roz!

 

[Venom Power]

and drilling a hole in the tonneau (shhhhh - don't tell anyone I did that either).

YOU DID WHA??????? Ahh, no worries. I didn't like how the double sided tape method worked when I tried installing mine below the tailgate earlier this year. So I sort of permanently installed it using a method similar to what you mentioned..

:afraid:And in fear of getting kicked in the backside, that's ALL I'm going to say about that.

 

[lukedovichak]

lets see some pics of vid of this i think it would look cool!

 

[tsmith3]

Hurry up with the pics already.

Which wire did you disable to kill the running lights? I would like to disable mine as well.

When you tint your tailights you could cover up just the back up light portion so you have some lights:dontknow:

Here is how I did mine...

 

[Roz]

OK ok. Here's the vid - as promised!!! . . . .

 

[black pearl]

Great job:rock: :rock: :rock:

 

[EMT/SRT]

That looks awesome, Jimi! You got any day time shots of it?

 

[blackviper]

Cool!!!!

 

[Brat]

Very very cool.

 

[FATJACK]

You ought to see it in person, really looks great. (the wire ties all the way across the wing look kinda odd though)

 

[SRT10VENOMOUS]

did you just stick the lights on or did you sink them into the wing so they are flush and not stuck out in the open?

 

[Yellow venom]

Excellent idea,looks great,would love to see some day pics of the install!

 

[MYTRAM]

DITTO!!

 

[Roz]

did you just stick the lights on or did you sink them into the wing so they are flush and not stuck out in the open?

Thanks for the replies y'all. :rock:

Like Jack said. I had to wrap wire ties all the way around the spoiler. . . LOL! I had to trim the "tab" off the light bar with a dremel then sand it smooth. I used 49" 3M Double Sided Emblem tape. I'll get some day-tim pics for yuns today when I get home. You can barely tell it's there - unless you're looking for it.