Big Terry
Senior Member
Hey guys, got a new project in the works that involves adding additional lighting to the truck, and figured I would ask before I started drilling holes and snipping wires.
So I am adding a headache rack with auxiliary brake lights/turn signals, and Black Oak light pods and a light bar. There will be other lights involved in the near future (on back order) but the answers I hope t get now should clear up the rest.
So, lets start with the rack lights. LED turn and brake. I am assuming I can just chase the harness and splice into the existing brake/turn with no ill effect? My truck is an 18 Bighorn 2500, I have swapped my factory bulbs with LEDs already and I did have to use ALFA to change them all to LED to eliminate the light out messages. I presume adding additional LEDs in the circuit should be a non-issue? Correct me if I'm wrong.
Next is the Black Oak LED pods and bar. Their instructions say to run right off the battery; I prefer to have them powered through the ignition if possible, so how might I go about this and not cause canbus issues? Each light comes with a relay that I was hoping to run from the PDC under the hood. Possible, or not so much?
There are more lights and a winch in the future but I'll deal with those as they present themselves. I appreciate whatever help you more electrically-minded folks can offer.
So I am adding a headache rack with auxiliary brake lights/turn signals, and Black Oak light pods and a light bar. There will be other lights involved in the near future (on back order) but the answers I hope t get now should clear up the rest.
So, lets start with the rack lights. LED turn and brake. I am assuming I can just chase the harness and splice into the existing brake/turn with no ill effect? My truck is an 18 Bighorn 2500, I have swapped my factory bulbs with LEDs already and I did have to use ALFA to change them all to LED to eliminate the light out messages. I presume adding additional LEDs in the circuit should be a non-issue? Correct me if I'm wrong.
Next is the Black Oak LED pods and bar. Their instructions say to run right off the battery; I prefer to have them powered through the ignition if possible, so how might I go about this and not cause canbus issues? Each light comes with a relay that I was hoping to run from the PDC under the hood. Possible, or not so much?
There are more lights and a winch in the future but I'll deal with those as they present themselves. I appreciate whatever help you more electrically-minded folks can offer.
