Romantic bed lighting installed

[myoung84]

Finally got my LED strip lights in yesterday and got them installed last night!

White 120 CM LED Waterproof PVC Strip Night Light Bulb | eBay

I fabbed up a bracket for the switch out of a strip of aluminum I had laying around. For power, I tapped into the 12V wire at the trailer plug and ran straight to the switch, then ran a single power wire to the passenger side light. Didn't use a relay since these draw almost no power at all. I grounded each side separately with a small self tapping screw hidden behind the bed rug. I used 14 gauge wire for everything, which is extreme overkill, but I had a couple of spools of it already. Something in the 18-22 gauge would be better. For light adhesion, I used some Loctite double sided tape that claims 100 lbs of holding power per roll and is good in the heat. This stuff is super sticky and the lights should never fall. They are brighter than I thought they would be and really light up the bed at night. They will come in handy when trying to tie down my ATV at night.

Here are some pics, I'll try to get a better night time pic this evening.

 

[07BlueRam]

Looks good how easy was the install

 

[wermbang]

Looks pretty good

 

[myoung84]

Thanks! Install was not too bad really, it's kinda nice working on the padded bed rug! This took me a little over an hour but I wasn't rushing. Mounted the switch, ran the wires, stuck on the lights, then soldered the light wiring to the truck wiring.

 

[quietpeen]

awesome....BedRug FTW!!!

 

[The Assassin]

Nice! That's a bed I'd like to get in!:********:

 

[myoung84]

Nice! That's a bed I'd like to get in!:********:

Not with me you're not!

 

[The Assassin]

That hurt my feelings lol

 

[bigbadram1500]

^^^ lol

Lighting looks good.

 

[myoung84]

Lol.:********:

Thanks Wendy!

 

[KGBIGCOUNTRY]

Looks good, and deff make sure you keep Dan out of the back of that thing. You will be washing it for days.

 

[wermbang]

^^probably would be best just to throw out the bed rug, sand down the box and repaint

 

[KGBIGCOUNTRY]

Can Line-X repel most STDs?

 

[myoung84]

Only when mixed with bleach!

 

[0212353]

spiffy lights!

 

[reefguy89]

nice i have those same lights sitting in my room waiting to install them. was going to tap them into the cargo light but might just do it like your instead.

what wire did you tap into that is constant 12volts?

 

[ROKTMAN]

That looks great man.

 

[myoung84]

I tapped into the constant 12v wire on the 7 pin trailer plug. If you don't have a factory 7 pin you will have to run a wire back there from the battery.