Finally installed my bed lighting

Squirrel1270 · Sep 10, 2019

I finally got around to installing my bed lighting. Purchased from www.yitamotor.com https://www.yitamotor.com/products/...r-chevy-silverado?_pos=1&_sid=93fc114b8&_ss=r (I know it says for Chevy Silverado but it still works.)

Connected to aux switch purchased from 4th gen electronics. Love it!

Iron Outlaw · Sep 10, 2019

That's a good deal. Do you think it is bright enough for a camper topper?

Squirrel1270 · Sep 10, 2019

They’re pretty bright. Lights up my bed with a black spray in liner. I was quite surprised how well they work.

JB1 · Sep 10, 2019

Looks great

crash68 · Sep 10, 2019

Iron Outlaw said:
Do you think it is bright enough for a camper topper?

If you have a topper, you may want to consider adding the LED strips that are adhesive backed like this:

It lights up my entire bed like daylight, very nice to have when up north hunting.
My Leer top had a single light that I tapped and added a separate switch. The LED strips are from superbrightleds.com

Squirrel1270 · Sep 11, 2019

crash68 said:
If you have a topper, you may want to consider adding the LED strips that are adhesive backed like this:View attachment 179659
It lights up my entire bed like daylight, very nice to have when up north hunting.
My Leer top had a single light that I tapped and added a separate switch. The LED strips are from superbrightleds.com

Those look good. The Yitamotor lights are also adhesive backed.

Badger 13 · Sep 11, 2019

Looks great and gives you the light you need. Was your switch panel from 4th gen electronics a plug & play install ?

Squirrel1270 · Sep 11, 2019

Badger 13 said:
Looks great and gives you the light you need. Was your switch panel from 4th gen electronics a plug & play install ?

Thanks. The switch panel is plug and play, sort of. It comes with a relay box with relays, fuses and wires with slide connectors for each switch. You have to run the wires through the firewall and secure it inside the engine compartment. The instructions recommend using self tappers to connect it to the firewall but I mounted it to the top of the fuse box. Plenty of room. The hardest part was getting the wires through the firewall. I used a wooden skewer and some 550 cord. Other than that it was pretty easy to install. First 2 switches are hot all the time, the rest need the key.

Pull Ya · Sep 11, 2019

Looks good!!!
Jay

Badger 13 · Sep 12, 2019

Thank you sir, appreciate the information. I have and use a "wire insertion tool" for getting wires through rubber boots on firewalls. It has a hollow shaft with a kind of cutting end on it. Poke it through the rubber, and run the wire through the hollow handle, then remove the tool.

Squirrel1270 · Sep 12, 2019

Badger 13 said:
Thank you sir, appreciate the information. I have and use a "wire insertion tool" for getting wires through rubber boots on firewalls. It has a hollow shaft with a kind of cutting end on it. Poke it through the rubber, and run the wire through the hollow handle, then remove the tool.
View attachment 179835

Awesome idea. The only problem I had was there were 2 seperate connectors that had to be pushed through the hole. I didn't want to dismantle them and make sure I got all the pins back in the right places.

Badger 13 · Sep 13, 2019

I hear that, but hey sure work good for getting single wires through.

madtrucker2016 · Sep 13, 2019

nice job looks bright, One question did you put a switch in the bed of the truck so you don't have to go back into the cab to turn the lights on

Squirrel1270 · Sep 13, 2019

madtrucker2016 said:
nice job looks bright, One question did you put a switch in the bed of the truck so you don't have to go back into the cab to turn the lights on

Thanks. I didn't put a switch in the bed.

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