"ya I'm not a big attachment guy"...has a 6 inch lift, bigger tires and rims, aftermarket tow mirrors, bullbar, and this video is about putting a light bar on haha that kills me...thanks for the video rather than that tho
way easier way to run the wire through the firewall there is a little rubber gasket that goes through and you can push through there instead of going outside the door area
This was SUPER helpful brother. 11pm at night over here getting it all installed thanks to you man! Amazing tutorial! Thank you for sharing with all of us! 🙏😎💯
Thanks for showing me how to install this exact light which I just bought. I'm night blind and going through the Eisenhower/Johnson tunnels on I-70, which are 1.7 miles long each way, is absolutely terrifying. Since traffic is one way in each tunnel, this will get me through the tunnels safely without killing me or my fellow drivers. There are lights in the tunnel, but they are so filthy and weak, they might as well not be there for me being night blind. I was surprised at the number of comments from those who try to make themselves feel good by making others feel bad by complaining about running the switch wire through the door seal rather than through the firewall. This light is not a fixture on the space shuttle and I sure am not going to drill a hole through the firewall of my car. I'll do it just like you did it. It will work fine and you know the saying, "Perfection is the enemy of good enough". Thanks again!
Does the built in fuse box for the light prevent it from draining the battery since it's directly connected to the battery? I'd like to get the ditch lights and the light bar but I don't want them to suck my battery dry.
Man, I want to start by thanking you for sharing this video. I have bought an E350 4x4 Van with a long 50inch light bar on the top. I recently bought the same wiring harness as the one you used and was having seconds thoughts if I could wire the light bar on my own or not. This video convinced me and helped me do it on my own.
I have been wanting to install one of these, but didn't know how to route the switch. Thanks for the tutorial. It makes it totally easy now. Great job 👍
I ran mine to a switch under my hood and connected my power and ground to my fog lamps so when I turn on my fog lamps from inside the truck it will also turn on my light bar and if I don't want it to I just throw the switch under the hood and I can continue to use my fog lights without the light bar
So glad I found this video. I'm about to add a light bar and grill guard on my van. I was wary about bolting to my vehicle. This is a great idea mounting it on the grill guard.
Why are you so afraid to touch the truck? That switch should’ve run through the firewall. If you hate the look of “accessories” why did you go with a stick-on switch? If you want it clean, do it right. Hard wire it to an OEM style dash switch.
With all due respect, we don’t need info about the lights or truck. This should have been a 3 minute video. Thanks anyway, had to bear through all the BS but it helpes
You call yourself “truck master” but you lack the knowledge of how to route a wire through the firewall? You have mastered nothing son. And why on earth are you talking tile this is a cheesy infomercial?
I installed one on my f150. Works great just where it connection is way to short since my battery is on the passenger side I have to reach all the way over to turn on and off
The thing that sucks about that is I have that exact same thing mounted on the front of my truck (I don't know what they are called sorry) and I wanted to mount a 24'' bar there but thats where my dale earnhardt license plate is and that aint comin off so I just got a 42'' and mounted it on top of the cab
Truck Master Yeah exactly, I was a little hesitant at first for drilling holes in my cab but then I thought about: "I installed a cab visor and drilled multiple holes, whats the difference of a few more". I like it though I use it when I'm getting outta the woods from hunting and fishing I hunt and fish right till dark most times and it's better than my high beams on my truck. Plus I use it on back roads sometimes unless theres traffic
hey so i just bought one and im trying to wire it without the harness to see how bright it is and when i plug it into the battery it only lights up one quarter of the bar. any help?
It probably wont kill the battery, but yes it should be off when the lights are not in use. Also don't run your wires through the door jam or fenders. With the car door opening and closing they have the potential to be pinched which could later cause a short.
Wow ...You made a great vid and should be franchised...no kidding...great explanation, tagged major issues with the harness mounting made the product, a gotta have accessory. Thanks and it took a bit of latent feer of screwing up the first time for a guy at 70 to do a first. Have a new/used hybrid and huge battery source for light...or marine epower and maybe run a boat for a while once I get the harness and release mechanism assembled. Happy Trails
I’m 16 I have a 08 2500 vortec and I got one of these light bars and had no clue how to install it but I got it all done in like 35 minutes with this video thanks
I installed a 42" lightbar to my car and it blew up my coil packs and mechanics are saying I have to run another battery because it pulls too much current and starvs the electronics so I guess it's different when you run a small lightbar XD
I have a rough country bull bar on my Silverado 1500 Z71. It's an 04' so I have the same body style. I appreciate this video man. Helped me a ton with my install. My bull bar came with two rubber grommets for the pre drilled light bar holes. Helped with fumbling with the bolts. Lol. I'm a bull in a China shop but again thank you so much for the video!! Keep em coming bro!
+Benjamin Masters they bolt to the frame so its sturdy but it's not going to do anything to protect your bumper if you hit something, the push bar is very light
These lights would not be legal in probably any state for highway driving. I'm just using it to get through some very dark tunnels about 2 miles long on I-70 that I travel now and then. The tunnel lighting is terrible and I'm night blind, so this light bar will help. It's one way traffic in the tunnel, so I probably can away with using them for a few minutes. I go through in the daytime, but the tunnels are darn near pitch black to my old eyes.
My install is not that easy with no removable grommets nor adjustable slider brackets. Sad face emoji. Guess I'm busting out the drill to bust through the metal bracketing somewhere.
Thanks. Good video. I think the only thing I'm going to do before I do this is use RTV on the light bar. I saw another video with how to take these apart and do that, just in case. Mine, same brand, came with a plug that doesn't mount like yours in the video does. It's the round kind. But I just checked and the other plug seems to attach to the wire, so I might swap them.
wow that's really bright, i just ordered a 12" nilight bar to mount on my polaris outlaw 525 irs quad lol. i think i wanna get a few bars for my truck now!
Couple suggestions. One dont wire through the door jam. two is possible use the accessory wire (typically brown) coming out of the steering hoist. This way when you turn off the truck the lightbar will turn off as well.
So I have one similar to this and where you attach the positive wire to the battery, it’s not big enough to go over my terminal. Any thoughts of what to do to get it on there?
Thanks for making it so simply an installation. I found a rubber cover on the left hand side where one of the A/C hose goes trough and stuck it in there so that the rubber on the door doesn't get worn out and also to keep the water from going inside when is raining hard.
+Carlos Lemus thanks for the comment I wish I could go back and fix the video but since then I ran the wires through the rubber grommet on the driver side firewall
Danky Dank it has two options to wire it up. Option 1 allows you to connect it to the ignition switch so the light bar switch will only work if your ignition is turned on and the red light will be off if your key is off. Option 2 is direct wired which allows you to turn the light bar on whether your ignition is turned on or off. And the little red LED light pulls less amperage then the memory in your radio.
hey Austin, this is the link to the wiring harness, hope it helps. www.amazon.com/Nilight-Wiring-Harness-Switch-Included/dp/B0142WXJEU/ref=sr_1_3?srs=8085031011&ie=UTF8&qid=1478505043&sr=8-3&keywords=wiring
"ya I'm not a big attachment guy"...has a 6 inch lift, bigger tires and rims, aftermarket tow mirrors, bullbar, and this video is about putting a light bar on haha that kills me...thanks for the video rather than that tho
Those are stock mirrors for that truck
Those are all bolt ons accessories. The lightbar may require some drilling tho
@@colbyfey2215 I believe those are 07-13 tow mirrors. I could be mistaken. It is a very very common mod for cateyes
@@luketrinke4667 my brothers 02 had them on from factory
😂😂
way easier way to run the wire through the firewall there is a little rubber gasket that goes through and you can push through there instead of going outside the door area
Tim thats what i did it was much easier
Tim The thing that's difficult on that is for my truck it's really hard to get to from under the hood so I did the same thing he did
not if you drive a 2015 chevy 2500 its a bitch firewall
Or at least put it inside the door rubber seal.
It’s likely the water will drain down into the fuse panel
Looks like that bumper bar is a "bit" loose, make sure to tighten that too!
Waay too much flex in that bar when he was adjusting the light bar
@@THEGAMEX21 yea mine bolts to the frame and is super rigid, you can rock the whole truck with it
Wiring through the door jam,and duct tape? I guess if a job is worth doing,it's worth half-assing.
Lol I was thinking that when I seen that , talk about jury rigging ! LOL
When you have a factory grommet you can run the lights through
Gave him 20 feet of wire and he chose the shortest path
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Never met a guy who uses duct tape that i didnt like..if you use the silver tape for dryer vents..your also on a different level
This was SUPER helpful brother. 11pm at night over here getting it all installed thanks to you man! Amazing tutorial! Thank you for sharing with all of us! 🙏😎💯
Thanks
I’d go through the firewall. Less chance of crimping or breaks. It looks cleaner too.
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Drinking game: Take a shot every time he says "actually".
I actually did this and actually died.
@@IAMBIGSPOON09 I actually was gonna comment this but somebody actually beat me to it
the light bar fit your bumper so well!
That bull bar is Soo loose tho
Thanks for showing me how to install this exact light which I just bought. I'm night blind and going through the Eisenhower/Johnson tunnels on I-70, which are 1.7 miles long each way, is absolutely terrifying.
Since traffic is one way in each tunnel, this will get me through the tunnels safely without killing me or my fellow drivers. There are lights in the tunnel, but they are so filthy and weak, they might as well not be there for me being night blind.
I was surprised at the number of comments from those who try to make themselves feel good by making others feel bad by complaining about running the switch wire through the door seal rather than through the firewall. This light is not a fixture on the space shuttle and I sure am not going to drill a hole through the firewall of my car. I'll do it just like you did it. It will work fine and you know the saying, "Perfection is the enemy of good enough".
Thanks again!
Does the built in fuse box for the light prevent it from draining the battery since it's directly connected to the battery? I'd like to get the ditch lights and the light bar but I don't want them to suck my battery dry.
This is actually the BEST Nilight installment video on TH-cam.
Man, I want to start by thanking you for sharing this video. I have bought an E350 4x4 Van with a long 50inch light bar on the top. I recently bought the same wiring harness as the one you used and was having seconds thoughts if I could wire the light bar on my own or not. This video convinced me and helped me do it on my own.
+Kudro Rico awesome man I'm glad I can help
Thanks, Santa just got me one on AMZN.
Probably the best video on how to instal a light bar ! Solid video my brother !
I have been wanting to install one of these, but didn't know how to route the switch. Thanks for the tutorial. It makes it totally easy now. Great job 👍
I just put mine on. Works great. Thanks so much. Excellent instructions
Thanks buddy this was very helpful. I'm gonna be putting one on my Chevy blazer lt.
did the same thing on my bro's old truck. check out the video!
+JW Montoya awesome video
I ran mine to a switch under my hood and connected my power and ground to my fog lamps so when I turn on my fog lamps from inside the truck it will also turn on my light bar and if I don't want it to I just throw the switch under the hood and I can continue to use my fog lights without the light bar
+christopher smith awesome I will have to look into that on my set up
Truck Master I just didn't want to add anything to my cab I like things simple in there
So glad I found this video. I'm about to add a light bar and grill guard on my van. I was wary about bolting to my vehicle. This is a great idea mounting it on the grill guard.
Thanks brother ! Great video
It took me 10 seconds to remove the foam between the cab and engine bay. You saved 5 of those seconds here lol
Thanks for the video. Putting my eBay special on my pilot after work.
The red wire is to small of a hole to mount to the red terminal on the battery, how else could I attach it to the battery?
Maaf..mengikut pengalaman saya dengan led bar,sesuai letak ditempat yang tinggi untuk mendapat hasil yang bagus👍🏼😬
Why are you so afraid to touch the truck? That switch should’ve run through the firewall. If you hate the look of “accessories” why did you go with a stick-on switch? If you want it clean, do it right. Hard wire it to an OEM style dash switch.
your greatman. you made it look plain and simple
So I got my wiring harness kit today... and the black cable I’m supposed to ground is about 4 inches long 🙃
ShadyPlays at least it’s long enough to splice lol
With all due respect, we don’t need info about the lights or truck. This should have been a 3 minute video. Thanks anyway, had to bear through all the BS but it helpes
You call yourself “truck master” but you lack the knowledge of how to route a wire through the firewall? You have mastered nothing son. And why on earth are you talking tile this is a cheesy infomercial?
I installed one on my f150. Works great just where it connection is way to short since my battery is on the passenger side I have to reach all the way over to turn on and off
The thing that sucks about that is I have that exact same thing mounted on the front of my truck (I don't know what they are called sorry) and I wanted to mount a 24'' bar there but thats where my dale earnhardt license plate is and that aint comin off so I just got a 42'' and mounted it on top of the cab
+RebelRanger01 at least it worked out
Truck Master Yeah exactly, I was a little hesitant at first for drilling holes in my cab but then I thought about: "I installed a cab visor and drilled multiple holes, whats the difference of a few more". I like it though I use it when I'm getting outta the woods from hunting and fishing I hunt and fish right till dark most times and it's better than my high beams on my truck. Plus I use it on back roads sometimes unless theres traffic
Thanks for taking time to share. Easy to follow instructions. AAA+++
My mad why did you tie the black lead ( negative ) to your frame?? That’s supposed to go to the battery
Would this light work on a tyger bull grill for a '18 silverado ltz z71... I believe it would.
Here’s a great explanation of installing a light bar th-cam.com/video/1q4wZqys0l0/w-d-xo.html
hey so i just bought one and im trying to wire it without the harness to see how bright it is and when i plug it into the battery it only lights up one quarter of the bar. any help?
Are the extra two leads on the switch for a second Bar on same switch?, just black tape them off?
Really, you are spelling the product name...get off you tube you are wasting time.
I know it’s old video , but is the red light supposed to remain on on the light switch ? Won’t it drain the battery ?
It probably wont kill the battery, but yes it should be off when the lights are not in use. Also don't run your wires through the door jam or fenders. With the car door opening and closing they have the potential to be pinched which could later cause a short.
Wow ...You made a great vid and should be franchised...no kidding...great explanation, tagged major issues with the harness mounting made the product, a gotta have accessory. Thanks and it took a bit of latent feer of screwing up the first time for a guy at 70 to do a first. Have a new/used hybrid and huge battery source for light...or marine epower and maybe run a boat for a while once I get the harness and release mechanism assembled. Happy Trails
Thank you 👍
i like nice n thick
+Serjio Blockus thanks!
That’s what she said
n i c e a n d t h i c k
no lock washer? how the hell do I float the washer the way you should, and still get the nut up in there,
Couldn’t you just connect the BLACK ground to The BLACK BATTERY TERMINAL. ?
if you did not have a chassis ground ????
Thanks for video.
+1 subscriber. I wanna install one on my 96 Silverado
How is light bar so far? thinking about buying on whats ur opinion on the light bar so far would it be worth buying still?
Yes definitely
I was on the fence about it but I’m getting one for my semi truck my lights are shit thank you
How far are the holes on your bull bar where you put on the light bar? The two holes on my brush guard are close to 20".
Great video! Automotive electrical can be intimidating.
So cool ya ima get one
My roads here are nasty and dark and I will have to drive em every morning and night
Ventrac I'm sick of your ad. Just mow the damn slope already and quit telling me about it. I'm not buying your machine.
Don’t buy the horn it junk. They stole my video
I’m 16 I have a 08 2500 vortec and I got one of these light bars and had no clue how to install it but I got it all done in like 35 minutes with this video thanks
Awesome glad it worked out for you 👍
Thank you for video. Really helped me figure out what needed to be done. Im running it to a roof rack though so bit different running of the wires
This would help me but the holes are too wide to work this way from factory.
I installed a 42" lightbar to my car and it blew up my coil packs and mechanics are saying I have to run another battery because it pulls too much current and starvs the electronics so I guess it's different when you run a small lightbar XD
Una pregunta porque El negativo no quedo conectado a la bateria
I have a rough country bull bar on my Silverado 1500 Z71. It's an 04' so I have the same body style. I appreciate this video man. Helped me a ton with my install. My bull bar came with two rubber grommets for the pre drilled light bar holes. Helped with fumbling with the bolts. Lol. I'm a bull in a China shop but again thank you so much for the video!! Keep em coming bro!
+Ricky Creason thanks for the awesome comment take care man
how well do these pushbars/bullbars work? if i were to use my truck to push something would the brackets break? idk how sturdy they are
+Benjamin Masters they bolt to the frame so its sturdy but it's not going to do anything to protect your bumper if you hit something, the push bar is very light
I finally broke down and ordered one for my daily driver/beater 1992 k1500 lol. I had no idea it was that easy. Thanks for the video!
i wanted one for my atv, but will i need to buy a wire kit for it too? i couldnt figure out how that worked in the product description.
Anyone els realize why he got the push bar for free?
Does the link u have for the light bar include everything u need to install it or did u have to buy stuff separate ?
To anyone who is planning to buy this THE PACKAGE DOES NOT COME WITH THE WIRING U NEED !!!
Since the switch is red when not moving, is this draining the battery?
I have a 04 ran 1500,can i mount this to my bumper?
Nice truck. Great video, thanks.
Are these legal to have? I have a 2000 cord f150 with crap lights, this would help a lot
These lights would not be legal in probably any state for highway driving. I'm just using it to get through some very dark tunnels about 2 miles long on I-70 that I travel now and then. The tunnel lighting is terrible and I'm night blind, so this light bar will help. It's one way traffic in the tunnel, so I probably can away with using them for a few minutes. I go through in the daytime, but the tunnels are darn near pitch black to my old eyes.
Did anyone mounted this on a golf cart ?
My install is not that easy with no removable grommets nor adjustable slider brackets. Sad face emoji. Guess I'm busting out the drill to bust through the metal bracketing somewhere.
That bar is gonna do nothing in a crash. It wobbles so much
Thanks. Good video. I think the only thing I'm going to do before I do this is use RTV on the light bar. I saw another video with how to take these apart and do that, just in case. Mine, same brand, came with a plug that doesn't mount like yours in the video does. It's the round kind. But I just checked and the other plug seems to attach to the wire, so I might swap them.
i got a 20 inch bar like that and i,m not sure about the fuse box part ? whwre do i plug it in? tips required plz !!! :D i'm new to this
Just put that on my 2014 grizzly 700
wow that's really bright, i just ordered a 12" nilight bar to mount on my polaris outlaw 525 irs quad lol. i think i wanna get a few bars for my truck now!
Exactly what I am going to do to my Ram 2500 and Chevy Colorado but using a remote activated relay. instead of a switch. Thank you.
It looked like a supernova when he turned on the light bar
I like the job it will help me all the way ❤ thank you
I assume it won't matter if my battery is in the trunk?
im not sure if any of you can help but I looked up both of these and i cant find the wiring kit and what do i do with the fuse
I'm an electrician. I'm not doing it that clean. Ha
Thought you said properly installed?
Great job very helpful appreciated sir
Hey man is it fine if the red dot stays on all the time?
Couple suggestions. One dont wire through the door jam. two is possible use the accessory wire (typically brown) coming out of the steering hoist. This way when you turn off the truck the lightbar will turn off as well.
Great explanation, but if you're in the middle of nowhere I would like just the lights and no engine noise.
Where can I buy the extra wiring?
So I have one similar to this and where you attach the positive wire to the battery, it’s not big enough to go over my terminal. Any thoughts of what to do to get it on there?
I thought the black wire connect to the battery too
I just hook mine to the high beam in the fuse box
How did you get the + on the front post battery
Thank you very much was very damn helpful for me to go and hook my bar up thank u very much
Thanks no problem
What kind of wiring and switch was used?
Couldn’t you just run the ground on to the negative terminal on the battery cuz that’s what it is a ground......??
Wire routed outside the seal heading directly for the fuse panel - check. Let's go mudding.
Thanks for the video, I couldn't for the life of me figure out how the bar mounted to my nudge bar.
Did it come with that switch or did you buy it?
what a pain in the ass to mount it on my bullbar
Thanks for making it so simply an installation. I found a rubber cover on the left hand side where one of the A/C hose goes trough and stuck it in there so that the rubber on the door doesn't get worn out and also to keep the water from going inside when is raining hard.
+Carlos Lemus thanks for the comment I wish I could go back and fix the video but since then I ran the wires through the rubber grommet on the driver side firewall
Truck Master thanks for making the video man there is no need to go back but if you ever do take me with you jajaj
Pretty sure I’m the directions it says to run the black wire on the negative terminal on the battery and that cube is why you ground out 🤣
Good run thru. Only thing, why not run the harness through the firewall for a cleaner install. Other than that thank you.
Does the red light stay on on the cab ? And if so does it drain the battery?
If you wire it correctly the red light is off when the LED bar is off.
Danky Dank it has two options to wire it up.
Option 1 allows you to connect it to the ignition switch so the light bar switch will only work if your ignition is turned on and the red light will be off if your key is off.
Option 2 is direct wired which allows you to turn the light bar on whether your ignition is turned on or off.
And the little red LED light pulls less amperage then the memory in your radio.
what kind of wiring harness is that
+Austin Vandeberg not sure it came with the nilight but I'm sure it's the nilight wiring harness
hey Austin, this is the link to the wiring harness, hope it helps.
www.amazon.com/Nilight-Wiring-Harness-Switch-Included/dp/B0142WXJEU/ref=sr_1_3?srs=8085031011&ie=UTF8&qid=1478505043&sr=8-3&keywords=wiring
super simple but super helpful answered everything I needed lol
Mine not working 😪
@@alexmilburn1315 could be a bad plug or the light could be bad, you can test the light on a drill battery