I recently bought a set of the Harbor Freight LP6 knock-offs and decided to purchase an Auxbeam Panel for the switches.

Started by watching this video, which recommended riveting the panel to the firewall. Cool. No problem.



I bought that Harbor Freight Rivet gun I've wanted and guess what? When I test fit that sucker, the hood hits the box. FML.



I have a manual, so I didn't have any great options for mounting the box, which is why I've created this post. Hopefully, it helps some of the other five speed homies.



While I could have mounted the box on the passenger side, I wanted the power run to be as short as possible. Turns out, there was plenty of space between the battery and the frame.



Another angle. There's about an inch from the battery to the six gang box. I used a factory hole for one side AND used my new riv nut gun to affix the other side.



Now, I've already routed a couple of wires through the firewall grommet, so I chose to run this down and up through a grommet on the floor. It's a pretty big cable and I'm a jerk and didn't take any photos of this process.

Once in, there was a ton of different options for installing, but I'm a fan of Occam's razor.




Used the included double sided 3M tape to affix this to the outside of the internal fuse panel cover. I was able to run the cord through the slot, so I didn't have to drill into my plastics.



I have LP6s on my Tacoma, so I'm curious to see how these compare. I wired the amber running lights to turn on with the indicator lights and they look awesome.

I love the way these pod style lights look on this era of truck.