06-29-2016, 06:00 PM
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Installing Rigid Radiance onto Gobi
I have been searching online and haven't found what I am looking for. I have my Rigid Radiance light waiting to go onto my Gobi rack soon. My question is has anyone installed this light and if so what are my best options for getting the wires back into the cab without drilling any holes. My current thought is to run the wires down and through the rear door close to the hinges. My worry with that is that seems like a lot of wire and interior to have to "adjust" to get the wire hidden. I have seen some posts of people hiding the wire along the side of the windshield, but I don't know how that would work with my light because I have the backlight on it too. I have new switches ready to go into the empty knock outs and am pretty comfortable with the wiring. I just need a great, easy, no drilling required solution to get the wires into the cab.
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06-29-2016, 06:20 PM
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What's wrong with running along my the windshield channel? The extra power wire for the radiance back lighting can be a very thin gauge, it doesn't even require a relay. I would expect there is enough room for two power wires and run your ground off the Gobi like many others have done.
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06-29-2016, 06:25 PM
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That could work. I didn't know how well one wire would fit into the windshield channel, much less two. If no one has another possibility I will definitely look at that a little more in depth. Thanks
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08-23-2016, 02:14 PM
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How Did the Rigid Radiance Install Go?
Planning to wire my Rigid Radiance lights to my Gobi Rack this weekend. Going to try and run the 40" front light bar down A Pillar into engine bay and connect to my SPOD. For the two 10" Radiance at the back of the roof rack planning to run through the hatch like most others. Another option for the two rear facing 10" lights is to splice the wires together and make a single 3 conductor wire run from the back along the Gobi (zip ties) then down the passenger A Pillar into the engine bay - that would mean a single 16Awg 3 conductor cable on each A Pillar into Engine bay. I will have a dedicated switch on the SPOD for both primary and back-light for front and rear facing lights (4 total switches) Interested in how your installs went and any additional guidance. Thanks!
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08-23-2016, 02:22 PM
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That could work. I didn't know how well one wire would fit into the windshield channel, much less two. If no one has another possibility I will definitely look at that a little more in depth. Thanks
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I have a 14 gauge ran down my drivers side and two 14 gauge down the passenger side. It can be done. Just take your time and it will work.
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08-23-2016, 02:22 PM
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@ TheWraith
has one on his GOBI and I just ordered one today for mine ($326 to the door BTW)
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08-23-2016, 02:24 PM
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Originally Posted by DesertEagle
Planning to wire my Rigid Radiance lights to my Gobi Rack this weekend. Going to try and run the 40" front light bar down A Pillar into engine bay and connect to my SPOD. For the two 10" Radiance at the back of the roof rack planning to run through the hatch like most others. Another option for the two rear facing 10" lights is to splice the wires together and make a single 3 conductor wire run from the back along the Gobi (zip ties) then down the passenger A Pillar into the engine bay - that would mean a single 16Awg 3 conductor cable on each A Pillar into Engine bay. I will have a dedicated switch on the SPOD for both primary and back-light for front and rear facing lights (4 total switches) Interested in how your installs went and any additional guidance. Thanks!
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Your gobi has wires inside it. I used the Gobi wires for my rear lights and ran it down passenger side to spod.
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08-23-2016, 02:30 PM
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Quote:
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That could work. I didn't know how well one wire would fit into the windshield channel, much less two. If no one has another possibility I will definitely look at that a little more in depth. Thanks
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I have a lightbar on my roof and ran it down the driver side windshield to get it into my engine bay.
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08-23-2016, 04:47 PM
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I have a lightbar on my roof and ran it down the driver side windshield to get it into my engine bay.
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Do you have any pics of where the wires go into/under the windshield channel? Did you have to pry it up to get the wires through?
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08-23-2016, 05:02 PM
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Do you have any pics of where the wires go into/under the windshield channel? Did you have to pry it up to get the wires through?
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Yeah just pull it up. It snaps into a channel. Takes about 2 seconds. No glue.
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08-23-2016, 05:11 PM
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Yeah just pull it up. It snaps into a channel. Takes about 2 seconds. No glue.
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Excellent. Thank you.
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08-23-2016, 05:36 PM
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Excellent. Thank you.
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No prob! Good Luck!
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08-25-2016, 12:02 AM
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@ Moto69Joe
Gobi racks no longer come prewired. Not sure exactly when they stopped but I know mine did not come with wire pre-installed. Maybe if I had specifically requested they would have done it. However, see quote below that I received via email directly from Paul at Gobi:
"Gobi racks do not come pre- wired any longer due to changes in the off road lighting industry. Prior to the rise of LED lights we used 16 gauge wire in our roof racks which could be used in most all applications however since the onset of LED lights which in many cases use larger size wire we do not want to mislead our customers to think that the wire we install can work for every LED light."
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11-15-2016, 04:03 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by DesertEagle
@ Moto69Joe
Gobi racks no longer come prewired. Not sure exactly when they stopped but I know mine did not come with wire pre-installed. Maybe if I had specifically requested they would have done it. However, see quote below that I received via email directly from Paul at Gobi:
"Gobi racks do not come pre- wired any longer due to changes in the off road lighting industry. Prior to the rise of LED lights we used 16 gauge wire in our roof racks which could be used in most all applications however since the onset of LED lights which in many cases use larger size wire we do not want to mislead our customers to think that the wire we install can work for every LED light."
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Yes. As of Aug 2016 my Gobi stealth no-rise rack did not come pre-wired either. Do you have any experience running wires through the rack internally? I'd rather do that than route them externally.
My goal is to install 4 small cree lights in each 4 corners of the rack, with front and rear pairs independently switched. Any suggestions?
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