AKA drilling a hole into the perfectly good roof of a pretty expensive rig haha...
Since installing my roof rack and quite a few lights, I've had a lot of people inquiring about how I routed the wires. Up 'til now my answer has pretty much been I haven't, well not in any legitimate sense that is. Up until now, mine have just been pinched inside a piece of shrink tubing through the rear hatch.
I know many of you are happy routing them down the windshield, so this is targeted to those wanting to take it to the next level.
Even for me this was tough decision and I was only going to do it once I came up with a compromise I was willing to make. I wasn't willing to simply drill a hole in the roof. I wanted something more discreet and ultimately easily "reversible". I decided to locate my liquid tight grommet/cord grip in the trough where the trim pieces usually go when you still have the factory roof rack.
I'll let the pics speak for themselves, but basically it's a pretty straightforward process. I drilled the hole with a 20mm carbide hole saw and the grommet itself is a Heyco M3216. In the end, I was able to fit an antenna cable, a 12AWG power wire, three 16AWG power wires and two 12AWG ground wires.
Since installing my roof rack and quite a few lights, I've had a lot of people inquiring about how I routed the wires. Up 'til now my answer has pretty much been I haven't, well not in any legitimate sense that is. Up until now, mine have just been pinched inside a piece of shrink tubing through the rear hatch.
I know many of you are happy routing them down the windshield, so this is targeted to those wanting to take it to the next level.
Even for me this was tough decision and I was only going to do it once I came up with a compromise I was willing to make. I wasn't willing to simply drill a hole in the roof. I wanted something more discreet and ultimately easily "reversible". I decided to locate my liquid tight grommet/cord grip in the trough where the trim pieces usually go when you still have the factory roof rack.
I'll let the pics speak for themselves, but basically it's a pretty straightforward process. I drilled the hole with a 20mm carbide hole saw and the grommet itself is a Heyco M3216. In the end, I was able to fit an antenna cable, a 12AWG power wire, three 16AWG power wires and two 12AWG ground wires.
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