Great Video! Wish you would have went more into wiring but I figured it out! You cut the crappy switch close to the switch, take off the ends and splice both reds to the white wire, green to blue and black to black.
Oh man, great video! I’ve purchased this light bar about 2 years ago. Finally found a video that it’s really helpful on the electricity part! So ready to install it!
at about 15:40 into your video, to splice the wires, did you connect red to red, black to black, yellow to green? I can't quite tell. That should make the switch unlighted when off and then light up when you press it to turn the light bar on? That's the way I want it.
Thank you so much!! I tend to over explain sometimes but I always miss something. The wires on the top i zip tie in the corner and the excess will slide under the wind shield and not move. Hope this helps and thanks for watching!
Thanks for the tutorial! QQ - does this also drain your battery since the light is powered directly to the battery? I wired mine up exactly how you did yours but my 4Runner had trouble starting the next morning,( no, I did not have the light on all night lol)
No, the light shouldn’t drain your battery if you installed it correctly. The light wont drain any power unless you have the light on or the switch light on and depending on the switch it shouldn’t drain a lot. Check your switch with everything off, is there a light on? If there isn’t, you may have a weak battery. If there is a light on the switch, change the switch. The switch that comes with the light isn’t the greatest quality, it’s junk but works. When I bought my current 4Runner, the previous owner didn’t install the correct battery and mine had slight starting issues because the cold cranking amps weren’t correct. It’s also getting colder, that affects batteries. Sorry you’re having issues. You can have your battery tested at any auto parts store or mechanic. Load test the battery. Hope this helps.
@ thank you for the explanation! I think it just might be my battery is weak since it’s 3-4 years old already. I just bought the runner 3 months ago so I think I’ll just change the battery first. Also, do you know if there is an easy way to have the switch powered only when the key is in the ignition? Thanks again!
Yeah, no problem. Batteries can last a good while but some brands cant. There should be a date stamp on the battery to let you know when it was made. You can install the light on ignition wire, you just have to do some testing to find an ignition wire/fuse with a multimeter to test what’s switched and what isn’t and what pulls the right amps to run the light without damage to the light/vehicle. The way I installed it though, you shouldn’t have any issues if you just leave it off when the vehicle isn’t running. Either option is fine though if everything is installed correctly and working properly, ie the battery.
To be completely honest with you, the wind noise is pretty mild. Didn’t really notice any change from the factory to the new rack. I think the key is the rubber wind seal to help with wind noise. If I’m not mistaken, I think the rack comes with a free seal. Not 100% sure, but thanks for watching!
What was the wire configuration that you used? My backlight stays on constantly want to change it to where the backlight only comes on when the actual light bar is on itself.
Wow, I’m completely late to your comment and I can’t even help. I used a multimeter to figure it out and I can’t recall and I got rid of my 4Runner back in April or I’d go out and look for you. You probably figured it out by now but sorry I couldn’t help. I honestly think it was just flipping two wires out of the three, middle and top, but I can’t say for 100% certainty. Sorry again.
i'm a dummy with electricity so maybe i'm completely out of line on this. but isn't connecting the light DIRECTLY to the battery providing way too much energy to the light bar?
No Craig, that’s a pretty good observation and question. These light bars are made for 12V and the 4Runner battery only puts out 12V (well the 4Runner is 12V, some cars/trucks run on 24V). This light has protections too, like an inline fuse and relay. Also the switch connects the light bar to the battery. Once the switch is turned off, it breaks the circuit so no power gets to the light bar. Hope this helps and makes sense!
Great Video! Wish you would have went more into wiring but I figured it out! You cut the crappy switch close to the switch, take off the ends and splice both reds to the white wire, green to blue and black to black.
Thanks man! My bad, I kept switching it and wasn’t sure how I wanted it so I didn’t film the second switch. I’m glad you figured it out.
Oh man, great video! I’ve purchased this light bar about 2 years ago. Finally found a video that it’s really helpful on the electricity part! So ready to install it!
Glad I could help! I’m sure you’ll do great.
dude, thank you so much! Great video. I'm much more confident installing myself now.
Best 4runner prinsu install video out there. Thanks
great vid! helped me alot!
Awesome video! Helped me dust off my Comm Elect know how, after my Fast and Furious days… 😎
thank you, I feel confident now that I can do this install.
Thanks so much, man! Super helpful.
at about 15:40 into your video, to splice the wires, did you connect red to red, black to black, yellow to green? I can't quite tell. That should make the switch unlighted when off and then light up when you press it to turn the light bar on? That's the way I want it.
Good job hommie
Love the video thanks! What do you do with the extra wires at the top behind the light bar? Tie wraps?
Thank you so much!! I tend to over explain sometimes but I always miss something. The wires on the top i zip tie in the corner and the excess will slide under the wind shield and not move. Hope this helps and thanks for watching!
Do you have a video of you splicing the wires to the switch?
Awesome thank you!
Hey man what size light bar is that?
Great video, thanks!
No problem! Thanks for watching.
Thanks for this
Thanks for the tutorial! QQ - does this also drain your battery since the light is powered directly to the battery? I wired mine up exactly how you did yours but my 4Runner had trouble starting the next morning,( no, I did not have the light on all night lol)
No, the light shouldn’t drain your battery if you installed it correctly. The light wont drain any power unless you have the light on or the switch light on and depending on the switch it shouldn’t drain a lot. Check your switch with everything off, is there a light on? If there isn’t, you may have a weak battery. If there is a light on the switch, change the switch. The switch that comes with the light isn’t the greatest quality, it’s junk but works.
When I bought my current 4Runner, the previous owner didn’t install the correct battery and mine had slight starting issues because the cold cranking amps weren’t correct. It’s also getting colder, that affects batteries. Sorry you’re having issues. You can have your battery tested at any auto parts store or mechanic. Load test the battery. Hope this helps.
@ thank you for the explanation! I think it just might be my battery is weak since it’s 3-4 years old already. I just bought the runner 3 months ago so I think I’ll just change the battery first.
Also, do you know if there is an easy way to have the switch powered only when the key is in the ignition? Thanks again!
Yeah, no problem. Batteries can last a good while but some brands cant. There should be a date stamp on the battery to let you know when it was made.
You can install the light on ignition wire, you just have to do some testing to find an ignition wire/fuse with a multimeter to test what’s switched and what isn’t and what pulls the right amps to run the light without damage to the light/vehicle. The way I installed it though, you shouldn’t have any issues if you just leave it off when the vehicle isn’t running. Either option is fine though if everything is installed correctly and working properly, ie the battery.
@ sounds good! New battery should do the trick. Thanks again!
Hows the wind noise after this install? Also hows the wind noise with your roof rack before this? Planning in getting a roof rack as well.
To be completely honest with you, the wind noise is pretty mild. Didn’t really notice any change from the factory to the new rack. I think the key is the rubber wind seal to help with wind noise. If I’m not mistaken, I think the rack comes with a free seal. Not 100% sure, but thanks for watching!
What was the wire configuration that you used? My backlight stays on constantly want to change it to where the backlight only comes on when the actual light bar is on itself.
Wow, I’m completely late to your comment and I can’t even help. I used a multimeter to figure it out and I can’t recall and I got rid of my 4Runner back in April or I’d go out and look for you. You probably figured it out by now but sorry I couldn’t help. I honestly think it was just flipping two wires out of the three, middle and top, but I can’t say for 100% certainty. Sorry again.
Do you know the diameter of the t nuts. They didn’t send mine so trying to order some
Awesome!
Do you have a link for the light bar?
might be a dumb question but - can you go through the car wash??
Not a dumb question at all, Zach! The connections were made for everyday wear and tear, so they’re completely waterproof.
i'm a dummy with electricity so maybe i'm completely out of line on this. but isn't connecting the light DIRECTLY to the battery providing way too much energy to the light bar?
No Craig, that’s a pretty good observation and question. These light bars are made for 12V and the 4Runner battery only puts out 12V (well the 4Runner is 12V, some cars/trucks run on 24V). This light has protections too, like an inline fuse and relay. Also the switch connects the light bar to the battery. Once the switch is turned off, it breaks the circuit so no power gets to the light bar. Hope this helps and makes sense!
Hi. Where I get buy this light bar? Ty
I got the light bar from CaliRaisedLED.com
The problem with these adding is that if you forget to push the button off it'll eat your battery.
Then turn it off? The same is true with your headlights, dome lights, and anything you can turn on.