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Where to run wires for safari rack aux lighting?

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Old 09-26-2004 | 06:58 AM
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Where to run wires for safari rack aux lighting?

Those of you who have aux lighting on your racks, where do you run the wires and how do you get them into the vehicle?
Old 09-26-2004 | 07:08 AM
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This is my no drill method.

Check out Jacksonpt's website to see how he ran his in through the rear hatch.
Some drill a hole in their roof below the rack rails, but I did not want to drill any holes.
Old 09-26-2004 | 10:19 AM
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I like the no drill method, I think i will try that out when they come in, thanks alot for the help!
Old 09-26-2004 | 10:36 AM
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Yeah What Corey did. the wires stay behind the rubber no problem.
Old 09-26-2004 | 10:41 AM
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Also I want to say that some had said long ago when I did this that the wire covering would be scraped off where it goes in through the fender from where it exits the door sill.

Not so.
These lights on the rack have been wired up this way for over three years, and the wires are in perfect shape.
Why drill if you do not have to?

I for one hate leaks, and old man murphy would make sure it leaked on me if I drilled.
Old 09-26-2004 | 11:08 AM
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Corey, I like the mpeg...specifically the "big a$$ fir tree".
Actually, I'll probably be doing the same thing in the near future.
Old 09-26-2004 | 11:23 AM
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He he, that tree is pretty to look at, but a nuisance for the rig.

Birds roost in it and poop on the rig, and I get pitch from it.
But that black fugly stuff in my door jambs is what ticks me off the most about it.
Old 09-27-2004 | 08:10 AM
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We had started talking about this situation before as well, here is the thread.

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