Running board lights

[NPloysa]

Hey guys,



For those of you with running board lights, did you mount them directly onto the sheet metal lip on the bottom of the rocker, or did you make a strip of steel to mount them into, then mount that to the lip?



I found a 12 light/wire/connector kit at Pep Boys for $25 and thought about installing this since it is cheap, and if it grows on me I can replace them with LEDs later, if not its only $25 down the hole, rather than buying LEDs which are $10/each for the same size as the ones in the kit.



And did you wire in a relay or just tap into the running light wire?



Thanks!

 

[Larry Willard]

I mounted mine directly on the running boards, used the lights that matched the lights on the fender and tailgate. Mine are run through a relay, didn't want to take any chances with too much on the switch as some have had in the past.

larry

 

[NPloysa]

Thanks!



I do not have running boards yet, so thats why I was curious about mounting them to the cab, the same place as the boards or nerf bars would go. I may just go with a hoop step for now.



How many amp relay did you use and which hot did you use? Thank you!



Nick

 

[Rescue Ram]

Evening,

I mounted the lights directly to the running boards. If I remember correctly, there is not enough room on the lip to mount the lights without making some sort of mounting plate. I used the same lights as on the fenders. I also went all LED because of their lower amp draw, longer life, and because they look cool.

Mine are switched seperately so I do not have to have them on during extended idle conditions (fire calls) when I am running all of the emergency lights. If you were to go all LED, I dont think you would have to use a relay, although it is cheap insurance.

Brian

 

[EricBu12]

mine Are one the lip of the metal



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[SRadke]

I tried to find some LED's in a 1" sealed round style. You know the ones that mount in the rubber grommet so if you kick them they just poke out the back. I had no luck. Too bad because I've got enough room to mount them on my custom boards.



-Scott

 

[Blakers]

I mounted mine on the lip just like EricBu12 did. I siliconed sealed them on and have had no problem with them. At the same time, I put six red ones across the back, under the tailgate. I wired them all to a plug that plugs into the little 4-connector inline trailer plug under the back end. This way I didn't have to splice into any wiring. I got my LEDs from Mill Supply



Blake

 

[Larry Willard]

I do have one behind the rear tires, the pinch weld wasn't wide enough there so I cut a piece of aluminum the width of the light and bolted it to the pinch weld and mounted the light to it. For a relay just go to Radio Shack and get an automotive relay, i think it was a 25 or 30 amp.

I used a tail light to trigger the relay, only because I already had it apart and was running wire to the battery area for the White Night back up lights .

Larry

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