Wandering Wally
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Hi All, New member so hopefully I have not broken any rules with this new thread. But I have a question that I have searched for and it seems no one else has had the same problem or I am failing at google.
I have a 2014 Navara D22 with an ARB canopy and Delux ARB roof racks fitted to it. I have some LED lights (4 X27W) that I want to mount to the roof rack (some at front and some at back). I have the way I want to wire them all sorted and will have a few switches in the cab as well as a remote switch/dimmer in the line somewhere. So I was planning to take the wires from the roof rack to the engine bay to the cab.
Issue – Where to run cable from the roof rack to the engine bay/cab. Most people I have asked have said come down between the cabin and the canopy/tub – but there is extremely limited room there and I’m not confident I can get a cable through there (tightest part being at the meeting point of the canopy/tub and the cabin. I have thought about flat trailer wire, but still not convinced it will fit or if it did it would get pinched over rough terrain.
At the moment it’s looking like from the roof rack – drill hole in canopy – into cabin – out near tail light – underneath to engine bay – then through the impossible grommet under drivers side wheel flare (have front spots through there ATM so I know that struggle).
Drilling into the canopy just does not seem like the best option.
Any suggestions or Experience – Obviously I want to keep them hidden and enclosed in conduit and as neat and inconspicuous as possible.
I have a 2014 Navara D22 with an ARB canopy and Delux ARB roof racks fitted to it. I have some LED lights (4 X27W) that I want to mount to the roof rack (some at front and some at back). I have the way I want to wire them all sorted and will have a few switches in the cab as well as a remote switch/dimmer in the line somewhere. So I was planning to take the wires from the roof rack to the engine bay to the cab.
Issue – Where to run cable from the roof rack to the engine bay/cab. Most people I have asked have said come down between the cabin and the canopy/tub – but there is extremely limited room there and I’m not confident I can get a cable through there (tightest part being at the meeting point of the canopy/tub and the cabin. I have thought about flat trailer wire, but still not convinced it will fit or if it did it would get pinched over rough terrain.
At the moment it’s looking like from the roof rack – drill hole in canopy – into cabin – out near tail light – underneath to engine bay – then through the impossible grommet under drivers side wheel flare (have front spots through there ATM so I know that struggle).
Drilling into the canopy just does not seem like the best option.
Any suggestions or Experience – Obviously I want to keep them hidden and enclosed in conduit and as neat and inconspicuous as possible.