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Old Feb 21, 2017 | 08:02 PM
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Just run the wires up the A pillar dude. Drill a hole at the gutter and pull them through.

Use some black RTV to seal that bad boy up

Cut into the loom boot on the drivers side to feed the wires into the cabin. RTV that bad boy up too lol
 
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Old Mar 6, 2017 | 07:40 PM
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So I started thinking today. Since my sunroof doesn't work, maybe I could use that switch for my light bar.

What are your thoughts?
 
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Old Mar 6, 2017 | 07:44 PM
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When I put lights on my Jeep roof, I actually ran the wires in the vehicle, then temporally took off one luggage rack rails and drilled the hole to get them through the roof skin under where the roof rack mounted, maybe right next to he hole the hold down bolt goes to hold the luggage rail down in the disco's under the headliner then RTV'd the hole, that way you have an additional water protection layer (the gasket around the base of the luggage rack) if that makes any sense
 
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Old Mar 6, 2017 | 07:59 PM
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Originally Posted by emncfi
When I put lights on my Jeep roof, I actually ran the wires in the vehicle, then temporally took off one luggage rack rails and drilled the hole to get them through the roof skin under where the roof rack mounted, maybe right next to he hole the hold down bolt goes to hold the luggage rail down in the disco's under the headliner then RTV'd the hole, that way you have an additional water protection layer (the gasket around the base of the luggage rack) if that makes any sense
not a bad idea or you can do the similar option with the sunroofs. Only recommendation is use high temp rtv since you have the sun hitting the roof all day every day. Hence the issues with the clear coat.
 
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Old Mar 6, 2017 | 08:14 PM
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Originally Posted by Luckyjayb
not a bad idea or you can do the similar option with the sunroofs. Only recommendation is use high temp rtv since you have the sun hitting the roof all day every day. Hence the issues with the clear coat.
Oddly enough, my clear coat on my roof and hood is pretty good. There's scratches and stone chips, but it's mostly good. I have tons of EHT silicon here at work, that stuff is good to 1500C or something, it's ugly and red, but nobody can see my roof anyways.
 
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Old Mar 7, 2017 | 04:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Twix
Oddly enough, my clear coat on my roof and hood is pretty good. There's scratches and stone chips, but it's mostly good. I have tons of EHT silicon here at work, that stuff is good to 1500C or something, it's ugly and red, but nobody can see my roof anyways.
well that's an option. When I fixed my sunroof leaks, I used the high temp permatex right stuff. Just remember if you route them that way, take into account the travel of the sunroof. Heck if your glass seals well, you can run a pin hole through that weather seal and seal it up with some good sealant that way you don't have to drill through the roof or anything
 
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Old Mar 7, 2017 | 04:08 PM
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Another thought is you have your headliner down, drill through your factory roof racks and seal those up that way nobody would ever see them. Sorry to keep posting. That just came across my mind.
 
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Old Mar 7, 2017 | 05:38 PM
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If you have your liner out, I guess you can use this waterproof roof wiring hardware for RV trucks.





 
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Old Mar 7, 2017 | 07:33 PM
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Originally Posted by LR03NJ
If you have your liner out, I guess you can use this waterproof roof wiring hardware for RV trucks.





I'll have to see if I can find this thing at a parts store
 
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