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Hey everyone,
I just wanted to share a couple of ideas for folks who want to add light bars or aux lights to your truck without drilling into it. These are the three ways I went about it.
1. License plate bracket. You can fit 4 small aux lights or a 10" light bar here.
2. These universal mounts can go all over the place, but especially the hood. I mounted mine in the standard "ditch light" location. You could definitely put a 40" light bar on your hood with these and not have to drill anything. I've got a couple more in the mail that I plan on using in the bed for rear facing/reverse lights. Not 100% sure where they'll go yet.
3. Tow Hook location. If you don't have the tow hooks you can pop out the plastic, and with some creativity, use some of the holes in that location to mount aux lights. To clean up the hole you can use these factory tow hook bezels. https://www.amazon.com/Body-Style-Right-Bezel-Mopar/dp/B07RMJLWBL/ref=sr_1_2?crid=WSFW7D7HR62S&dchild=1&keywords=2020+ram+tow+hooks&qid=1588337761&sprefix=2020+ram+tow+h,aps,195&sr=8-2
The result
A related mod for installing the lights is wiring them through a relay to trigger with the High Beams. There's plenty of info online about how to wire the relay for that, but specific to this truck, you'll want to tap into the white wire with green stripe on the driver's side headlight for the trigger. Unfortunately, there are 2 wires with that color combo, so you'll need to figure out which is the right one to tap into. If they come on with the parking lights, you hit the wrong one. (ask me how I know)
I just wanted to share a couple of ideas for folks who want to add light bars or aux lights to your truck without drilling into it. These are the three ways I went about it.
1. License plate bracket. You can fit 4 small aux lights or a 10" light bar here.
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2. These universal mounts can go all over the place, but especially the hood. I mounted mine in the standard "ditch light" location. You could definitely put a 40" light bar on your hood with these and not have to drill anything. I've got a couple more in the mail that I plan on using in the bed for rear facing/reverse lights. Not 100% sure where they'll go yet.
3. Tow Hook location. If you don't have the tow hooks you can pop out the plastic, and with some creativity, use some of the holes in that location to mount aux lights. To clean up the hole you can use these factory tow hook bezels. https://www.amazon.com/Body-Style-Right-Bezel-Mopar/dp/B07RMJLWBL/ref=sr_1_2?crid=WSFW7D7HR62S&dchild=1&keywords=2020+ram+tow+hooks&qid=1588337761&sprefix=2020+ram+tow+h,aps,195&sr=8-2
The result
A related mod for installing the lights is wiring them through a relay to trigger with the High Beams. There's plenty of info online about how to wire the relay for that, but specific to this truck, you'll want to tap into the white wire with green stripe on the driver's side headlight for the trigger. Unfortunately, there are 2 wires with that color combo, so you'll need to figure out which is the right one to tap into. If they come on with the parking lights, you hit the wrong one. (ask me how I know)
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