Jordan2929
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First off, if you want to do this make sure you give yourself 15 hours, no joke. So as far as the headache rack goes I've looked at many brands and never found anything that looked even half as good as the magnum racks look. This is a custom ordered rack though that I highly doubt magnum will make for anyone, they made it for me because our family business is a dealer for magnum, the reason it's custom is because it's a "low profile hollow point" rack that I wanted without their built-in lights so I could add the rigid lights. Normally they wouldn't ship it without lights because the low profile design covers the third brake light partially, which is a no no in the governments eyes. I then ordered 4 rigid industries chase lights, 2 amber and 2 red. I drilled and tapped the holes by hand and coated the stainless steel bolts in black rtv silicone to prevent the two dissimilar metals from reacting. And now comes the real nightmare which was the wiring, each light has 6 different leads coming off it to control all the functions which include marker lights, brake lights, turn signals, reverse lights, cargo lights and the strobe function. In total I had to run 24 wires from the rack back to the drivers side tail light (which is where I mounted all 5 relays) I tapped into the drivers side tail light to get signal wires for the marker lights, left turn signal and reverse lights. I had to run a single wire over to the passenger side to get a signal wire for the right turn signal. And for the brake light I had to tap into the center-high-mount-third-brake-light, I found that wire under the driver side rear door sill. I powered all of the relays by running a 3 conductor from the battery all the way back to the taillight, I used a three conductor because I wanted the strobe function on a switch in the cab. The way I oriented the lights- the outside lights are the marker lights and brake lights, the inside lights are for the turn signals and other than that they are off. All four lights illuninate when in reverse, and all four lights strobe when I flip the switch in the cab. I plan on putting some tint film on the third brake light to make it flow a little better. This was definitely not an easy install and if you paid someone to do it I imagine the labor would be about $800 and the headache rack with 4 rigid lights would be about $1300. Definitely not a mod for the faint of heart, but once I get a lift and some bigger tires it will really compliment the look of the truck. Oh, and if I ever get around to making a video of all the functions I'll post it here.
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! Thanks a lot!
