Matthew Posted June 25, 2005 Share Posted June 25, 2005 I was wanting to put some off-road lights on my '02 Pathfinder, and I was wondering what all I needed to buy to attach them on my roof (I have the model Pathfinder that has the roof rack that looks like an Xterra's). Also I was wondering if anyone who was installed them, what are the best kinds to buy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
statikuz Posted June 25, 2005 Share Posted June 25, 2005 (edited) there's all sorts of lights, pro comps are cheap and effective, there's hella lights, KC lights, also cheap wal-mart style ones, lightforce and PIAA lights are really nice but really spendy, the two on my roof cost me almost $180, by comparsion, the two pro comps on my prerunner bar were like $60 =D Edited June 25, 2005 by statikuz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick1716 Posted June 28, 2005 Share Posted June 28, 2005 and youll need a roof rack to mount them on or a light bar which they dont make so like another cross bar (from a junk yard or somethin) would be my idea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snosnk Posted June 28, 2005 Share Posted June 28, 2005 This is what I did. are pics as good as words? More here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick1716 Posted June 29, 2005 Share Posted June 29, 2005 did you just use your cross bars you already had? or did you get another? i wanna use mine but i need em for ski racks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Posted June 29, 2005 Author Share Posted June 29, 2005 So you are saying that I could put some on a Yakima LoadWarrior, or another safari rack like that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
statikuz Posted June 29, 2005 Share Posted June 29, 2005 yeah, if you already have the yakima basket, you could also get the ----warrior light mounting brackets, PN 07075... they run about $30. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snosnk Posted June 29, 2005 Share Posted June 29, 2005 (edited) Those are the factory "luggage rack" cross bars. Now I just need two more lights and a basket. Then maybe the "Mickey Mouse" remarks will stop. Edited June 29, 2005 by snosnk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trialsin26 Posted July 1, 2005 Share Posted July 1, 2005 Can you get a close up on how you ran the wiring into the truck. I'm wanting to mount some lights for the rear on my thule rack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snosnk Posted July 1, 2005 Share Posted July 1, 2005 Run the wires down the channel that your luggage racks attach to. Then cover them with 1" wide carpet trim. Just drill the holes a little bigger in the trim to fit the tie down bolts. You'll also have to trim the end cap at the back of the channel to get the wires under it. It takes a torx tip to get the screws out of the end cap and they are kind of a bugger to get back in. To hide the wires on the rack, I used spiral wind wire loom. Then drilled holes to ziptie the wires to the back of the rack. I put a quick disconnect on mine so I could take them off in short order. Unplug the wires and take off the luggage rack. If you open your rear hatch, youll see at the top left, a wire loom for your third brake light. I fished the wires down through that loom and into the inner rear fender well (where your amps are). I ran a fused power lead to a small distribution block in the rear fender, then to a relay. I also ran a couple of extra switch legs for other aux lighting to the area under the stereo. I've allready used one for backup lights. More pics here These pics are of a couple of projects (daylighters, backup lights and relays to hold on the low beams while the high beams are on) so I hope they are not too confusing. Most of them are named very descriptively but neither ie or mozilla display the full names. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorilla Man Posted July 1, 2005 Share Posted July 1, 2005 I've got 9 lights placed all over my car. One pair of Hella Rallye 4000, a pair of Hella 500's, a Hella dual beam flood on both sides and the rear, and a pair of KC daylighters on my brushguard. All of the Hellas are attatched to a Yakima loadwarrior. I didn't use the yakima light mounts simply because if your lights are fairly large like mine, they stick up waaay to high, and its easy to snag them on tree branches or whatnot. They work fine for slim lights, but my 4000s are 9" tall, so they dont work well there. So I just went to home depot and got some strips of metal and some bolts and made some mounts that simply clamp to the roof rack. I can go into detail if you need me to on how to make them. Gorillaman's Lights Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
statikuz Posted July 1, 2005 Share Posted July 1, 2005 (edited) hey how did you wire up all those lights up top? i'm considering adding another pair onto the rack but am debating it since the last ones were such a pain =) Edited July 1, 2005 by statikuz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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