{"id":4630,"date":"2018-10-17T11:00:58","date_gmt":"2018-10-17T00:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.4wdsupacentre.com.au\/news\/?p=4630"},"modified":"2018-10-15T14:22:43","modified_gmt":"2018-10-15T03:22:43","slug":"how-to-install-an-led-light-bar-on-your-4wd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.emgcloud.net\/news\/how-to-install-an-led-light-bar-on-your-4wd\/","title":{"rendered":"How to install an LED light bar on your 4WD!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>With a HUGE range of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.4wdsupacentre.com.au\/products\/led-light-bars.html\"><strong>LED lightbars<\/strong><\/a> flooding the Aussie market, the choice seems almost endless for how you can set up your 4WD\u2019s driving and work lights!<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re going to run over, how you can quickly and easily install one or more LED lightbars to your 4WD to blast out more light that ever before for both setting up your camp, and for hitting the tracks safely!<\/p>\n<p>An LED Lightbar is one of the most recent developments to 4WD lighting and takes advantage of what is known as diode technology, which converts electricity into photons of light, the method of light production is extremely compact and allows for a lot of light to be produced with relatively low levels of heat output.<\/p>\n<p>Because of the extremely long lamp life of LED light diodes exceeding 10\u2019s of thousands of hours, these systems require next to no maintenance, being a quick wipe down of the lens every now and then, means they can be fully sealed from the environment up to IP68 dust and waterproof this means they can typically withstand deep water, mud and with the die cast aluminium body are extremely resilient to the stresses and strains experienced on the tracks!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4651 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/news.emgcloud.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/bright-spotties-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"748\" height=\"714\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>When deciding on your LED Lightbar upgrade, you need to consider many factors such as how much space you have to mount your light, what kind of light output you need for your type of driving, and what is legal in your state\/territory with regards to mounting locations, as some states are fairly strict with the way you are allowed to wire and mount your auxiliary lighting!<\/p>\n<p>If you are looking at charging down 4WD tracks, and tackling open highways all through the night, the Domin8r range of LED lightbars are the IDEAL solution for illuminating the road ahead!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[embedyt] https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=RHUW-In1Zl4[\/embedyt]<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Fitted with HIGH POWERED Domin8r LED diodes \u2013 These epic LED lights are available in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.4wdsupacentre.com.au\/products\/led-light-bars\/domin8r-22-led-light-bar.html\"><strong>22\u201d<\/strong><\/a> (our most popular), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.4wdsupacentre.com.au\/products\/led-light-bars\/domin8r-32-led-light-bar.html\"><strong>32\u201d<\/strong> <\/a>and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.4wdsupacentre.com.au\/products\/led-light-bars\/domin8r-42-led-light-bar.html\"><strong>42\u201d<\/strong><\/a>. All capable of blasting out huge amounts of light 150\u00b0 to either side of the vehicle and easily connected to your 4WD\u2019s headlights via, the <strong>Illuminator <a href=\"https:\/\/www.4wdsupacentre.com.au\/products\/led-light-bars\/illuminator-led-light-bar-wiring-harness.html\">LED Lightbar wiring harness<\/a> \u2013<\/strong> this epic wiring harness simply piggy backs your standard headlight wiring and plugs between your standard high beam globe and your vehicles wiring, to send a signal to the included relay.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This wiring setup will switch your Lightbar on simultaneously with your high beams, without affecting your factory wiring amp draw or risking of overloading your fuses!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Whilst bright whopping Domin8r LED Lightbars are ideal for long range and wide spread LED Light, you may be chasing a simpler LED worklight setup you can install an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.4wdsupacentre.com.au\/products\/led-light-bars\/adventure-kings-6-led-light-bar-ip68-waterproof-wide-flood-beam.html\"><strong>Illuminator 6\u201d LED Lightbar<\/strong><\/a>, easily mounted to your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.4wdsupacentre.com.au\/products\/roof-racks.html\"><strong>Steel roof rack<\/strong><\/a> you can aim this awesome light to the rear of your vehicle, and if you tend to hit the tracks late at night, wire it using the same wiring harness to trigger when your reverse lights switch on, this will ensure that it doubles as a bright rearward facing light bar, Illuminating LED lightbar.<\/p>\n<p>The wiring harness will require some minor modifications but once you understand how the wiring harness works this job is extremely easy to do. We\u2019ve found that nothing quite beats the ability to blast clean bright, white light out the back of your 4WD when you hit reverse, and if one wasn\u2019t quite enough, or you needed a bit more, light spread, you can double up and fit two lights on the rear for massive amounts of LED Light output.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4650 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/news.emgcloud.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/bright-spotties-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"745\" height=\"712\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Mounting your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.4wdsupacentre.com.au\/products\/led-light-bars.html\"><strong>LED Lightbars<\/strong><\/a> is one of the quickest and easiest upgrades you can add to your 4WD, all Adventure Kings LED lightbars take advantage of easy to fasten end brackets and include all necessary hardware you need to mount your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.4wdsupacentre.com.au\/products\/led-light-bars.html\"><strong>LED lightbar<\/strong><\/a> wherever you would like to mount it.<\/p>\n<p>Installation is quick and simple, beginning with your end brackets and associated hardware, you should loosely mount all the fasteners finger tight this will give you a good idea on how far apart the mounting brackets are when the lightbar is mounted, if you are mounting to your vehicles, depending on what size <a href=\"https:\/\/www.4wdsupacentre.com.au\/products\/led-light-bars.html\"><strong>LED lightbar<\/strong><\/a> you are mounting to your 4WD \u2013 you should measure the distance between your two mounting bracket fastener holes.<\/p>\n<p>Once you have the distance between the two mounting holes, you can begin installation by dividing the overall length by two, you can now measure out from the halfway point of your car and mark out ready to drill your mounting holes, keeping the holes spaced evenly to make sure your light will point straight ahead!<\/p>\n<p>When you have your drill holes lined up you should line up your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.4wdsupacentre.com.au\/products\/led-light-bars.html\"><strong>LED Lightbar<\/strong><\/a> and make sure your mounting brackets will line up perfectly with your pre measured drilling marks, once you are certain take your drill, and pre drill both sides ready to accept your LED lightbar mounting bolts!<\/p>\n<p>With the mounting brackets bolted into place, you can tighten the end brackets into place and aim your lights to point perpendicular to the front of your 4WD then plug your lights into your wiring harness!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; With a HUGE range of LED lightbars flooding the Aussie market, the choice seems almost endless for how you can set up your 4WD\u2019s driving and work lights! 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