Baja Designs Linkable Bumper Light Kit & Triple Fog & Upfitter Relay Box & Camera Relocate Install

[Nex]

Do mine next, please and thank you.

 

[cscape]

Nice write up, thanks for sharing!

 

[JayRods]

Great write up, thanks for posting. Now I'm inspired to do the same thing.
I found a big open area inside the front fender, and if I mount the Relay box just right, I can access the Fuses and Relays through the fender vent. I found a side mount relay box On Amazon.

 

[JayRods]

Here's a few pictures of the Fuse box mounting position.
Thanks again for your incredible post. It inspired me to do things right like you did.


I added a tether strap to the fuse box cover so I don't drop it down into the fender well.

 

[JayRods]

I finished that part of the project. All my added lights are now on the relays. Thanks,
I.m still waiting for the Baja Design linkable front bumper light kit. I already have the Camera relocate on the workbench.

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[Ivan Dan]

Nice work!

 

[JayRods]

Here are some pictures of my light project finished.

 

[navy2x]

This looks so good!

Are you able to give any more details on how you did the wiring? I’m specifically interested in:
1. how you wired the breaker up to the battery,
2. How you wired the relay box and connected them to the existing upfitter wires

Thank you

 

[figure1a]

This looks so good!

Are you able to give any more details on how you did the wiring? I’m specifically interested in:
1. how you wired the breaker up to the battery,
2. How you wired the relay box and connected them to the existing upfitter wires

Thank you

1. You can see in one of the pics of the breaker and the wire to the battery. Not much too it. I always make the wire from the breaker to the battery as short as possible.
2. Relay box is pretty simple but at the same time mind boggling as you always have so many wires. I couldn't give you any written instructions other than to take your time and test fit a lot before making final cuts. With thicker gauge wire it's easy for one wire to be several inches longer than another depending on where is is in the bundle once you start making turns, etc. The upfitter wires are in the sidewall/fender next to the battery (plenty of threads on where to look for them). I always leave my battery connected and in place because with these newer vehicles just disconnecting your battery can lead to a headache of computer type issues in the truck when you reconnect that might need a dealer visit for repogramming. That made it hard to get to the upfitter wires since they are so short and hard to get to. I found it easier to remove the fender flare and wheel well guard and then get to wires from the wheel well—takes less then 10 minutes to go in through the wheel well.

 

[navy2x]

1. You can see in one of the pics of the breaker and the wire to the battery. Not much too it. I always make the wire from the breaker to the battery as short as possible.
2. Relay box is pretty simple but at the same time mind boggling as you always have so many wires. I couldn't give you any written instructions other than to take your time and test fit a lot before making final cuts. With thicker gauge wire it's easy for one wire to be several inches longer than another depending on where is is in the bundle once you start making turns, etc. The upfitter wires are in the sidewall/fender next to the battery (plenty of threads on where to look for them). I always leave my battery connected and in place because with these newer vehicles just disconnecting your battery can lead to a headache of computer type issues in the truck when you reconnect that might need a dealer visit for repogramming. That made it hard to get to the upfitter wires since they are so short and hard to get to. I found it easier to remove the fender flare and wheel well guard and then get to wires from the wheel well—takes less then 10 minutes to go in through the wheel well.

Thanks this is helpful.

So to make sure I’ve got it correctly, does the wiring diagram look something like this?

Main battery —>
200A breaker —>
Relay #1—> one wire to lights, one wire to upfitter switch
Relay #2 —> one wire to different lights, one wire to different upfitter switch
Etc…for the rest of the relays

—> And all grounds to chassis

So all your lights first go thru a relay and associated fuse, then all of those together go thru the 200A breaker before they reach the battery?

I’m also curious what your custom mount to the existing fuse box looks like.

Thanks again for the help