Truck Bed Lighting (pictures)

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Old Apr 28, 2009 | 02:37 PM
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Truck Bed Lighting (pictures)

Put on a new Xtang tonneau and after talking to the owner of oznium.com when he came and stayed at my place he talked me into doing some bed lighting for when I go fishing, camping etc.

Each side has 2 SMD bars from Oznium.com (http://www.oznium.com/smd-bar) and are mounted under the bed rails and controlled by a switch I mounted in the cab.

Pictures are not the greatest but it puts out plenty of light to see in the bed of the truck.






Total cost of the procject was around $40...got a $80 discount on products.
 
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Old Apr 28, 2009 | 02:42 PM
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Looks cool, I have been thinking about doing something like this in mine
 
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Old Apr 28, 2009 | 03:04 PM
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looks good
 
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Old Apr 28, 2009 | 03:09 PM
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i might be doing similar soon too :o
 
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Old Apr 28, 2009 | 04:49 PM
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Very cool!
 
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Old Apr 28, 2009 | 07:44 PM
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I likey.

I bought the Recon kit over a year ago and still haven't installed them. After seeing yours I'm going to do this this week
 
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Old Apr 28, 2009 | 08:52 PM
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Looks great.
 
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Old Apr 29, 2009 | 01:48 PM
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Looks awesome
 
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Old Apr 29, 2009 | 02:59 PM
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Looks very nice. Where did you mount the switch?
 
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Old Apr 29, 2009 | 03:38 PM
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That is COOL!! I may be doing that too. For camping, fishing and hunting...that should be OEM.
 
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Old Apr 29, 2009 | 06:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Bigs125
Looks very nice. Where did you mount the switch?
LED switch is mounted just above the E-brake release in the gray portion of the dash..just drill a hole.

Wires are ran under the drop in bed liner then down to the frame and then up through the cab to the switch...and from the switch to the battery thru the fire wall.

I painted my wheel wells today to...glad summer is finally here and I can hopefully finish the truck up.
 
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Old Apr 29, 2009 | 10:55 PM
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Very nice.
I have been looking to do the same w/mine.
 
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Old Apr 30, 2009 | 11:28 PM
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nice!! any day shots of the actual LEDs?
 
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Old May 1, 2009 | 01:28 AM
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Thanks!
 
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Old May 1, 2009 | 04:54 PM
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Very cool, been debating that mod myself
 
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