I just bought a roll up tonneau and now I want to have light!

Simply put, I want some kind of lights I can put up under the bed rails and work well. Figured these are going to be my best bet.

http://www.superbrightleds.com/morei...60/#morephotos

I think I'm going to go with the natural white color, I like the warm white, but its kelvin rating is 3300k, which may not have as much output as the natural white which is 4500k.

As for wiring them up, I guess I'll just run a fused wire from the battery to the back and have a switch back there to turn them on/off.

I'm open to other suggestions for lights and wiring ideas.

 

A few kits i've looked at myself:

http://www.stylintrucks.com/parts/le...032_23652.aspx

http://www.stylintrucks.com/parts/le...032_23544.aspx

Not sure how much what you posted is going to run you cost wise. But just some options you could probably find cheaper if you looked.

 

i've seen a few members use those before, but i just don't think those are going to do it for me. i think they'll disappoint me lol.
thanks for the suggestion though

 

They could. Never know. Maybe if ya find a way to retro some of those led's into a small mountable box, if you will, to make it a cleaner install? Just tossing ideas around.

 

i think i'm going to opt for led light strips of some sort

 

I have LED strips in my bed that are wired into the cargo lamp, lights everything up real nice.

 

where did you get them from?

 

Do you have some pics?

 

All I did was put 2 led bars on the metal polls that support my cover and hooked them up to a connector so I can disconnect the lights and take off my cover if need be. The total setup cost me about $20.

 

Yah heres a few pics i snapped while on sled today, its actually very bright in there, i'm in the process of adding the same light strips under the doors to shine light on the ground when i open the doors.

 

that looks nice!

i just ordered these

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...00_i00_details

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...00_i00_details

Figured I could choose which one I like more and find a use for the one i don't use on something else.......like our 2010 f150 which also got a bed cover as well.

 

I have all 5000K LED, they seem to be the brightest,

Mine are wired into my cargo lamp, which also has LED's actually there isn't a light on my truck that isn't LED or HID

 

The top URL, are very bright, I ordered them in SEP-2011.
These are the 16.4 Feet 300 SMD LED Flexible Strip - Clear White LED

I installed 2 strips of these on the lip of the seating wall on the back patio this year.
One is under the bottom step, up the side and on the left wall, the other is on the right wall.
I just wrapped the extra behind the wall, illuminates the planter behind the house ( you can see this on the bush a bit on the left ).

The picture of the patio on Amazon is my backyard :



They come with female DC coax on them, you either need to cut this off and carefully solder into the wiring you are using, or get a male DC coax to plug them in. I had a bunch left over from my heated gear for the motorcycle

 

I've got the PlasmaGlow ones...actually getting them installed today!

I'll post pics as soon as I can. I did alot of research of these and they were pretty good and and everyone was satisfied from what I read.

The only thing with my truck is that on my 03' Flareside is there is no "Under rail" in the bed except at the very back and front so I cant have them facing down but more stright out into the bed.

 

That is awesome to hear! Any complaints about them yet?