2012 cab lights installed

[bartman432]

From a DIY thread posted by Dutchpilot on the DP, I bought some new GM/Chevy led cab lights for my truck. I made my own wiring harness, which was just 18 gauge red & black wire, heat shrink, solder, and female pins to fit the factory lights. I wired them up with a simple on/off switch, which was connected to the overhead light's 12V source. Dropped the front half of the headliner down for access and the rest went smoothly.

 

[mreeves23]

Looks very nice! Nice work! What did you use to drill the big holes for the side lights? Did you make your own templates as well?

 

[bartman432]

Used a 7/8" hole saw for the side lights, a 1/2" inch drill bit for the center light, and the screw holes were drilled with a 1/8" bit. I made the templates from the lights themselves. Dutchpilot included all the measurements. The lights are 6" back from the curvature of the windshield. The side lights are 4" over from the side of the roof. The roof is 54 inches across and the center of the center light is mounted at 27". These measurements are for the NBS trucks 07.5+. It was a fun project.

 

[Texas Chevy]

Looks good. I put the recon smoked ones on mine to. It's so hard to drill into you truck. I must have spent two days measuring and marking and standing back looking and a beer to calm my nerves before I drilled lol.

 

[workin' diesel]

Looks good. I put the recon smoked ones on mine to. It's so hard to drill into you truck. I must have spent two days measuring and marking and standing back looking and a beer to calm my nerves before I drilled lol.

I put these on my truck too. Also took me a lot to drill all those holes!!

 

[bartman432]

It's definately a sobering experience drilling into your roof. After the first hole went smoothly, I felt a sigh of relief.

 

[IronDX]

Nice

 

[AubleAK]

nice. why not just wire them into your headlights and have them on when ever your lights are on tho?

 

[kirkland]

nice. why not just wire them into your headlights and have them on when ever your lights are on tho?

That's how I would want mine... I want cab lights now, OP where you from lol ill watch and provide beer cause idk if I could drill mine lol

 

[Texas Chevy]

Mine are wired into the runnin lights so if the marker lights are on the cab lights are on also

 

[LB7 Lover 1994]

I want cab lights on mine so bad, but the thought of drilling into the cab and screwing it up scares me to death. Looks good though :thumb:

 

[graystonelbz]

looks real good