Wow, perfect installations.. Diode Dynamics is one of the best light bars and fog lamps in the market. I ordered ss3 fog lights but its all back orders until August.
Nice DD 🔥 I’ve been waiting for that 42” light bar for a month and hope to get it by this weekend. Now I have a video at least and the cut doesn’t look that bad. thx👌
"Thanks for calling Diode Dynamics, what can we help you with today?" "I'd like to buy your LED lights." "Ok great, which ones have you been considering?" "Yes."
I was thinking that when you put the light bar and ditch lights you should’ve put the wire through the VOSwitch and then put on the connectors. You read my mind in the future and did that for your bumper lights.
So are you able to install the light into the C4 fab bumper before you put the bumper on the car or do you have to put the bumper on and then put the light in
Awesome video with step by step guidance. Question, with the blue wire for the back light, how was that connected to the Vos Switch? Does it get connected to the positive red wire to the switch as well or is there another step?
Very nice wire up… im trying to wire up some on my bed rack and these white and amber backlight is something im looking for 👍🏼👍🏼 how long is that wiring cable it comes with?
When you were combining the lights to run a single wire to the VoSwitch, how did you splice the wires together to go from 2 wires to a single wire? It looked like you just used the heat shrink butt connectors. If so how did you make it work so that the connection was secure? FYI - Fan of what you guys are doing and also a AZ native. Great Video
Thank you. Yea that is how I did it. It’s not the best way. I guy mentioned using a single line and just cut into that line for the power. Pretty easy.
On the loom, you're suppose to use a lighter on both ends of the loom once you cut it to your desired length, just like you would do on 550 paracord. To run the wires through the loom, all you have to do is run the loom through the wire. Not the wire through the loom. Meaning...you push the loom over the end/beginning of the wires and once the loom bunches up, hold on to the end that you are working on with one hand and then use your other hand to pull on the loom where it bunches up at. That way the loom will loosen up and continues it's way down towards the end of the wire.
I seen that on your bus bar you have a large cable leading inside your engine bay I’m just curious to know where u are feeding it towards..(thick black cable on the right)
No the light bars don’t have a backlight feature. That would be cool though. I run around all the time with my ditch and fog lights backlit and I really like the way it glows. Definitely had a lot less people pulling out in front of me.
My two flex era 4 lights put out over 320k candela. I paid $570 for the kit. I really don’t need more than that since it illuminates everything in front of me and there is no chance of out running it in my Jeep.
Wow 6 or 7 hours in garage. This summer was horrendous. Not sure how you lasted that long. Even doing the most simplistic of tasks like unscrewing some hinges on my home made box in truck bed I came in drenched from being in garage for 30 minutes, even less. And this was at 11pm.
@@AdventureBuilt lol. I've been here 14 years and while it is true your body does get somewhat use to it. I still hate the heat. lol Of course its not as though I came from the frigid mid west or N. Dakota. Coming from S. Ca and spending most my life surfing, sailing and in around the water I admit I am spoiled.
Now that you have been using your Diode lights for a little while. If you were look to buy tomorrow would you consider any other brand or go with Diode Dynamics?
2 grand for lights??? I was just pricing baja designs and came entirely too close to 18,000 for my liking... of course you do not have nearly the lighting I had planned out, but it might be worth looking into.
I asked them the same thing and say said it relates to their SAE rating. I asked them to make a series of lights that are all the same look of amber and they said they are working on it.
@@AdventureBuilt I've had a little 12" lightbar mounted on my bullbar just above the winch since I put the winch on.. Whenever anyone said I should get a lightbar my response was always "lockers before lightbars." Well I found a ARB in a D30 in the wrecking yard and the dumb dumb at the counter had no idea what he was looking at and when I asked how much he asked how much it was worth to me. I said "well I charge $85/hr for labor and it took me almost 15 minutes to get it out... So I'll give you a deal" and I handed him 20 bucks. So I put the ARB in the front diff and 2 weeks ago I picked up a D44 for the rear end and had it regeared to 4.88's to match the D30 up front and the owner of the diff shop (Hamm's Offroad, best in the PNW) had an OX locker in the D44 he pulled out of his Jeep that he put on tons in the summer. $1420 later I got front and rear air lockers with 4.88's and I'm pricing out all the lights I want and I'm almost up to $3500 tl/dr: Why do lightbars gotta be more expensive than lockers and a regear?
@@AdventureBuilt thank you! That would be awesome! I'm looking to do ditch lights and bed rails with rear bumper as well. How do you like the voswitch? I'm torn between that and the Rough Country?
Can't think of a better Christmas gift than some Diode Dynamic lights!
I was on the fence between Baja and Diode for the 30” bar. You just sold me on Diode
You won’t be disappointed.
You damn good at explaining and documenting your work! Appreciate you! Saved me time and stress on my Gen 2 Taco build.
That is awesome!!!! Thank you!!!
It's really amazing the quality that you made on that truck, it really looks like it tooks some time but the results just talk by it self👌🏻
I know it’s an old video, but I use the same Irwin wire strippers and love them, the best😀😊
Haha. Hell yea. I’m still using mine to this day.
That's the bumper I'm gonna order. Glad to see someone set it up just like im gonna do as well. Very informative thanks
Great install video! I wish that my wiring looked clean as yours. Have a Merry Christmas and stay safe!!!
Thank you very much and Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
Great job! I’ve been on the fence as to whether to go with Baja or Diode, and you just made my decision for me.
Glad to hear it.
Yup, I like DD. Fair price, great quality. My 3 light bars, fog lights, and interior lights are DD. Brightness is crazy!
Best bang for the buck by far!
Awesome setup guys and great video!
Thank you for the support. 😎
Great products that deserve the limelight!!!
Nasa says hi!!!
Another great step by step video!!! Thanks for sharing all the details, tools, etc.
Regards from Chile.
Your lights setup is amazing.
Thank you very much!!!
I have asked for this early Christmas gift as well. Excellent step by step video.
Thank you very much.
Looks great, nice work on the clean install! Now you need the dual battery setup…
Thank you and coming soon!!!
Oh man congrats. You’re living the dream 👏
Awesome light show :) Another cool video - keep them coming.
Haha thank you very much!!!’
Wow, perfect installations.. Diode Dynamics is one of the best light bars and fog lamps in the market. I ordered ss3 fog lights but its all back orders until August.
Thank you very much!
Heck yeah, Diode Dynamics! Local St. Louis company. Bout to outfit my 4Runner with all their lights as well.
Hell yes. They rock.
Nice DD 🔥 I’ve been waiting for that 42” light bar for a month and hope to get it by this weekend. Now I have a video at least and the cut doesn’t look that bad. thx👌
Thank you. The cut isn’t bad and painted black is unnoticeable. Best of luck!!!
Great timing. Have some DD lights to wire after the Switch Pros goes in soon-ish. The links are invaluable.
"Thanks for calling Diode Dynamics, what can we help you with today?"
"I'd like to buy your LED lights."
"Ok great, which ones have you been considering?"
"Yes."
Lol. I started with their light bar. I now have their fog lights and will soon be buying their ditch lights. amber please!
Haha that is pretty much how that started!!! ALL THE LIGHTS!!!!
Now you can clearly see the trails you need a Jeep Rubicon for! LOL! I crack myself up!!!
Haha never a Jeep!!!
Awesome video! Where got tray for switchbox?
Now just a few c2s or what ever on prinsu for side lights :)
I have the C2 for side lights. Just have to install them.
Awesome! I've gone all diode dynamics as well just need a weekend off of work to wire them up. Any side lights going on your rig in the future?
They are awesome.
looks great, nice install .
Thank you very much!!!
Wow that is nuts, wow 🤩
Hahahaha. Good one!!!!
I was thinking that when you put the light bar and ditch lights you should’ve put the wire through the VOSwitch and then put on the connectors. You read my mind in the future and did that for your bumper lights.
Yea I definitely learn from my mistakes!! Sometimes😂😂😂😂
So are you able to install the light into the C4 fab bumper before you put the bumper on the car or do you have to put the bumper on and then put the light in
Awesome video with step by step guidance. Question, with the blue wire for the back light, how was that connected to the Vos Switch? Does it get connected to the positive red wire to the switch as well or is there another step?
Looks great just a question with the amount of wattage these lights take up are you running an additional battery
Thx. I run all my accessory light off of the main battery and have never had an issue. The LED’s have a very low draw.
Awesome!!! Solid rig!!!!
Very nice wire up… im trying to wire up some on my bed rack and these white and amber backlight is something im looking for 👍🏼👍🏼 how long is that wiring cable it comes with?
You can buy a wiring harness from Diode in different lengths. The lights are awesome!!!
When you were combining the lights to run a single wire to the VoSwitch, how did you splice the wires together to go from 2 wires to a single wire? It looked like you just used the heat shrink butt connectors. If so how did you make it work so that the connection was secure?
FYI - Fan of what you guys are doing and also a AZ native. Great Video
Thank you. Yea that is how I did it. It’s not the best way. I guy mentioned using a single line and just cut into that line for the power. Pretty easy.
Love my amber ss3 and ss2 pros
They Rock!!!
What bumper are you are running up front?
Nice video good detail!
Thank you and it’s the C4 Fab hybrid bumper.
On the loom, you're suppose to use a lighter on both ends of the loom once you cut it to your desired length, just like you would do on 550 paracord.
To run the wires through the loom, all you have to do is run the loom through the wire. Not the wire through the loom. Meaning...you push the loom over the end/beginning of the wires and once the loom bunches up, hold on to the end that you are working on with one hand and then use your other hand to pull on the loom where it bunches up at. That way the loom will loosen up and continues it's way down towards the end of the wire.
I seen that on your bus bar you have a large cable leading inside your engine bay I’m just curious to know where u are feeding it towards..(thick black cable on the right)
It goes directly into the main ground for the engine.
Does your 42” Light bar have a backlit feature like the Baja Design S8 light bar?
Thanks for the videos 👍🏻
No the light bars don’t have a backlight feature. That would be cool though. I run around all the time with my ditch and fog lights backlit and I really like the way it glows. Definitely had a lot less people pulling out in front of me.
Question for you, did that plug with the +/- wires come with the light bar? The one you clip in after running the light bar wire down the windshield
I have this same bumper coming next month. Can one set of the fog have been wired into the factory fog light switch?
It definitely could but I didn’t try.
Awesome video! You make wiring look easy! I was wondering what power source you ended up wiring in the backlighting to for the ditch lights? Thanks!
I wired all the backlighting into its own switch to keep full control to go dark.
The tip about doing one bolt at a time for the Ditch bracket install saved a lot of aggravation for a bunch of people.
Hey..when did u instill the negative bus bar? And no video?
It seemed really straight forward so I didn’t do a video on it. I installed the bus bar when installing the VoSwitch initially.
Ok thanks….bada$$ truck
My two flex era 4 lights put out over 320k candela. I paid $570 for the kit. I really don’t need more than that since it illuminates everything in front of me and there is no chance of out running it in my Jeep.
Nice.
Did you also have to purchase the additional wiring harness??
Wow 6 or 7 hours in garage. This summer was horrendous. Not sure how you lasted that long. Even doing the most simplistic of tasks like unscrewing some hinges on my home made box in truck bed I came in drenched from being in garage for 30 minutes, even less. And this was at 11pm.
Your body gets kinda used to it and unfortunately I don’t have much choice. I definitely don’t enjoy the Arizona heat though, for sure!!!
@@AdventureBuilt lol. I've been here 14 years and while it is true your body does get somewhat use to it. I still hate the heat. lol Of course its not as though I came from the frigid mid west or N. Dakota. Coming from S. Ca and spending most my life surfing, sailing and in around the water I admit I am spoiled.
Now that you have been using your Diode lights for a little while. If you were look to buy tomorrow would you consider any other brand or go with Diode Dynamics?
Looks great
Any chance the DD ss5 would fit in the widest part of the wings of the c4 hybrid bumper?
Are you using the 16 or 14 gage wire for your flood lights?
I’m pretty sure I used 14gauge for all my lights from the VoSwitch.
Awesomeness.... 👍💪
Thank you very much!!!
Wiring game is insane. Surprised all that lighting is only 20,000 lumens though
How come the backlighting wouldnt work to factory? I was hoping to wire the backlighting to factory DRLs
Nice job bro!!!!
Thank you very much!!!
2 grand for lights??? I was just pricing baja designs and came entirely too close to 18,000 for my liking... of course you do not have nearly the lighting I had planned out, but it might be worth looking into.
How many working amps is all those lights?
Why are the bars amber and the pods yellow?
I asked them the same thing and say said it relates to their SAE rating. I asked them to make a series of lights that are all the same look of amber and they said they are working on it.
What rock lights are you using?
Lux lighting system. I did a video about them. They attach my magnet so they are easy to install.
Lockers Before Lightbars
Done and done!
@@AdventureBuilt I've had a little 12" lightbar mounted on my bullbar just above the winch since I put the winch on.. Whenever anyone said I should get a lightbar my response was always "lockers before lightbars." Well I found a ARB in a D30 in the wrecking yard and the dumb dumb at the counter had no idea what he was looking at and when I asked how much he asked how much it was worth to me. I said "well I charge $85/hr for labor and it took me almost 15 minutes to get it out... So I'll give you a deal" and I handed him 20 bucks. So I put the ARB in the front diff and 2 weeks ago I picked up a D44 for the rear end and had it regeared to 4.88's to match the D30 up front and the owner of the diff shop (Hamm's Offroad, best in the PNW) had an OX locker in the D44 he pulled out of his Jeep that he put on tons in the summer. $1420 later I got front and rear air lockers with 4.88's and I'm pricing out all the lights I want and I'm almost up to $3500
tl/dr: Why do lightbars gotta be more expensive than lockers and a regear?
@@TheRealMikeWilly sounds like you got a smoking deal. I’m also of the same thought.
Would you have a code from Diode Dynamics for a discount?
I wish I did. They do run sales here and there. If I manage to get one I’ll put it in the description.
@@AdventureBuilt thank you! That would be awesome! I'm looking to do ditch lights and bed rails with rear bumper as well. How do you like the voswitch? I'm torn between that and the Rough Country?
@@nolangabel5997 the VoSwitch is awesome. No complaints and never failed me. They also just came out with a new 12 switch model.
Lights are on sale right now if your in the market
Why not flip the bolt upside down to avoid the nut from getting near the hood edges
Good idea but there isn’t enough clearance if you flip the bolt. I thought about it but won’t fit.
I have a full dd setup too. Its nice but I wish their fogs and lightbar amber matches perfectly. Lightbar is too orange compared to yellow of fogs.
I completely agree. Was just saying that to my buddy. Maybe I’ll talk to them and see if they are able to make new lenses for the fog lights.
R4t mentioned that the fog light ss3 max are more of an amber color compared to the pros being more of a yellow color.
What about Chase lights????lol
I would if anyone could keep up!!! Just kidding.
Over 20,000 lumens
Now stare into it
I’ve had diode dynamics, rigid, Baja designs. Once you go Baja you never go back.
I don’t know. I’ve installed a bunch of lights and seen them all. Diode Dynamics are pretty top notch. I’d put them up against Baja any-day!
Whoo, first! 😎
Nailed it!!!!
Candela of multiple lights is not additive, as it seems you have done by saying 600K.