I'm putting KC serious 69 lights on my roof and was wondering what the easiest way to run the wires is???

 

If I could do it again I would drill a hole under the roof rack into the cabin then run the wire through there with a grommet and rtv.

 

This is what I did. Drilled the hole right under the front roof rail cap. Turned out great and no leaks 4 years later.

 

Yup. Just man up and drill the hole and rtv back. All those ideas of running in window molding or door jam blah blah. No, just drill and be done.

 

Or, take out one of the bolts holding the roof rails on and feed the wires through. This is what I did. You have to fish it through and around some of the existing bodywork under the headliner panel, but it worked killer. Just RTV where the wires go through. It will be much easier to do if you have the headliner panel out, I did not, but was able to make it work. If you need to re-do your headliner, it is the perfect time to run some wires through, whether or not you have lighting to install or not...just run the wires out and cap them, or do your lighting upgrades at the same time.

 

I drilled holes in the front and rear of my roof for lights, no leaks on headliner for several yrs now.

 

I didn't like the idea of drilling holes in my roof so I ran my light wires down the side windshield seal under the flap and into the fender and straight into the engine bay. The wires like to slip out of the seal alittle bit sometimes but isnt too bad.

 

Just for future reference I don't recommend running them through the door jambs and up the weather stripping, like I did.