Ad-hoc Light Bar

[avigneault]

...just to give some of you frugal folks an idea about what you can do with a little elbow grease and about $200.

Rhino Rack fairing mounted to crossbars, Pod lights mounted to that. Wiring harness run down windshield with KC wire hider. Quick disconnects make the entire rig easily removable.

12v supplied in frunk from the outlet there, relay mounted up behind tub, switch in the cabin.

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[OffRoad987]

Cool,
Im thinking about adding lights.

How does the routing for the wiring to battery look like.
Also the switches.
Im looking for some bluetooth enabled switches so i dont need a switch in the car.

...just to give some of you frugal folks an idea about what you can do with a little elbow grease and about $200

 

[R1Sky Business]

Not giving up the elbow grease secrets....

 

[NY_Rob]

Now that is pretty darn sweet!!

How are you delivering power?

 

[avigneault]

I'm making some minor improvements, but here are a couple more photos of the rig:

 

[Beanejar]

Would love to see and hear about the details of wiring. Just got our S and looking to mount my emergency lights, when needed - don’t want them on all the time. Unfortunately, our S does’t have the 12v under the dash - was hoping for that. On my Discovery, ran a pigtail out the B column and plugged in just closing the cord in the door (padded area on wires). Rivian not being overwhelmingly helpful regarding power supply for lights and sirens. ’Don‘t support 3rd party options.’ Professional installer looking around at options and would love to see yours. Thanks for sharing!

 

[avigneault]

Here are the install photos

 

[Beanejar]

Thanks!!!

Unfortunately, the frunk and under dash 12v got deleted on our S… seems to only push us towards putting items directly on the 12v batteries.

 

[avigneault]

The wiring harness is still there, FYI. There's another thread on here describing it.

 

[avigneault]

Quick note, if you break a retainer clip/plug while pulling plastic, Toyota style replacements appear to work perfectly.

 

[iansriv]

Nice mate! I've been thinking about this. Check out the below link and lmk what you think.

https://ndpautomotive.com/products/2020-defender-roof-mount-led-light-bar#images-1

 

[avigneault]

Nice mate! I've been thinking about this. Check out the below link and lmk what you think.

https://ndpautomotive.com/products/2020-defender-roof-mount-led-light-bar#images-1

Looks a little too G-wagon-ey for my taste. I like the pod style because they have more character than a light bar, draw less energy and are easy (and cheap) to replace.

Also, $900 is more than 4x what this rig cost! But if that's what your going for, I hope this thread helps!

 

[tek]

Quick note, if you break a retainer clip/plug while pulling plastic, Toyota style replacements appear to work perfectly.

Is this in reference to the frunk fairings around the tub?

 

[Donald Stanfield]

Nice mate! I've been thinking about this. Check out the below link and lmk what you think.

https://ndpautomotive.com/products/2020-defender-roof-mount-led-light-bar#images-1

That looks very cool. Buy it and get it all figured out so I can see if I want to. I'm sorta kidding, I mean I would like to see how it looks on an R1

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