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I was browsing the net and I came across the opt 7 wireless harness. I was looking to do A 32" light bar behind my grille but hate the idea of drilling my interior to put a switch. I saw the wireless harness with basically a key fob to control the light bar(strobe, on, off, dim) so I was seeing if anyone has done this or heard of it and what they think.

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I use one for my 32" behind the grill bar and haven't had any problems with it except for winter time. Mine isn't the same brand so idk if that will have anything to do with it but if the remote is cold it won't work untill I heat it up.

 

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I use one for my 32" behind the grill bar and haven't had any problems with it except for winter time. Mine isn't the same brand so idk if that will have anything to do with it but if the remote is cold it won't work untill I heat it up.

 

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Luckily Im in FL so I wont have to worry about that lol, normally I am in southern VA during winter which im not anymore and it gets cold but not to terrible.

Luckily Im in FL so I wont have to worry about that lol, normally I am in southern VA during winter which im not anymore and it gets cold but not to terrible.

was the 32" pretty easy to mount?

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Luckily Im in FL so I wont have to worry about that lol, normally I am in southern VA during winter which im not anymore and it gets cold but not to terrible.

 

was the 32" pretty easy to mount?

Once you get everything off and figure out how and where to mount it, it's not too bad at all. I mounted mine to the bottom of the grille and used about 8 washers to lift it up so it would sit where I wanted. Then I used zip ties to hold it up against the grille so it wouldn't move when going down grave or rough roads. Can't see any of it unless you really come right up to it and you know what you are looking for. I have a '14 Sierra with an aftermarket Denali grille. Let me know if you have any questions or need some pics for info.

 

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I don't have this, but I was also concerned about drilling into my dash. I ended up having my LED pods behind my grill wired into my high beams so they all come on at once. Really, when I need light, I want it to light up like a Christmas tree.

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Put one in myself for the floods mounted on the sports bar. Not the fancy one shown which looks like it costs more than the lights.

 

Bought a remote control 12v relay on EBay for under $10, shipped from China in less than 3 weeks. Power tap from the fused trailer hitch to power the relay and light feed and can control with the handheld remote from inside or outside the vehicle. Relay mounted under the bed rail and works fine under all weather and temperature conditions.

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I have a cheapo eBay remote on my rough country bar. Works pretty well. I programmed it to the built in garage door opener but the signal it sends is too long and will sometimes flash on then off or vice versa

 

 

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we've installed quite a few for customers from aux beam and they've worked pretty well up to this point build quality varies but overall we have not had any major problems

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Once you get everything off and figure out how and where to mount it, it's not too bad at all. I mounted mine to the bottom of the grille and used about 8 washers to lift it up so it would sit where I wanted. Then I used zip ties to hold it up against the grille so it wouldn't move when going down grave or rough roads. Can't see any of it unless you really come right up to it and you know what you are looking for. I have a '14 Sierra with an aftermarket Denali grille. Let me know if you have any questions or need some pics for info.

 

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yea man if you could post some pics that would be awesome! I was thinking of just drilling through the radiator support or whatever those 45 degree angle bars are and just using the stock brackets that come with the light bar..

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yea man if you could post some pics that would be awesome! I was thinking of just drilling through the radiator support or whatever those 45 degree angle bars are and just using the stock brackets that come with the light bar..

Sorry for the bad angles but this is about the best I could get with the amount of daylight I had. I saw the bars in there but I really didn't want to drill there because I was afraid I might go through lol. Like I said before I just zip tied the top of the bar to the GMC logo and it holds it perfectly. The last picture you can see the zip ties and that's how close you have to be to actually see them in person too.5eed612a88d189a5750bbc6db81d4c45.jpg94e22972f6a3f8d9033d547ff00de304.jpg72c9ec46c57161a8c109d67f2774c8da.jpg01fcbbf00bdcec032024dcefc9823bf2.jpg

 

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Tha

 

Sorry for the bad angles but this is about the best I could get with the amount of daylight I had. I saw the bars in there but I really didn't want to drill there because I was afraid I might go through lol. Like I said before I just zip tied the top of the bar to the GMC logo and it holds it perfectly. The last picture you can see the zip ties and that's how close you have to be to actually see them in person too.5eed612a88d189a5750bbc6db81d4c45.jpg94e22972f6a3f8d9033d547ff00de304.jpg72c9ec46c57161a8c109d67f2774c8da.jpg01fcbbf00bdcec032024dcefc9823bf2.jpg

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Thanks for the pics. I think Most likely what I will do is still drill through the bars and just put a bolt through to suck it in tight and I would have to worry about any other attachment points. just a matter of me wanting to use brackets that came with it or buying some and fabricating it to fit myself.

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Tha

 

Thanks for the pics. I think Most likely what I will do is still drill through the bars and just put a bolt through to suck it in tight and I would have to worry about any other attachment points. just a matter of me wanting to use brackets that came with it or buying some and fabricating it to fit myself.

Why don't you fab two pieces of metal and clamp them to the bar instead of drilling it?

 

 

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