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pcontant Enthusiast

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Just got 2019 Sierra Elevation. Looking at options to install a 20 or 22” LED light bar. Had one in my bumper opening on my 2012 2500 HD and found it indispensable for night time driving in the backwoods.  Has anyone installed one yet?  Share your pictures of your setup if you have. 

 

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After months of waiting for a company to make brackets or someone to share ideas on a led bar install, I finally installed one today.  (Auxbeam 22” Curved) I cut a hole in the lower bumper plastic, made simple brackets, wired a relay (with freewheeling diode) off the high beams and voilà!!! The Sierra lights are very poor, especially in high beam - the lights create a blacked out horizontal band that drives me crazy.  Not anymore. 

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18 hours ago, pcontant said:

After months of waiting for a company to make brackets or someone to share ideas on a led bar install, I finally installed one today.  (Auxbeam 22” Curved) I cut a hole in the lower bumper plastic, made simple brackets, wired a relay (with freewheeling diode) off the high beams and voilà!!! The Sierra lights are very poor, especially in high beam - the lights create a blacked out horizontal band that drives me crazy.  Not anymore. 

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Where did you wire your switch for this light bar? Or is it ran off your high beams? 

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Ran relay control off my high beam and ran the relay control ground into the cab incase I want to have high beam without the led bar. 

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PabloK Enthusiast

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I'm going with a Rigid Industries SAE compliant 20 or 30 inch.

 

1.15 inches tall.  higher end setup...

 

https://www.rigidindustries.com/sr-series-20-dual-function-sae-auxilary-high-beam-driving-lights-920413.html

 

 

otherwise.... i would wait and let the market mature and catch up....  still lots of manufactures designing 2019 specific systems...

 

here's one for chevy that's very clean...

 

https://www.roughcountry.com/chevy-led-grille-kit-70817c.html?gclid=CjwKCAjwtuLrBRAlEiwAPVcZBilzSWGsteTAICdb4PmgnQ7U1L2hXBulORJ01Zqml9CgUXUfN0cfJhoCLLgQAvD_BwE&find=2019-gmc-sierra-1500-4wd-381260&sid=TfQY3m53yw

 

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On 9/12/2019 at 8:15 PM, pcontant said:

Nice light (RIGID) but too expensive for me. I really like that RC Chevy setup.

yea RC setup is clean.

 

RI is big money... agree...  quality is there though..  

 

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On 9/7/2019 at 10:04 PM, pcontant said:

After months of waiting for a company to make brackets or someone to share ideas on a led bar install, I finally installed one today.  (Auxbeam 22” Curved) I cut a hole in the lower bumper plastic, made simple brackets, wired a relay (with freewheeling diode) off the high beams and voilà!!! The Sierra lights are very poor, especially in high beam - the lights create a blacked out horizontal band that drives me crazy.  Not anymore. 

A4CD7472-73F8-444F-B9E5-76E5A4D662C0.jpeg

1B5B251D-9522-4771-937D-250CBF834A06.jpeg

Any chance you have some photos of the brackets you made and where you mounted them too?  This looks to me like the best place for a light bar on these trucks but nervous about cutting into the bumper...

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Guyat4 New Member

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Did you have to remove the plastic piece that was cut out to mount the light? Or can I cut out with it on the truck. I have a 2020 GMC At4 and would like to mount the same light as you did.

 

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EXSlider400 Senior Enthusiast

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Does anybody know of any aftermarket inserts made for light bars? Apparently we cannot order the bumpers off the Harley edition trucks.

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On 7/26/2020 at 3:00 PM, Guyat4 said:

Did you have to remove the plastic piece that was cut out to mount the light? Or can I cut out with it on the truck. I have a 2020 GMC At4 and would like to mount the same light as you did.

 

Thanks!

I cut the opening without removing anything.  Worked out well!

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Does your truck have the Duramax 3.0?  I am wanting to do the same thing, but understand that this opening is for cooling the engine.  If you do have the 3.0, has your truck run any hotter?

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