4 Things You Must Do Before Installing Your Offroad LED Light Bars

Here are 4 things you need to ensure for installation:

  1. Ensure That Your LED Light Bar Installation Is Legal

Mainly some local laws prohibit the installation of the LED light bars on some parts of vehicles. Thus, it is better to check the laws before going to installation. Also, make sure to study the best practices for installing an LED light bar 

   2. Check Your LED Light Bar For Missing Hardware

It is advisable to check for all the available hardware before installation. It is quite possible that when you start, you might come across a missing screw.

Thus, make sure to check all parts so you don’t miss out on any essential components. Here it means to check for all essential smaller as well as bigger parts.

 

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3. Gather All the Tools You’ll Need

Before starting the installation, make sure to have all the required tools. That may include proper wiring for mounting light to the vehicle.

You might also need a measuring tape, screwdriver, wrenches, wire cutter, and plier. You might also require a marker and tape for that matter.

  4. Test Your LED Light Bar

Before you formally go for installation, check the free LED light bar. Sometimes when you install the wire and then figure out that it’s not working.

Thus, to avoid any such hassle in the future, it is better to go for testing before final installation. For testing, you can either connect the wire directly to a car battery.

The other option is to get a direct voltage system. Make sure not to connect the LED directly to AC.

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How do you test a LED light bar with a car battery?

There are four different ways to test a LED light bar is connected with a car battery. The four main ways in this regard are:

  1. You have to test the LED light without it getting burnt out. For this, test the LED using a coin cell battery
  2. Along with leads, get hold of the coin cell battery
  3. It’s time to make the right connection. Connect anode with the red lead. Connect the Cathode to the black lead
  4. It the time to check the result. Wait til the LED finally lightens up

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