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Does anyone have a review of the lightbar? Wondering if it is worth adding.
light bar and headlights low beam. Then just headlights. I have never had a light bar before so I canā€™t compare but it does throw some light. I couldnā€™t even get as good pic standing in front
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I got mine installed today. Turns out itā€™s a pain to relocate the control pack for the Warn evo, and due to that itā€™s also a nightmare to connect to the Aux switches. Full disclosure, I did not do the install myself, I read the directions and saidā€¦ nah. But my install guy did say the RC light didnā€™t fit and the had to expand the opening to make it work. Yes there are a bunch of wires behind the winch, no real place to store them.

I did have an odd experience from the relocated front camera. It was leaking the water from The spray nozzle. So after 10 min of trouble shooting, I just plugged it up, nice feature, not needed.

Also, had no place to put my license plate, so I kinda made my own out of some stuff I found in the garage (itā€™s required in Texas). But I would like a nudge bar that is in front of the camera, and Iā€™m fairly sure that will be using the bolt holes Iā€™m currently using for the license plate. But thatā€™s future meā€™s problem.

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I'll have this figured out by morning I bet lol.

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I'll have this figured out by morning I bet lol.

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Looks like you got your plastic covers trimmed nicely. Good job. šŸ‘ I was impatient (and a bit confused)... so I did that last... lol
 

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I got mine installed today. Turns out itā€™s a pain to relocate the control pack for the Warn evo, and due to that itā€™s also a nightmare to connect to the Aux switches. Full disclosure, I did not do the install myself, I read the directions and saidā€¦ nah. But my install guy did say the RC light didnā€™t fit and the had to expand the opening to make it work. Yes there are a bunch of wires behind the winch, no real place to store them.

I did have an odd experience from the relocated front camera. It was leaking the water from The spray nozzle. So after 10 min of trouble shooting, I just plugged it up, nice feature, not needed.

Also, had no place to put my license plate, so I kinda made my own out of some stuff I found in the garage (itā€™s required in Texas). But I would like a nudge bar that is in front of the camera, and Iā€™m fairly sure that will be using the bolt holes Iā€™m currently using for the license plate. But thatā€™s future meā€™s problem.

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I used the BAMF mount for the warm evo, went pretty easy.
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I got mine installed today. Turns out itā€™s a pain to relocate the control pack for the Warn evo, and due to that itā€™s also a nightmare to connect to the Aux switches. Full disclosure, I did not do the install myself, I read the directions and saidā€¦ nah. But my install guy did say the RC light didnā€™t fit and the had to expand the opening to make it work. Yes there are a bunch of wires behind the winch, no real place to store them.

I did have an odd experience from the relocated front camera. It was leaking the water from The spray nozzle. So after 10 min of trouble shooting, I just plugged it up, nice feature, not needed.

Also, had no place to put my license plate, so I kinda made my own out of some stuff I found in the garage (itā€™s required in Texas). But I would like a nudge bar that is in front of the camera, and Iā€™m fairly sure that will be using the bolt holes Iā€™m currently using for the license plate. But thatā€™s future meā€™s problem.

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Looks like the parking sensor wires were ran the wrong way. There is a hole that lets them pass through the winch plate so the wires stay hidden. I also ran my camera wire and hose through that hole too.

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Looks like the parking sensor wires were ran the wrong way. There is a hole that lets them pass through the winch plate so the wires stay hidden. I also ran my camera wire and hose through that hole too.

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Mine look about the same they come up thru the hole then plug in face inward just like that. Mine a tad bit more hidden because the apex winch is huge!
 

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@'21OBX said he was having issues fitting the RC light.

I haven't received it yet, but I'm going to do an experiment with a cheaper hidden 20" bar mounted behind the supplied grille (it matches my BL grille pretty well, so I don't want to remove it... and I don't really like the look of light bars). I'll post after I get it mounted and see how much the depth and grille pattern affect the beam. FYI, here's what I ordered.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/284140015823?var=585628526709
I got their 20" bar with DRLs, popped right in, one bolt on each side. There was a ton of hardware included with the light that didn't make sense for this install. Hooking up the light this weekend.
 

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Looks like the parking sensor wires were ran the wrong way. There is a hole that lets them pass through the winch plate so the wires stay hidden. I also ran my camera wire and hose through that hole too.

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thatā€™s easy enough for me to fix. Iā€™ll get to that this weekend
 

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I used the BAMF mount for the warm evo, went pretty easy.
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did you need the wire extension? Or did the wires it come with reach the mount?
 

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did you need the wire extension? Or did the wires it come with reach the mount?
You need extensions 100%. if you want to go cheaper you can make them yourself via Amazon. I donā€™t recommend BAMFs as they are way to expensive.
 

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@'21OBX said he was having issues fitting the RC light.

I haven't received it yet, but I'm going to do an experiment with a cheaper hidden 20" bar mounted behind the supplied grille (it matches my BL grille pretty well, so I don't want to remove it... and I don't really like the look of light bars). I'll post after I get it mounted and see how much the depth and grille pattern affect the beam. FYI, here's what I ordered.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/284140015823?var=585628526709
Ok, so it arrived... I Iike it much better than the RC light... the compound "6D" lens looks a lot better than the individual LEDs. Because I like the look of the RC grille (it looks pretty rugged and matches the BL grille well), I wanted to keep that look.

I mounted the light bar about an inch behind the grille. Supposedly it's 60,000 lumen (300W)... and it will be partially blocked by the grille... but we'll see.

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Since I have Oracle triple fogs (wide pattern) and some dual pattern Auxbeam ditch lights angled about 20Ā°, the only place I lacked illum was directly forward. Hopefully it fills the space. It looks like plenty of light is getting through.

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The bar itself wasn't quite 20" (19.5")... and the mounting location inside the winch wasn't 20" (22.5). I used some 18 gauge sheet metal to fab up some brackets to fill in the 1.25" gap on each side.

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I'll try to get a night pic later.

Edit: This light sucks. I'd be surprised if it was 3000 lumen, much less 60000.
You get what you pay for. I'll be looking for other options for a spot beam. šŸ˜‘

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So as I'm sitting here trying to decide on a winch, I'm looking and this RC winch mount and camera relocation possibilities, I'd really like to fab my own. Does anyone know if there's a source for just the camera harness extension?

Edit: Guess I should have looked a little harder before I asked lol.

https://www.bodyguardbumpers.com/replacement-parts/clearview-front-camera-extended-wiring-harness
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