Baja Designs Onyx6 10” light bars mounted behind the grill

SierraBronco · Mar 22, 2025

@Baja Designs Onyx6 10” bars mounted behind the grill:

If anyone was curious if this is possible, it is! Needed to fab up some janky mounts that I used on one of the old Raptor pickups, but they ended up fitting quite nicely. Now just waiting on the new headlight switch setup for the fog lights and we’ll run them with the brights, using the fog lights turning “off” to trigger the relay and kick these on.

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Bschurr · Mar 23, 2025

SierraBronco said:
If anyone was curious if this is possible, it is! Needed to fab up some janky mounts that I used on one of the old Raptor pickups, but they ended up fitting quite nicely. Now just waiting on the new headlight switch setup for the fog lights and we’ll run them with the brights, using the fog lights turning “off” to trigger the relay and kick these on.

Nice work & looks good!

Please keep an eye on your temp gauge & performance - you installed them in the “Medium Risk” zone. See attached pic from the Bronco Equipment Installation Guide.

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SierraBronco · Mar 23, 2025

Bschurr said:
Nice work & looks good!

Please keep an eye on your temp gauge & performance - you installed them in the “Medium Risk” zone. See attached pic from the Bronco Equipment Installation Guide.

One of course would assume there is some blockage but I didn’t know this diagram existed. That’s pretty cool! Thank you for sharing.

I wonder how much of a difference there is between the lights where they’re behind the grill and likely blocking more “effectively” compared to a winch where it’s technically blocking more of the grill, but air can more easily get around it.

Bschurr · Mar 23, 2025

SierraBronco said:
One of course would assume there is some blockage but I didn’t know this diagram existed. That’s pretty cool! Thank you for sharing.

I wonder how much of a difference there is between the lights where they’re behind the grill and likely blocking more “effectively” compared to a winch where it’s technically blocking more of the grill, but air can more easily get around it.

I installed the Ford Performance winch on my Raptor and there is no difference in temperature parameters pre/post install.

Attached is the full Ford Equipment Installation Guide for further reference - there’s lots of good stuff in here…

604Bronco · Mar 23, 2025

Looks great! I did a similar install of LED lights on my Silverado years ago. Although some light was blocked by the grill, it was minimal. I like the ”hidden” look, which also deters theft. Well done!

SierraBronco · Mar 23, 2025

604Bronco said:
Looks great! I did a similar install of LED lights on my Silverado years ago. Although some light was blocked by the grill, it was minimal. I like the ”hidden” look, which also deters theft. Well done!

Hidden is definitely the way to go with these lights. On the white bronco I don’t mind them on the bumper as they’re circles so they match the headlights and between them and the winch they block the body lift gap. But! There won’t be a front winch on this one. So keeping it clean.

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mkennedy009 · Mar 24, 2025

Bschurr said:
I installed the Ford Performance winch on my Raptor and there is no difference in temperature parameters pre/post install.

Attached is the full Ford Equipment Installation Guide for further reference - there’s lots of good stuff in here…

This guide is awesome. Can't wait for the 2025 version. Thanks for the post.

OffRoadUSA.com · Mar 25, 2025

Very nice!

ezapar 2 · Mar 26, 2025

Bschurr said:
Nice work & looks good!

Please keep an eye on your temp gauge & performance - you installed them in the “Medium Risk” zone. See attached pic from the Bronco Equipment Installation Guide.

Hoping the air flow behind the winch won't put me too much in the yellow.

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SierraBronco · Mar 27, 2025

Update for those interested-getting the new headlight switch with the fog light button worked nicely. No fog lights installed, but used forscan to enable them with DRL and headlamps. Disable with high beams. Ran relay to BD lights on normally closed with power supply to relay from AUX1. When fog lights “turn off”with the brights and AUX1 on, that signals the BD lights to turn on. No fumbling with switches for the lights, they now trigger on with high beams and there wasn’t a need to try intercepting through the module, as those systems can sometimes be unreliable.

sdtwist · Sep 29, 2025

SierraBronco said:
Update for those interested-getting the new headlight switch with the fog light button worked nicely. No fog lights installed, but used forscan to enable them with DRL and headlamps. Disable with high beams. Ran relay to BD lights on normally closed with power supply to relay from AUX1. When fog lights “turn off”with the brights and AUX1 on, that signals the BD lights to turn on. No fumbling with switches for the lights, they now trigger on with high beams and there wasn’t a need to try intercepting through the module, as those systems can sometimes be unreliable.

Howdy howdy! Any long term update you can provide for September 2025?

SierraBronco · Sep 29, 2025

Everything still works!

Added another relay for power though. The wiring for Aux1 is just too small for these lights.

SwampCactus · Apr 16, 2026

SierraBronco said:
@Baja Designs Onyx6 10” bars mounted behind the grill:

If anyone was curious if this is possible, it is! Needed to fab up some janky mounts that I used on one of the old Raptor pickups, but they ended up fitting quite nicely. Now just waiting on the new headlight switch setup for the fog lights and we’ll run them with the brights, using the fog lights turning “off” to trigger the relay and kick these on.

I love it! I'm always interested in unique ways to mount lights.

Does it cast any type of shadow? Were you able to wire them up to your high beams?

SierraBronco · Apr 16, 2026

SwampCactus said:
I love it! I'm always interested in unique ways to mount lights.

Does it cast any type of shadow? Were you able to wire them up to your high beams?

Thanks! I did swap things up a bit and now have four Vega7’s in there.

No shadows

Used a normally closed relay tripped off the fog lights (that don’t exist but the wiring is there. Just had to enable with forscan) so when the fog lights turn off with the brights, the big lights turn on.

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SwampCactus · Apr 16, 2026

Thanks for the fast reply. Both setups look great. Appreciate the intel on how to wireup to highbeams as that's a good option to have.

So neither cast shadows then? No issues with overheating? I'm just exploring ideas right now for more lights and wanted to see what was out there for behind the grill setups.

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