WESTRESCUE77
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Hi all,
Like many of you, I was frustrated that our bed/ cargo lights don't come on when you unlock the vehicle. I wanted to share an easy/cheap solution I came up with that works pretty well.
I wasn't interested in any hard-wired bed lighting kits since I may get a hard canopy down the line. What I came across is the Shocker Hitch RHR AA Battery Powered Truck Bed Cargo LED Lights, 18". $27 bucks on amazon.
There are several similar offerings from Agri-cover and TruXedo on the market, but what I like about the RHR lights is you don't need a screwdriver to swap out the AA batteries - you just flip open the latches which takes 2 seconds.
They have 3 modes: On with 5 minute auto shut-off, ON, and Off.
The control box and lights come with 3M VHB double-sided tape, so the installation was super simple. I wanted this tucked out of the way, so I opted to attach both the box and light strip to the underside of my TruXedo Sentry CT tonneau cover bed rails.
One "mod" I did was shorten the wire between the box and the light so I didn't have excess wire hanging down. To achieve this without cutting anything, I folded the wire back on itself to get the desired length and then slipped a piece of heat shrink tubing over it. Pic below.
No, it's not the brightest light out there, but it's WAY better than a pitch-black bed at night.
Like many of you, I was frustrated that our bed/ cargo lights don't come on when you unlock the vehicle. I wanted to share an easy/cheap solution I came up with that works pretty well.
I wasn't interested in any hard-wired bed lighting kits since I may get a hard canopy down the line. What I came across is the Shocker Hitch RHR AA Battery Powered Truck Bed Cargo LED Lights, 18". $27 bucks on amazon.
There are several similar offerings from Agri-cover and TruXedo on the market, but what I like about the RHR lights is you don't need a screwdriver to swap out the AA batteries - you just flip open the latches which takes 2 seconds.
They have 3 modes: On with 5 minute auto shut-off, ON, and Off.
The control box and lights come with 3M VHB double-sided tape, so the installation was super simple. I wanted this tucked out of the way, so I opted to attach both the box and light strip to the underside of my TruXedo Sentry CT tonneau cover bed rails.
No, it's not the brightest light out there, but it's WAY better than a pitch-black bed at night.
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