Sunvisor and cab lights
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Sunvisor and cab lights
I have always had a thing for a sick looking truck with a sunvisor and cab lights sadly my truck was sent from the factory with neither anyone have any ideas as to where I can find a sweet looking visor and how hard would it be to wire all the lights into the headliner? thanks for the answers guys!
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I assume you mean the five cab clearance lights on the roof. You can buy the lense and gray housings through Mopar but the gasket and plug are discontinued. The best bet on those are to buy a nice used set preferably from a northern truck (southern trucks the lenses seem to back and crack more). Make sure you get the five gaskets and the harness for them. You can use gasket maker on the gaskets for a good seal.
Sadly Lund no longer makes either the visor or moonvisor (lights in it). So your only bet is swap meets or salvage yards. The sad thing is people way over price them on Flebay. $300 For something you will most likely have to paint is ridiculous. Plus they dont have the screw caps. They cover the screw heads so it looks nicer. All in all you are going to have to search for all.
To install the lights its really not that hard. Just measure three times before drilling. I have put three sets on trucks and the hardest part was on the last one was running the harness up the A-pillar. The first two had interior trim so I simply ran it on the inside of the A-pillar trim then I ran the wire through the hole for the sunvisor. Worked great, it was a 70"s model though. When drilling you have to drill three holes. Two small and one large for you to fish the pigtail up through. Not a hard job, give yourself three or four hours to get it done. One more thing. They made two different style visors. One is made for a cab with lights already installed and the other is not. If you buy lights and install them first then come across a Lund visor it might not mount. It might hit the lights. Just give it some thought before you mount them.
Sadly Lund no longer makes either the visor or moonvisor (lights in it). So your only bet is swap meets or salvage yards. The sad thing is people way over price them on Flebay. $300 For something you will most likely have to paint is ridiculous. Plus they dont have the screw caps. They cover the screw heads so it looks nicer. All in all you are going to have to search for all.
To install the lights its really not that hard. Just measure three times before drilling. I have put three sets on trucks and the hardest part was on the last one was running the harness up the A-pillar. The first two had interior trim so I simply ran it on the inside of the A-pillar trim then I ran the wire through the hole for the sunvisor. Worked great, it was a 70"s model though. When drilling you have to drill three holes. Two small and one large for you to fish the pigtail up through. Not a hard job, give yourself three or four hours to get it done. One more thing. They made two different style visors. One is made for a cab with lights already installed and the other is not. If you buy lights and install them first then come across a Lund visor it might not mount. It might hit the lights. Just give it some thought before you mount them.
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Post up in the "Parts Wanted", someone here has to have a spare one.
The visor for Extended cab is the same one as for RamCharger and Crew Cab, with Standard Cab being the odd man out.
The visors for 1 ton (with cab lights) had the cutouts to clear the lights and would likely be good to locate the lights if you don't have any on there.
Just remember, as I said earlier, the Standard cab visor is the oddball of the bunch, as the roofline "slope" is steeper on a standard cab.
Mark.
The visor for Extended cab is the same one as for RamCharger and Crew Cab, with Standard Cab being the odd man out.
The visors for 1 ton (with cab lights) had the cutouts to clear the lights and would likely be good to locate the lights if you don't have any on there.
Just remember, as I said earlier, the Standard cab visor is the oddball of the bunch, as the roofline "slope" is steeper on a standard cab.
Mark.
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Post up in the "Parts Wanted", someone here has to have a spare one.
The visor for Extended cab is the same one as for RamCharger and Crew Cab, with Standard Cab being the odd man out.
Just remember, as I said earlier, the Standard cab visor is the oddball of the bunch, as the roofline "slope" is steeper on a standard cab.
Mark.
The visor for Extended cab is the same one as for RamCharger and Crew Cab, with Standard Cab being the odd man out.
Just remember, as I said earlier, the Standard cab visor is the oddball of the bunch, as the roofline "slope" is steeper on a standard cab.
Mark.
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Found this but don't know anything about it or the website. I did "check out" and it still showed it as it was going to ship......i beleive its for reg cabs only though.
http://www.autotoys.com/x/product.php?productid=8164
http://www.autotoys.com/x/product.php?productid=8164
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Thanks for the tip man the other route I was thinking of going was getting the really big clearance lights of a old western star they look pretty badass kinda big but I think it could still look okay haha