I have been looking at every company and website to try and get ideas on adding additional off road lights to my 2014 Grand Cherokee Limited. The selection seems to be relatively small. My goal is to keep the vehicle clean and composed looking but add that extra bit of Jeep awesomeness with some off road lighting.
Has anyone installed extra off road lighting on their jeep and can share photos. I have searched the site and found multiple threads ranging from baskets to homemade light bars. Would love to see some photos of what you have done or if you know good companies to go with. Thanks
I'm in the same boat with my 13. A guy did a installation of a light bar behind the lower mesh grill that looked really clean. I was going to go that route or just throw some Hellas on my brush guard.
I have been looking at every company and website to try and get ideas on adding additional off road lights to my 2014 Grand Cherokee Limited. The selection seems to be relatively small. My goal is to keep the vehicle clean and composed looking but add that extra bit of Jeep awesomeness with some off road lighting.
Has anyone installed extra off road lighting on their jeep and can share photos. I have searched the site and found multiple threads ranging from baskets to homemade light bars. Would love to see some photos of what you have done or if you know good companies to go with. Thanks
Thats an excellent idea. I had the thought of putting two lights where the front tow hooks would go but never really expanded on that idea.
I love the way wranglers look when they have lights mounted up high or at the base of the windshield. There is a company called GOBI that makes a decent looking roof rack with lights for the '14 GC but to purchase all the elements alone is atleast $1600 (not including installation)
98% of the bullbars and brushguards are worthless POS and just add weight to the front end. Westin is worthless if you ever hit anything larger than a medium size possum. They will not prevent damage if you do hit something.
Thank gawd in my county in VA and surrounding counties they dont allow volunteer firefighters to mount lights like that on their POVs. Some of them would use them to beat rush hour traffic home and who knows what else. And my bro and sis are volunteer firefighters for Fairfax County and my brother in law is a battalion chief with the airport so I dont need to hear any grief. My sis was volunteer firefighter of year one year in Ffx Cty.
So far I have only seen two examples of a '14 Grand Cherokee with a Bull Bar or Brush Guard (links to both below). One looked like a simple Westin bull bar but the video was at night and not great quality (see below). The other is a pretty great looking option, however it is a very labor intensive installation as I dont have front tow hooks and apparently those are needed (not to mention drilling through the front bumper)
I've had my eyes on the GOBI roof rack you mentioned for a bit and think it looks really nice. I especially like the example photo with the lights on top. Definitely seems like a contender for off-road lighting mods.
Here's an updated picture with the lights on during the day. (Sorry the app I used to block my plate distorts the image). As you can see I've covered all of the chrome except the fog bezels. You can also see the mirrors and hood with the badge delete. I'll grab a link to the LEDs and post them in just a sec
I too put 2 7" lightbars behind the grill around the ACC. I just ordered 2 9" lights to replace the 7's because I can fit those in there lol. I used an L bracket and drilled 2 holes on each side of the ACC and mounted them.
my question for all the folks putting these lights on...I have a 2015 WK2 and going with the rough country kit, but...where are you all mounting your light switches inside??? Im looking for good options!
I recently installed the Rough Country light bar and mounted the switch in the dash panel just below the headlight switch for a clean look. Using the oval template for the switch that was provided with the light, I covered the area on the dash with masking tape and drew the outline on that. Then, I used a stepped bit to drill out the majority of the hole. Keeping the masking tape in place with the outline of the switch on it, I used a round file to shave away the remainder of the plastic until the outline on the tape was gone and the switch fit in there perfectly. The rectangular headlight switch module pops out to make routing the wire harness even easier (use a small flat edge trim tool to remove it). The process was actually a lot easier that I thought it would be.
Wow guys, Thank you all for posting up all this information it is helping me by a lot. I have one question, how did you run the switch into the dash? Is there a grommet in that location? either side driver or a passenger side is fine by me cause I plan to install the switch under the AC controls next to the ECO button.
TeeJayCT - I recently installed the Rough Country light bar behind the lower grill. I mounted the switch in the dash panel just below the headlight switch module.
7NINE3 - I drilled a 3/4 in. hole to the left of the factory grommet in the firewall under and behind the glove box. You'll need to pull the carpeting directly under the glove box out of the way to get to the firewall from inside the cabin. Run the harness through that new hole, slide a grommet over the harness (so that you don't lose it) and push the grommet into place. I went the extra step of cleaning and painting the edges of the new hole with touch-up paint before installing the grommet. The picture shows the light bar harness next to the positive battery post going down to the new hole.
Thank you so much for those pictures and info. That is going to help me out a lot. If you have any other tips that might help me out do not hesitate to send them my way. Thank you again for the help I was searching youtube but got nowhere lol
If you only have a positive and negative wire coming from your light bar, you can skip the firewall routing altogether. Pick up a wireless remote, mount the base in the engine bay and the remote fob to your keyring. You can also ditch the key fob and sync it to one of your homelink buttons (near the rearview mirror) to turn your light bar on and off.
If you only have a positive and negative wire coming from your light bar, you can skip the firewall routing altogether. Pick up a wireless remote, mount the base in the engine bay and the remote fob to your keyring. You can also ditch the key fob and sync it to one of your Homelink buttons (near the rearview mirror) to turn your light bar on and off.