How to Feed Wires Through Roll Cage Written By Hooper Winge1984 Friday, 7 October 2022 Add Comment Edit Sep 20, 2006 macedonia64 New Member Joined: Sep 2, 2003 Messages: 9 Has anyone run wires through the roll bars and brought them out somewhere in the tube (through a hole) like to wire up a dome light or an over head switch pannel???? how did you reenforce the roll bar where you drilled the hole?? Sep 20, 2006 lynn Time machine / Early CJ5 HR Rep Staff Member Huntingdon PA Joined: Sep 20, 2002 Messages: 3,437 I wouldn't bother reinforcing a small hole like 1/4" or even 3/8. I probably would consider a grommet to protect wires. Sep 20, 2006 MCSCOTT Member Columbia, Tn Joined: Apr 24, 2006 Messages: 905 X2, done it for a dome light without any problems. Sep 20, 2006 electricontr Member Denver Colorado Joined: Jan 12, 2004 Messages: 244 Install a new rear view mirror with map lights incorporated into it and you've got a dome light. Sep 20, 2006 lynn Time machine / Early CJ5 HR Rep Staff Member Huntingdon PA Joined: Sep 20, 2002 Messages: 3,437 yep, I've done that. I just taped the wires to my front hoop I did put on quick disconnects so I can fold the windshield. A better solution would be to mount the lighted mirror to the front hoop... I think Boyink did that. Sep 20, 2006 Boyink Super Moderator Staff Member Ava, MO Joined: Sep 20, 2002 Messages: 6,096 I did, but then you're back to wire management.... I just put them in a split loom and zip-tied it to the cage, but it'd look better going through the cage. I just wasn't sure I could do it and didn't want to drill a hole only to find out that I couldn't. Sep 20, 2006 jflots Member New Smyrna Beach, FL Joined: Sep 30, 2005 Messages: 308 Common practice on boats to run wires through top frames. You can use a shopvac to suck them through. Sep 20, 2006 w3srl All-around swell dude Staff Member Port Orange, FL Joined: Nov 6, 2002 Messages: 4,229 I wouldn't call this job a piece of cake, but at the same time it isn't terribly difficult either. Its just one of those jobs that will take a little time and some perseverance to get the wire fed through. I'd recomment something like a 1/4- to 3/8-inch hole, about 1 inch up the riser from the bottom plate of the rollbar, and then the same-sized hole on the underside of the hoop where the lamp will be. If you can, snake a piece of fine, yet stiff solid wire from the top hole down toward the bottom one. You'll feel it when you hit the bottom of the hoop, just back up a bit when you hit bottom. Then, use another short piece of the same wire with a small hook bent on the end to snag the longer wire and pull it out of the second hole. Then, bend another hook onto the end of the long wire, and securely tape/tie the electrical wire onto the long wire and gently pull it through until you have BOTH ends of the electrical wire out of the rollbar by a foot or more. Not difficult, it just takes a little patience! Sep 20, 2006 Warloch Did you say Flattie??? Staff Member Falcon, CO Joined: Mar 4, 2003 Messages: 5,274 Fishing line and a shop vac... Used to install stereos in high school and did it all the time – it even works fishing a line in the top of a truck or car that way (like for a dome light). Sep 20, 2006 BlueFlu past owner of some ecj5's Hermitage, TN Joined: Jan 21, 2004 Messages: 1,552 Yes but do install a rubber grommet. Sep 21, 2006 grannyscj Headed to the Yukon Anchorage, AK Joined: Dec 19, 2005 Messages: 1,758 Sep 22, 2006 macedonia64 New Member Joined: Sep 2, 2003 Messages: 9 how about if i were to drill like a .5 or .75 hole for a harness... as in i am going to put a switch panel up there?? i am not worried abou tgetting the wires up there more about renforcin gthe hole... is it nessesary? Sep 22, 2006 gschretter Banned Irving, TX Joined: Jul 19, 2006 Messages: 80 You my friend are amazing. Thanks for the idea. Before someone says running anything through the roll cage is bad idea. How in the world to think those off roaring trucks get the coolant to the back of the truck? Through the roll cage and frame rails. Sep 22, 2006 BlueFlu past owner of some ecj5's Hermitage, TN Joined: Jan 21, 2004 Messages: 1,552 I'd be leary of drilling that big of a hole in a roll cage. When we drag raced we ran a small dia tube right behind the roll cage for the wires, all the switches were overhead. Oct 19, 2006 CJMace Member Columbus, OH Joined: Feb 20, 2003 Messages: 60 Wow, an overhead switch panel, good thinking. you can put the passenger seat ejection button and everything up there. I would drill the hole in the plate at the bottom, and not think again about it. No hole in the tubing, just the plate. This will be an entry for water and mud though. You know, if your ever in it. Oct 19, 2006 w3srl All-around swell dude Staff Member Port Orange, FL Joined: Nov 6, 2002 Messages: 4,229 I would keep any holes in the tubes as small as possible, and definitely use a rubber grommet. Oct 20, 2006 jeep2003 Well-Known Member Upstate NY Joined: May 30, 2006 Messages: 1,729 if your worried about the integrety of the roll bar you can weld a thick washer or a nut with the inside diameter of the hole you want where you want your hole then drill it through that. 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Has anyone run wires through the roll bars and brought them out somewhere in the tube (through a hole) like to wire up a dome light or an over head switch pannel???? how did you reenforce the roll bar where you drilled the hole??
I wouldn't bother reinforcing a small hole like 1/4" or even 3/8. I probably would consider a grommet to protect wires.
yep, I've done that. I just taped the wires to my front hoop I did put on quick disconnects so I can fold the windshield. A better solution would be to mount the lighted mirror to the front hoop... I think Boyink did that.
I did, but then you're back to wire management.... I just put them in a split loom and zip-tied it to the cage, but it'd look better going through the cage. I just wasn't sure I could do it and didn't want to drill a hole only to find out that I couldn't.
Common practice on boats to run wires through top frames. You can use a shopvac to suck them through.
I wouldn't call this job a piece of cake, but at the same time it isn't terribly difficult either. Its just one of those jobs that will take a little time and some perseverance to get the wire fed through. I'd recomment something like a 1/4- to 3/8-inch hole, about 1 inch up the riser from the bottom plate of the rollbar, and then the same-sized hole on the underside of the hoop where the lamp will be. If you can, snake a piece of fine, yet stiff solid wire from the top hole down toward the bottom one. You'll feel it when you hit the bottom of the hoop, just back up a bit when you hit bottom. Then, use another short piece of the same wire with a small hook bent on the end to snag the longer wire and pull it out of the second hole. Then, bend another hook onto the end of the long wire, and securely tape/tie the electrical wire onto the long wire and gently pull it through until you have BOTH ends of the electrical wire out of the rollbar by a foot or more. Not difficult, it just takes a little patience!
Fishing line and a shop vac... Used to install stereos in high school and did it all the time – it even works fishing a line in the top of a truck or car that way (like for a dome light).
how about if i were to drill like a .5 or .75 hole for a harness... as in i am going to put a switch panel up there?? i am not worried abou tgetting the wires up there more about renforcin gthe hole... is it nessesary?
You my friend are amazing. Thanks for the idea. Before someone says running anything through the roll cage is bad idea. How in the world to think those off roaring trucks get the coolant to the back of the truck? Through the roll cage and frame rails.
I'd be leary of drilling that big of a hole in a roll cage. When we drag raced we ran a small dia tube right behind the roll cage for the wires, all the switches were overhead.
Wow, an overhead switch panel, good thinking. you can put the passenger seat ejection button and everything up there. I would drill the hole in the plate at the bottom, and not think again about it. No hole in the tubing, just the plate. This will be an entry for water and mud though. You know, if your ever in it.
if your worried about the integrety of the roll bar you can weld a thick washer or a nut with the inside diameter of the hole you want where you want your hole then drill it through that. That should keep the area nice and strong
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