looking for help for emergency lighting installation

[yb98]

hey im looking into putting in emergency lights and sirens into my truck and was wondering if anyone has any DIY or professional experience they can share with me maverick specific as well as any youtube channels to help with learning how to do this myself.

From recommendations from co workers i will be getting a whelen hhs 3200 and paring with a SA315 speaker. was planning on doing ions in the grill, visor lights , SoundOff Signal Intersector for under the mirrors, prob either a 6 or 8 head back bar , and hideaways for the taillights.

if anyone has installation ideas as well as where i can source these items without breaking the bank would be really helpful TIA

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[MM Mav]

Maybe reach out to City of Santa Fe fleet maintenance since they have an FD Mav?

 

[Tech Tye]

I did FENIEX quad cannons and some of there smaller quads

 

[yb98]

I did FENIEX quad cannons and some of there smaller quads

looks really good you wired it yourself? Would like to know where/how it was ran through the firewall as well as how you did the emblems light on the side

 

[Tech Tye]

Each quad uses 6 wires, I got some 6 conductor 18 ga from Amazon . Ran the front lights to a junction box up under the hood. The rest of them all go back to behind the back seat where I put a relay bank as the switch controller has a max of 3 amps per output. As far as going thru the firewall, look above your brake pedal and there is a rubber grommet that pops out so you can slit it with a razor and run cables thru it. The side badges pop right out and you can run those up to a junction box up front. The quads can do any combo or single color of blue, red, yellow, white. They are super easy to program . I have mine on amber/white flash as 1 mode. Mode 2 is white only for area light, mode 3 is solid amber for turn signal. You can come up with you own color scheme. The rear lights have a rubber grommet behind both sides when you fold down the back seat. I ran a fiberglass rod thru it and it comes out to back thru all the braces. If you take some rivets out of the rear wheels, you can run wires down from the bed as it has all kinds of openings under the plastic cap. Then you can feed from fender well to the back seat thru same grommet.there is room along side the main wire harness on the drivers side to run several 18-6 cables

 

[yb98]

Each quad uses 6 wires, I got some 6 conductor 18 ga from Amazon . Ran the front lights to a junction box up under the hood. The rest of them all go back to behind the back seat where I put a relay bank as the switch controller has a max of 3 amps per output. As far as going thru the firewall, look above your brake pedal and there is a rubber grommet that pops out so you can slit it with a razor and run cables thru it. The side badges pop right out and you can run those up to a junction box up front. The quads can do any combo or single color of blue, red, yellow, white. They are super easy to program . I have mine on amber/white flash as 1 mode. Mode 2 is white only for area light, mode 3 is solid amber for turn signal. You can come up with you own color scheme. The rear lights have a rubber grommet behind both sides when you fold down the back seat. I ran a fiberglass rod thru it and it comes out to back thru all the braces. If you take some rivets out of the rear wheels, you can run wires down from the bed as it has all kinds of openings under the plastic cap. Then you can feed from fender well to the back seat thru same grommet.there is room along side the main wire harness on the drivers side to run several 18-6 cables

hey following up over here did you put a hideaway in the head/tailights? or did you tap into them would love to know more about that proccess.
in the end going with these strobes n more x8 very similar to whelen ions tris and a bit more then third the price going to put in grill and on top of the hood and maybe the wheel wells.
going to try to put these SNM crescent lights on the badging otherwise will mout to the mirror.
not sure if i want to install this SNM back bar or go with subface mount SNM E6
still not sure about controller or if will need a flasher to tap into the cars lights

 

[Tech Tye]

Yes, I used the quad cannon in the tail lights so I can do strobe, reverse with flash and brake. I’m using QSM quads on the mirrors and grill along with cannons.all of my light heads go back to behind the rear seat where I can reconfigure them or trouble shoot. I use the feneix 4200 controller hooked up to a relay bank as it’s limited to 3 amps per output. I have a mess of wires behind the seat, there all labeled so I know where each is going. On the cannons, I have one of the modes set to area light so they all come on white and light the entire area up. The rear tail lights are mode 1 brake pop, mode 2 white reverse attack, mode 3 is amber /white strobe. The quad series is 4 colors from FENIEX for just a little more $

 

[squints]

I'll work on uploading mine, but I used a combination of Feniex, FedSig, and Hella products. Hella has a plug and play replacement bulb for the rear backup lights that was very handy. I wired everything myself. I didn't want to do too much drilling/modification of the body to attach lights in case I ever need to remove them, but keep the Mav.

As for the siren speaker, I put it behind the front bumper on the passenger side where the hybrid speaker is on the driver's side. There's a threaded hole that I mounted one bolt to then used metal band clamps for added stability.

 

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[yb98]

Little update over here received shipment from strobes n more and these are the plan locations for where I plan on doing the lights.
Always open to comments and suggestions for how I can improve this

 

[squints]

I'm interested to hear how you mounted the running board/rocker lights

 

[Tech Tye]

They are OPT 7 rear bumper lights. Using a FENIEX flasher module . I found some 3M adhesive promoter on Amazon . It makes the double sided tape lock on . Use it on the plastic only and let it sit . Do not put it on the tape, just the plastic only. Later on I found some nice running board lights on UBL(ultra bright lights). They have multiple color combos

 

[squints]

Little update over here received shipment from strobes n more and these are the plan locations for where I plan on doing the lights.
Always open to comments and suggestions for how I can improve this

The wheel well one always seems odd to me, but if you've got the clearance, you should be good. Everything else looks like decent placement if you're comfortable drilling holes into those trim pieces and running wires. Just make sure to set all your lights to the same pattern and use sync wires. Don't wanna look like a disco ball heading down the highway

 

[yb98]

The wheel well one always seems odd to me, but if you've got the clearance, you should be good. Everything else looks like decent placement if you're comfortable drilling holes into those trim pieces and running wires. Just make sure to set all your lights to the same pattern and use sync wires. Don't wanna look like a disco ball heading down the highway

I do a decent amount of blocking an intersection so I wanted to have by the front badge in as well as the back wheels to make it stand out more I think there's plenty of clearance for it.
I don't mind feeling into the outside I just really don't want anything inside as I have dark tint and really can't stand flashback. Considering I probably want to put something on top as well for the front but it's not a priority at the moment.

 

[CurtisB]

I did FENIEX quad cannons and some of there smaller quads

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