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As the title says , put the KEKO Sport Bar on my Lariat Hybrid and mounted 2 - 10" Westin LED Lights along with a custom "Maverick" metal plate backed by blue plexiglass.
I drilled holes to run the wiring inside the sport bar and installed rubber grommets to protect the wires. Then drilled a hole into the cab under the bed cap on the passenger side to conceal the wiring as much as possible. On the Hybrid, the battery is under the back seat so it was a short run to provide power. Also installed a remote controlled relay so I can turn the lights on and off with the provided remote instead of putting a switch on the dash.
I emailed several Etsy vendors and found one that was willing to do a custom metal plate with the word Maverick cut out and powder coated. The plate measures 2 1/2" x 8 1/2" and is backed by a piece of blue plexi that was ordered from Amazon and cut to fit. Drilled holes as needed and installed with black button head bolts, nuts, and washers. Got the idea from a sport bar I had on a 2016 Silverado that had the cutout on it.
Didn't like the way the lights attached to the first set of mounting brackets I selected. They were shaped like a "P" and clamped on the bar, the lights mounted to the flat part and would extend either to the front or the rear depending on how they were oriented. The provided Westin mounts were too tall for my liking so did away with them completely. The sport bar has an arc across the top and there was no way to level the lights so ordered a different type that used vertical slots that allowed them to be raised or lowered on each end as needed to make them level. The light's mounting screw was too large to go through the vertical slots on the new brackets so had to drill them out and repaint.
This definitely was not simple plug and play but nothing too difficult and it all worked out in the end with satisfying results!
I drilled holes to run the wiring inside the sport bar and installed rubber grommets to protect the wires. Then drilled a hole into the cab under the bed cap on the passenger side to conceal the wiring as much as possible. On the Hybrid, the battery is under the back seat so it was a short run to provide power. Also installed a remote controlled relay so I can turn the lights on and off with the provided remote instead of putting a switch on the dash.
I emailed several Etsy vendors and found one that was willing to do a custom metal plate with the word Maverick cut out and powder coated. The plate measures 2 1/2" x 8 1/2" and is backed by a piece of blue plexi that was ordered from Amazon and cut to fit. Drilled holes as needed and installed with black button head bolts, nuts, and washers. Got the idea from a sport bar I had on a 2016 Silverado that had the cutout on it.
Didn't like the way the lights attached to the first set of mounting brackets I selected. They were shaped like a "P" and clamped on the bar, the lights mounted to the flat part and would extend either to the front or the rear depending on how they were oriented. The provided Westin mounts were too tall for my liking so did away with them completely. The sport bar has an arc across the top and there was no way to level the lights so ordered a different type that used vertical slots that allowed them to be raised or lowered on each end as needed to make them level. The light's mounting screw was too large to go through the vertical slots on the new brackets so had to drill them out and repaint.
This definitely was not simple plug and play but nothing too difficult and it all worked out in the end with satisfying results!
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Wish I could put it on my Maverick with the factory tri-fold tonneau cover 
