2023 Ford Ranger build: Stedi wiring concealer

Running wiring from your roof rack into your 4x4 can be a pain in the butt, particularly with modern vehicles and all the complexities they bring.

You might need to run wiring from the roof for all manner of items you may have up there; not just light bars but reversing and camp lights, and any solar connections that you have running to panels on the rack. You could end up with a thick wad of cables needing to run down to power and switches.

3

There are all manner of ways of doing this from drilling holes in your roof (not recommended) to running them down through the tailgate on a wagon, tapping into your intake snorkel and running them to the engine bay that way, or just running them down the inside external edge of your snorkel.

When we fitted the Narva EX2 light bars to the Rola Titan Tray on our Ranger, we used this clever wiring concealer from Stedi. It is simply a 1200mm strip of rubber moulding just like you’d find on OE door seals, which you cut to the desired length and stick to the edge of your windscreen with the supplied adhesive tape.

3

You run your wires down through it and into your engine bay where you can pick up a power source. The channel has around 10mm of inside diameter so you can get a few wires though there, and it locks closed once you tuck it in. It really couldn’t be any easier and the black rubber strip is barely noticeable where it runs down the side of the screen.

We picked the concealer up from our local Repco store for $30, or you can buy it online directly from Stedi or a host of other auto parts retailers.