Just decided to attack the light bar once and for all. Was surprisingly easy, took about 90 minutes. (Mainly because I had taken everything apart once before). Removing the Chrysler emblem on the old panel took up 15-20 minutes of that as i didn’t want to damage it. With hindsight, i might end up purchasing the black Chrysler emblem in the future to better match the panel and my black paint color.
I chose to just do the middle panel and leave the old corner lights in place. So the total cost was only $500 for the camera bracket and the led middle light bar. The only apology on the entire install was the camera, it just didn’t fit well for a number of reasons and it ended up a titch canted to one side and sticking out a bit, but not worth buying a newer one.
On the wiring, I salvaged the 3 wire loom with plug from the left side led/back up assembly. On the new led bar there are 3 wires as well all the same color on both. So cut both sides and spliced the matching 3 wires red/white/black.
On the led light bar you have to remove the entire loom and plastic wire assembly. You also need to take out the new license plate light assemblies that come with the panel and reuse the old ones from the old middle panel. (The wire connectors are different).
The camera just did not fit perfect for a number of factors, but i ended up using a piece of Victor tire plug to wrap around the inside of the camera to keep it water tight from the larger hole diameter in the new panel.
So all in all, no need to tap any other voltage sources, very easy to do and quite rewarding, the led light bar and the old rear marker lights line up very well imo.
