Whelen JV8AAAA User Manual

®

ENGINEERING COMPANY INC.

51 Winthrop Road
Chester, Connecticut 06412-0684

Installation Guide:

Justice® WC Lightbar

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Safety First

This document provides all the necessary information to allow your Whelen product to be properly and safely installed.
Before beginning the installation and/or operation of your new product, the installation technician and operator must
read this manual completely. Important information is contained herein that could prevent serious injury or damage.

• Proper installation of this product requires the installer to have a good understanding of automotive electronics,
systems and procedures.

• If mounting this product requires drilling holes, the installer MUST be sure that no vehicle components or other
vital parts could be damaged by the drilling process. Check both sides of the mounting surface before drilling
begins. Also de-burr any holes and remove any metal shards or remnants. Install grommets into all wire
passage holes.

• If this manual states that this product may be mounted with suction cups, magnets, tape or Velcro®, clean the
mounting surface with a 50/50 mix of isopropyl alcohol and water and dry thoroughly.

• Do not install this product or route any wires in the deployment area of your air bag. Equipment mounted or
located in the air bag deployment area will damage or reduce the effectiveness of the air bag, or become a
projectile that could cause serious personal injury or death. Refer to your vehicle owner’s manual for the air bag
deployment area. The User/Installer assumes full responsibility to determine proper mounting location, based
on providing ultimate safety to all passengers inside the vehicle.

• For this product to operate at optimum efficiency, a good electrical connection to chassis ground must be
made. The recommended procedure requires the product ground wire to be connected directly to the NEGATIVE
(-) battery post.

• If this product uses a remote device to activate or control this product, make sure that this control is located in
an area that allows both the vehicle and the control to be operated safely in any driving condition.

• Do not attempt to activate or control this device in a hazardous driving situation.

• This product contains either strobe light(s), halogen light(s), high-intensity LEDs or a combination of these
lights. Do not stare directly into these lights. Momentary blindness and/or eye damage could result.

• Use only soap and water to clean the outer lens. Use of other chemicals could result in premature lens cracking
(crazing) and discoloration. Lenses in this condition have significantly reduced effectiveness and should be
replaced immediately. Inspect and operate this product regularly to confirm its proper operation and mounting
condition. Do not use a pressure washer to clean this product.

• It is recommended that these instructions be stored in a safe place and referred to when performing
maintenance and/or reinstallation of this product.

• FAILURE TO FOLLOW THESE SAFETY PRECAUTIONS AND INSTRUCTIONS COULD RESULT IN DAMAGE TO
THE PRODUCT OR VEHICLE AND/OR SERIOUS INJURY TO YOU AND YOUR PASSENGERS!

Automotive: Lightbars

For warranty information regarding this product, visit www.whelen.com/warranty

©2007 Whelen Engineering Company Inc.
Form No.14115C (060810)

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IMPORTANT! The lightbar should be a minimum of 16" from any radio
antennas!

Permanent Mounting:

1. Locate the mounting foot and locking plate included with your lightbar. If not already present,
install the locking plate onto the mounting foot using the supplied set screws. Center this plate from side­to-side on the mounting foot.

2. Flip lightbar upside-down to expose bottom of extrusion. place mounting foot onto
extrusion.

3. Rotate the mounting foot 90° in a counter-clockwise direction. Make sure that the edges of
the foot swing into position under the extrusion mounting lip.

4. Repeat procedure for remaining foot and return lightbar to its right side-up position.

5. Position the lightbar onto the vehicle roof in the desired mounting location. One often
selected location is directly above the B-pillars. This area is the strongest part of the roof.
Refer to your lightbar manual for your lightbars cable exit location, to be sure that the
lightbar is facing the proper direction.

6. Adjust the two mounting feet outwards as close to the edge of the roof as possible. Make
sure that both mounting feet are in full contact with the roof (see below). There should be no
less than 1/2” clearance between the roof and the lightbar at their closest point. When the
mounting feet are in the proper position, lightly tighten the allen head set screws.

7. Turn the lightbar upside-down and firmly tighten all of the set screws from step 6 (2 or 4 per side).

Note that on the adjustable foot, use the hole in the pad as a guide to drill the two holes into the mounting foot at

8.

Standard
Mounting
Foot

Mounting
Plate

Nut

Washer

Mounting

Pad

BoltBolt

Mounting

Pad

Washer

Mounting
Plate

Nut

Adjustable
Mounting
Foot

the locations shown.

9. Place the lightbar in its final mounting position on the vehicle and mark the mounting hole locations off onto the mounting
surface. Remove lightbar and drill the mounting holes.

10. Place the lightbar back onto the vehicle lined up with the mounting holes and secure the mounting feet to the vehicle using the supplied hardware.

Slide Bolt Mounting (Permanent):

1. Position the slide bolt mounting plates onto the bottom of the lightbar extrusion. These plates rotate into position the same way as the mounting foot.
Position the plates as far outward as possible (if a 3rd mounting plate is used, it should be positioned under the center of the lightbar).

2. Secure the plates to the extrusion using the set screws provided.

3. Position the lightbar onto the vehicle and mark the mounting bolt locations. Drill the necessary mounting holes using an appropriately sized drill bit
sized for a 1/2” bolt.

Cable Access Hole

Driver-side

cable exit

FRONT

Passngr.-side

cable exit

IMPORTANT: For strap mounting, be sure you have the right sized lightbar for your vehicle.
The bar should be approximately the same width as the vehicle roof. If too large or small
it will not mount properly and may come loose during driving.

Drill the cable
access hole in
the appropriate
area for your
lightbar.

Strap Mounting:

1. Locate the mounting foot, locking plate, anchor plate and tinnerman nut

supplied with the lightbar. If not already present, install the locking plate
onto the mounting foot. Center this plate from side-to-side on the foot.

2. Flip the lightbar upside-down to expose the bottom of the extrusion.

First slide the anchor plate into the extrusion, then place the mounting
foot onto the extrusion.

3. Rotate the mounting foot counter-clockwise 90°. The edges of the

mounting foot must swing into position under the extrusion mounting
lip.

Insert mounting foot into extrusion
with locking plate attached.

ANCHOR
PLATE

Twist foot into position

1/2" MIN. CLEARANCE

NOTE: Unless otherwise specified, the lightbar mounting feet must
be sitting as close to the edge of the roof as possible. They must
also be in full contact with the roof and not be hanging off the edge.

4. Repeat this procedure for the remaining mounting foot and return the
lightbar to its right side-up position.

5. Position the lightbar onto the vehicle roof in the desired mounting
location. One often selected location is directly above the B-pillars. This
area is the strongest part of the roof. Refer to your lightbar manual for
cable exit location, to be sure that the lightbar is facing the proper
direction.

6. Adjust the two mounting feet outwards so that they are as close to the
edge of the roof as possible. Both mounting feet must be in full contact

with the roof. Be sure that there is no
less than 1/2” clearance between the

loosely secure foot and locking plate.

roof and the lightbar at their closest
point.
When both mounting feet are in their
proper position, lightly tighten the allen
head set screws.

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