Hiding wiring with carpet?

I have a Leer 100RCC that came with a carpeted liner. I have since installed a number of LED light strips for better visibility, and it was cheep and looks really good at night. I messed up when doing the original install and used too heavy of a gauge wiring. It was what I had laying around. I will going to a smaller, double strand wire soon.

At the moment, the wiring was all installed without worry about the looks. Since I am going to be re-wiring anyway, I thought I could hide most of it behind the carpet liner.

The question is, how do I get it behind the carpet? Do I just slice a line as needed, then re-glue the carpet to the cap? What kind of glue would/should I use? Will it leave a visible seam? I really don't want to ruin the carpet that's in their, but I am also hoping that I won't have to do a new carpet job just to run some wires.

Thanks for any advice.

 

Not familiar with that particular shell but all of the carpet that I've seen was installed by spraying glue on the fiberglass then pressing the carpet in. You may be able to poke a hole then push something like a coathanger along your desired route but more than likely, if it's glued well, you will have to cut. 3M makes some good adhesive that will work.

 

I ran mine down the channel above the rear window. That's where the 3rd brake light wiring was, and I just put both of them in some loom and sent it down to the left side of the truck. It mostly hidden with only the 4 pin weatherpack plug and about a foot of wiring showing.

 

Here's some pictures. Shitty quality but it's rainy and late.

 

That looks really good! Thanks

 

Thanks I used 16 gauge for the lighting which is overkill for the lights but I had a bunch so I used it. In hindsight I could have used 3/8 loom instead of the 1/4 inch but I don't know if it would fit in that channel. It was a tight fit with all four wires running through but I got it to work with a lot of electrical tape.

 

Thats my issue now. The wire is far thinker than it needs to be, and is currently held in place by sticky pads. They didn't last nearly as long as I thought they would. Since I am going to be changing out the wire for smaller gauge, I figured I would try to run them as hidden as I can this time.

 

I bought some industrial strength Velcro for attaching the LED strip and then used some smaller strips for the wire harness. I used two on the upper part where it meets the third brake light wiring and one where it plugs in at the bed. It worked great and I don't see it going anywhere as it's very hard to remove. I did have to used some electrical tape around it just to hold it to the wires but it's on there good now.