Need help removing faring mounted work lights

I'm currently leasing a new Freightliner, and for some reason it came with those bulbous work lights mounted on the sides of the fairings, even though the truck comes stock with worklights installed on the rear of the cab. So pretty much the only thing these side mounted worklights accomplish is to block the numbers on the trailer so I cannot read them from within my cab, and probably add wind resistance. So I've asked the finance company(Schneider Finance) if they can be removed, and they said yes, so long as I keep them available for reinstall if they have to take the truck back(in case of default or trade in). This means that I cannot cut the cable that powers the lights, as they would want to replace the cable entirely.

Well, I can remove the light bracket no problem, but the cable that leads in to the cab is a bit of a problem, as I do not know where it connects to power within the cab. I pulled the plastic cover in teh sleeper from about where the cable leads into that "wall", but now I'm faced with another piece of metal that probably was meant to protect all the electrical cables.

But I'm figuring as pointless and redundant as this stupid light is, there had to be intent to make it easily repairable in case of failure down the road. Is there a way to either easily access the point at which the cable ties into the electrical system, or pull the cable out of the light itself?

 

I'd like to do that, but the cable runs through a hole in the fairing, and it isn't long enough to run behind.

But that got me thinking, so I went on up and took them down and after removing the bracket that held the cable to the inside corner of the fairing, there was JUST ENOUGH cable that I could run it over the top of the fairing, holding the cable completely taut. So, that will work for now, but I'd still like to get them taken down eventually.

Thanks for greasing the gears in my head, #### thing seems like it's getting rusted!

 

I've never used them for backing, my marker lights have always been more than enough to light up my sides at truck stops, and everywhere else seems to have pullthrough parking. Besides that, I am an early riser, and the sun is generally still shining by the time I park anyway.

And if cutting is my only option, I may just have to do that. But it seems asinine to need to do that, While I was up there looking at the things, those bulbs do not look easy to replace, if you can replace them individually at all. You'd think they'd design in a way to easily replace them when the bulb gives out, or some newbie rips a fairing off.