Well, after a 3 year sojourn away from F150 ownership, I am back. Trading my Nissan for a 2016 Screw. Get it on Tuesday. So for me, an early upgrade to my vehicles is better lighting. I live in rural Nova Scotia and we have lots of wildlife to watch out for along the roads. I am picking up a 2.7 EB. Will a 20" light bar fit in the area behind the front license plate? Are there any air flow concerns? We do not have front plates here.

 

Haven't heard any cooling issues yet, but that engine is still pretty young. Ford obviously redesigned the cooling package since the EB engines don't require the front license plate to be offset anymore. I bet a light bar would still allow more flow than the large license plate we have to install here in the states.

I'd be more curious about how the bar and mounting hardware might fit/interfere with the shutters that close at speed in the front grill. I was poking around there yesterday and they take up a lot of space.

 

Mounted it outside the grill.

 

Very nice... what are the details on the bar?

 

I rummaged around the garage looking for something I could use as a mount for the LED bars. Didn't want to spend $$$ on a bull bar. Came up with an ATV bumper (don't ask what it was meant to fit, as I don't know) and realized it would work great. Trimmed off the ends by about a foot, removed some metal from the mounting brackets, drilled 2 holes through the plastic and the bumper, and that's it! Mounted the light bars and wired thrm tonight.

 

That's awesome...sending reps.

 

So have you checked on how much better your visibility is at night? I've heard of people who tried the LED and went back to a good halogen driving light like Hella, or an HID, because they were unhappy with the quality of the light from LEDs.

 

I also have these lights (various sizes) in my Slingshot and my RZR. For two primary reasons: 1) to make whatever I am riding/driving more noticable to oncoming traffic and 2) they light the sides (ditches) of the road much better than the OE lamps. They also seem to add some distance and thus supplement the OE headlights. I have lots of experience using Hella, Bosch, Lucas, Cibie etc lights - both to directly replace the OE units and as supplemental driving and fog lights. Many years of TSD and Stage rallying. They definitely have their uses, but I am happy with the LED bars for the driving I do now-a-days!!

 

Are those bars DOT certified? I thought those things were all marked "For Off-Road Use Only"?