Aux lights question
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Aux lights question
Looking to mount a pair of 6" lights on my brush guard.
It has the provision for the lights, so it is just a matter of choosing which lights.
I don't do a lot of Off-Road stuff, but I'm looking for suggestion on good lights to give good light when foul weather or night time off road.
Not looking to spend big $$$ so an economical choice is best, but I don't want China Crap!!! I will spend more to get a decent reliable set...
It has the provision for the lights, so it is just a matter of choosing which lights.
I don't do a lot of Off-Road stuff, but I'm looking for suggestion on good lights to give good light when foul weather or night time off road.
Not looking to spend big $$$ so an economical choice is best, but I don't want China Crap!!! I will spend more to get a decent reliable set...
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You get what you pay for, Ive tried them all and the walmart/auto chain store 50 dollar style lights suck, they dont put out enough light.
What does work is anything made by the following:
-Hella
-KC
-Lightforce
hellas will be the cheapest but have plastic housings, KC are almost always metal and have many styles and lightforce is top of the line and $$$.
What does work is anything made by the following:
-Hella
-KC
-Lightforce
hellas will be the cheapest but have plastic housings, KC are almost always metal and have many styles and lightforce is top of the line and $$$.
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I would stay away from hella. I have had a few and the outer ring around the glass will shake the 4 little allen head bolts loose and cause a lot of problems. Then when you try and get parts from hella they have no idea where to find them. KC's are good, tough, pretty cheap, and are easy to get help for (america rocks).
Lightforce's are Australian.
Piaa also makes some good lights. But i would recommend kc's.
Lightforce's are Australian.
Piaa also makes some good lights. But i would recommend kc's.
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whats cheap is the next question? i will be buying these for my 96 when i get my tax refund and the pushbar.
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i have run these for years as well and they have held up well
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i have run these for years as well and they have held up well
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I have ran my four pro comp 120watt 8" rounds for a couple years now no issues at all. Fairly cheap.
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It has to do a lot with aiming the lights, and not so much with their power - for instance I have some small 55W driving lights on the very bottom of my bumper, that are aimed so they are long-distance lights, them suckers will probably blind the heck out of an oncoming driver. Right next to those, again pretty much barely a foot above the road surface, I have some small floods, also 55W, those are aimed so they light up the road immediately in front and slightly to the side of the truck (where the factory headlights miss big time), the only way those blind someone is if said someone is laying on the pavement, in which case they should be more concerned with getting out of the way of the almost 5 tons of steel that are my truck, lol. I could have gone with actual driving lights instead of the floods, but they are usually designed to out-reach the factory headlights, which I do not really need at all. The flood lights are on together with the parking lights, while the long-rangers get used maybe twice a month, if that, for spotting deer and stranded vehicles on the side of the road. I've had that setup for several years now, I'm yet to get hi-flashed cause I blinded someone...
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It has to do a lot with aiming the lights, and not so much with their power - for instance I have some small 55W driving lights on the very bottom of my bumper, that are aimed so they are long-distance lights, them suckers will probably blind the heck out of an oncoming driver. Right next to those, again pretty much barely a foot above the road surface, I have some small floods, also 55W, those are aimed so they light up the road immediately in front and slightly to the side of the truck (where the factory headlights miss big time), the only way those blind someone is if said someone is laying on the pavement, in which case they should be more concerned with getting out of the way of the almost 5 tons of steel that are my truck, lol. I could have gone with actual driving lights instead of the floods, but they are usually designed to out-reach the factory headlights, which I do not really need at all. The flood lights are on together with the parking lights, while the long-rangers get used maybe twice a month, if that, for spotting deer and stranded vehicles on the side of the road. I've had that setup for several years now, I'm yet to get hi-flashed cause I blinded someone...
Angle makes perfect sense. I have four spots up front. I point two straight and two to the sides of the road. I use them on country roads when I can't see any headlights.
You are actually responsible with your lights. The worst is the little pokemon cars with their JDM autozone lights in the bumper. Haha.
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My friend had aircraft landing lights. They are very similar to the higher powered KC Daylighters. Still not legal for on road use.
I feel somewhat the same way about people running auxilary lights all the time. I don't care about factory fog lights except for the Avalanche type fog lights. Those things glare.
My Hella 550 lights don't glare at all. They have a bulb cover so you can't see the light coming from the bulb itself.
I feel somewhat the same way about people running auxilary lights all the time. I don't care about factory fog lights except for the Avalanche type fog lights. Those things glare.
My Hella 550 lights don't glare at all. They have a bulb cover so you can't see the light coming from the bulb itself.