Auxiliary Lights
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Auxiliary Lights
Beatrice, my 2012 F150, is a year and a half. I want to get her a great birthday present... and am thinking about auxiliary lights.
I want the brighest ones out there. Does anybody have an idea?
I want the brighest ones out there. Does anybody have an idea?
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Many are going the LED light bar way. I have a single row 50" -5 watt each light bar that outputs a HUGE amount of light.
I'm thinking of adding a 30" into the new expy, right behind the grill between the chrome cross bars.
Rigid is the go to if you want American made, but be prepared for the $$ shock.
I went with the Aurora, china knock off of rigid and I am happy with them, especially the lower cost.
I'm thinking of adding a 30" into the new expy, right behind the grill between the chrome cross bars.
Rigid is the go to if you want American made, but be prepared for the $$ shock.
I went with the Aurora, china knock off of rigid and I am happy with them, especially the lower cost.
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Back to the topic at hand...if you can afford them, Rigid is the way to go. There are a pile of off brand lights too. Find what works for you and run with it. You'd be amazed at the light output from even a single row of LEDs in a 6" light bar.
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Being an old school type, I will offer up that if you live in the land of snow. You may wish to consider halogen lamps because the LEDs will not generate enough heat to melt snow/ice build up which makes those lamps essentially useless.
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The Rigid lights will get warm after a while, maybe warm enough to melt some snow. But you'll have to run them a long time to get to that point.
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Sorry no pics, but I too simply put some Wally World halogen driving lights on mine. $40. I put 'em in the opening in the bumper. They work great! I wired them to an "ignition hot" spot in the fuse box up on top in front so that they serve as DRL's too. When the truck is running, the lights are on. I'm in WI so LED's aren't really the way to go for snow/ice. If you're actually gonna "use" them, they obviously need to be legal. A million lights on the front end seems like kind of a foolish waste of money if they can't be legally used while driving....BUT, I don't do any off-roading either.
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