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Old Oct 7, 2019 | 04:23 PM
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My 2019 F250 XLT is a year old now, Love it still, always have owned Heavy Fords, but this one is the best! I have one Bitch, other than a little "Bump Steer". Turning into roads or driveways at night is dark as hell at the front corners. I have looked at Off Road lights to add to front corners somehow, wired though Upfitter switch. Anybody have an idea or solution?
 
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Old Oct 7, 2019 | 05:03 PM
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Turn your fog lights on if you have them; won’t be a direct light, but should provide some light to the side
 
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Old Oct 11, 2019 | 10:37 AM
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This is my complaint too, even with the fogs it isn't enough. I'm thinking of going with a dual LED bracket via the KDF brackets and the dual Rigid D series lights. The Baja Designs Squardon Sport Wide Cornering and Driving/Combo set is ~$550 but the light output would be second to none. Te wide cornering would be illegal to run all the time but putting them on one of the aux switches would be easy and have the driving combo hooked up to the factory fog power. That is my thought anyway...
 
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Old Oct 11, 2019 | 10:50 AM
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This is my complaint too, even with the fogs it isn't enough. I'm thinking of going with a dual LED bracket via the KDF brackets and the dual Rigid D series lights. The Baja Designs Squardon Sport Wide Cornering and Driving/Combo set is ~$550 but the light output would be second to none. Te wide cornering would be illegal to run all the time but putting them on one of the aux switches would be easy and have the driving combo hooked up to the factory fog power. That is my thought anyway...
I run the KDF brackets with a pair of Rigid floods and a pair of their spots. I went with the Rigid's because the color matches the color of the OEM LED's. On a 2 lane road, the floods are too bright to run and I get flashed by just about every car. But, on a divided highway, no one flashes me and they light up the sides of the road great. The spots fill in the area between the high beams nicely. I used the KDF harness to connect the floods to factory fog light switch and I ran the spots to one of the aux switches.

 
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Old Oct 11, 2019 | 10:54 AM
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I run the KDF brackets with a pair of Rigid floods and a pair of their spots. I went with the Rigid's because the color matches the color of the OEM LED's. On a 2 lane road, the floods are too bright to run and I get flashed by just about every car. But, on a divided highway, no one flashes me and they light up the sides of the road great. The spots fill in the area between the high beams nicely. I used the KDF harness to connect the floods to factory fog light switch and I ran the spots to one of the aux switches.
Ok, that is actually what I'm after to a T. Any chance I could get some night shots from inside on what it looks like with just headlights, then with the spots, then just floods and then both? I know, I'm asking a lot... Just curious I smoked a deer earlier this year because I couldn't see them standing on the inside of a gradual corner. I feel if I had more sideways light I could have prevented the accident (I was only doing 45mph).

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Ok, that is actually what I'm after to a T. Any chance I could get some night shots from inside on what it looks like with just headlights, then with the spots, then just floods and then both? I know, I'm asking a lot... Just curious I smoked a deer earlier this year because I couldn't see them standing on the inside of a gradual corner. I feel if I had more sideways light I could have prevented the accident (I was only doing 45mph).

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Sure, I'll try and remember to take some this weekend and send them to you. But, post up a pick of your Bronco! I wheel this every chance I get (unfortunately, It's currently sitting in the garage with a cracked transmission bell housing)..... Full tube chassis, 383, TH350, Atlas II, 'tons, forged raceline monsters, 43" stickies.


 
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Here is a shot of it. Looking forward to seeing those pictures. Was it a worth the $$$ or not?


 
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Looking forward to seeing those pictures. Was it a worth the $$$ or not?
Here you go. I had a couple Amazon gift cards so the lights were free. The only thing it cost me was the cost of the brackets -- yes it was worth it. They throw off a lot of light, so even if I would have paid for them, I think it was worth it.


Low Beams

Low Beams + Rigid Floods

Low and High Beams + Rigid Floods

Low and High Beams + Rigid Spots

The last pic was supposed to be low and high beams + both the Rigid floods and spots but it appears the floods got switched off? In the pics, you can't really tell a difference with the spots on vs. off but in the real world, they make quite a difference on a dark highway.
 
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Thank you very much. I'm mostly after some width to the light output to see beyond the shoulders of the road. It looks like it really lightens up that fenceline quite a bit!
 
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