Off Road Driving Lights
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Laughing Gas
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Off Road Driving Lights
I'm looking for a pair of HID driving lights to replace my factory "fog" lights that are worthless to say the least. I had a pair of Sylvania X1010 and the glass lenses are pitted. I cant find a glass shop that can resurface them so I'm faced with having to buy new. I want daylight in front of me on dark roads. They must fit in the area between the tow hooks, on each side of the license plate mount. Pictures are nice if you have them....
Thanks in advance..
Thanks in advance..
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Laughing Gas
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Doesn’t anyone have any clean driving light installs?
my Ex is an urban daily driver, however when I’m driving the open hi way, I want as much light as I can get without covering my grill with 9” lights.
my Ex is an urban daily driver, however when I’m driving the open hi way, I want as much light as I can get without covering my grill with 9” lights.
Tuned
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I put 4 nighlight spot 4” rectangular lights on a basic crossbar behind the grill, in front of the radiator. Very bright. I use them for rural driving.
We do many late night runs into Adirondack mountains and they are very useful.
I may attach a pic a pic if I can find it.
I did a seperate toggle and relay right near headlight stalk for quick on off.
We do many late night runs into Adirondack mountains and they are very useful.
I may attach a pic a pic if I can find it.
I did a seperate toggle and relay right near headlight stalk for quick on off.
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Laughing Gas
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I’ve come to the conclusion there’s two options that fit my taste. One is to use the brightest lights I can find installed where the factory fog lights are. Something like a 3” square pod. I saw somewhere on this forum it was done and looked real clean. A special bracket was used.
the second and not as desirable is a light bar that attaches where the tow hooks are. It will hold four lights.
who makes the brightest 3” square light? I’m thinking a spot light pattern for distance lighting.
the second and not as desirable is a light bar that attaches where the tow hooks are. It will hold four lights.
who makes the brightest 3” square light? I’m thinking a spot light pattern for distance lighting.
Laughing Gas
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Have you checked out the Rigid 360 Series? They have 4” and 6” round lights and are reported to be very bright. I plan on using a couple of 6” lights on my new bumper. I have some cheap Chinese work lights for the rear, but for the front, I want to see that deer coming out of the woods before it tries to cross the road.
Good luck in your pic.
Good luck in your pic.
Laughing Gas
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From: KY
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Laughing Gas
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Now that is what I'm looking for. Great pictures, thanks!
Here's what I came up with; Rigid D Series Pro w/ spot pattern Heavy Duty 222213, and their brackets 46503.
Are they very bright? Do you get a lot of clean distance light? What beam pattern did you get?
Here's what I came up with; Rigid D Series Pro w/ spot pattern Heavy Duty 222213, and their brackets 46503.
Are they very bright? Do you get a lot of clean distance light? What beam pattern did you get?
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Laughing Gas
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The spot wont have a very wide spread. Id look into a driving pattern. As for output they produce a ton of light. They are NOT DOT approved as they will blind oncoming traffic. I use them on the winding roads out here in CO. I am going to add a a pair of Diode Dynamics SS3 Pro SAE DOT approved fogs https://www.diodedynamics.com/stage-...-pod-pair.html
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Laughing Gas
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I like the idea of a 6 or 12" light bar in the grill just above the FORD in my grill but I can't imagine how it would mount. Higher up on the grill would throw light farther. The ideal set up is a pair of pods in the factory location and the light bar above the FORD. The bar being higher could be aimed to where they don't blind oncoming traffic. Any idea how they could mount?
Tuned
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this is is what I did. 3/4” aluminum sq tube crosswise on the verticals you can see behind the grill.
i did it when it was cold and should have painted the aluminum before install but I am really not that bothered by it.