Light/Light bar options

Thank you! That is very helpful. I was asking more in reference to the front bar, but your comments on the rear lights kinda have me rethinking that. I already have them, but they may go elsewhere. As for the front, I believe I can only fit a 36" or shorter in between the roof rails, but I wonder if I would experience the same issue with the hood blocking part of the light and making it less effective. The bar would sit between the roof basket and hood in between the roof rail caps. Maybe this is the reason I "NEED" a Gobi? May hold off on my order and think it through a touch more. Appreciate the input!

I am not sure if you are still talking about rear or forward facing lights. Assuming rear, a couple comments. Your basket looks slightly taller then my Gobi but I assume its not any further rearward other wise the hatch would start to hit the basket when opened. The problem with mounting reverse lights on the roof/rack is that the rear hatch "spoiler" is so long it stops the light from getting near the rear of the truck. My rear rack lights are a joke for helping back up. The closest the light comes to the back of the truck is likely 40ft. If you want back up lights I think the best thing to do would be integrate them into the stock rear bumper (its been done on the forum before) and I think it looks ok, another option would be somewhere lower by the hitch but that its just asking to get scraped off if you off road.

Front lights: I love my 40" bar uptop, I got a chance to really use it over the holidays during a long drive home (over night so traffic was minimal in the UP) and the bar was on for hours, it made driving much more enjoyable with the extra light/depth and width. I have now installed 4 spot lights up front and they do a great job at extra deep throw but if I had to chose one or the other it would be the 40" mounted high over the spots mounted infront of grill.
 
Light Bar with integrated Marker Lights for towing

This was the only thread that came up on a search on duckduckgo.com. Looking for a light bar for a roof rack with integrated marker lights for towing. Anyone know of anything like that from a reputable vendor? Also a nice spot flood combo would be nice too. Low profile preferred.
 
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Thanks Rago, what size are the grill lights? UpTop Overland has 40" cutouts in their wind deflector.

Changed my mind about integrated amber marker lights for towing. It would be better to just mount some led markers directly to the wind deflector. No loss in optimum output on a light bar. If you catch my drift.

Really wish there were folding tow mirrors available for the 4R. Had 'em on my Tacoma, made the truck look bigger too.
 

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