Rhino11
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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.