Mounting Acc Lights

mistersnowman97

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Looking to add some new lights on the front of the bumper. I like the look of the PIAA style lights. Just wondering how these need mounting. I imagine someone has a thread out there about it but couldn't find it. Thanks

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Led is the way to go. Way brighter will much less draw.

Any suggestions on some good LED ones? Low wattage would probably let you tie into something existing like your brights, instead of having to add wiring….right???

I picked up a couple pair of cheap halogen's from Harbor Freight a couple years ago and have been meaning to install them. At a former company, there was one person who just put them through their 4runner's bumper top. Another there or that I saw had them on square tubing mounted just off the bottom of the front skid plate. When not offroading this is a good place for some lights (depends on desired usage), and is high enough for most snow (in CA 80 and 50 would be shut down long before snow height would be an issue, but heavy falling snow is like fog in that turning on your normal brights makes it worse as light bounces back at your eyes off the flakes instead of lighting up the area). But if you used an electrical plug and just a couple bolts, you could make it so it's easy to take off.

Going the other way, the rooftop lights are great when not on the road (don't think they are street legal, whereas you might get by with "fog lights" sometimes). I've thought about attaching them to a roof rack to avoid extra roof holes, and then you just have to get power up there.
 
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Stock bumper? You can just drill holes in it to put the bolt through. ...Or cut your grill so they are recessed in it, looks better but more work because you have to make some sort of mount. I cut my grill for my Led light heads but they are so light that I did not need a bracket, only silicone. :pimp:
 
Any suggestions on some good LED ones? Low wattage would probably let you tie into something existing like your brights, instead of having to add wiring….right???

I picked up a couple pair of cheap halogen's from Harbor Freight a couple years ago and have been meaning to install them. At a former company, there was one person who just put them through their 4runner's bumper top. Another there or that I saw had them on square tubing mounted just off the bottom of the front skid plate. When not offroading this is a good place for some lights (depends on desired usage), and is high enough for most snow (in CA 80 and 50 would be shut down long before snow height would be an issue, but heavy falling snow is like fog in that turning on your normal brights makes it worse as light bounces back at your eyes off the flakes instead of lighting up the area). But if you used an electrical plug and just a couple bolts, you could make it so it's easy to take off.

Going the other way, the rooftop lights are great when not on the road (don't think they are street legal, whereas you might get by with "fog lights" sometimes). I've thought about attaching them to a roof rack to avoid extra roof holes, and then you just have to get power up there.

Superbrightleds.com has some good light bars in all sizes. Way cheaper than rigid or anything like that, and just as bright. They are low wattage, but not low to where I would just run them off the existing wiring. I would highly suggest running a separate relay for any kind of aux light. Even with running a relay you can make it so they come on with your brights.
 
Any suggestions on some good LED ones? Low wattage would probably let you tie into something existing like your brights, instead of having to add wiring….right???

I picked up a couple pair of cheap halogen's from Harbor Freight a couple years ago and have been meaning to install them. At a former company, there was one person who just put them through their 4runner's bumper top. Another there or that I saw had them on square tubing mounted just off the bottom of the front skid plate. When not offroading this is a good place for some lights (depends on desired usage), and is high enough for most snow (in CA 80 and 50 would be shut down long before snow height would be an issue, but heavy falling snow is like fog in that turning on your normal brights makes it worse as light bounces back at your eyes off the flakes instead of lighting up the area). But if you used an electrical plug and just a couple bolts, you could make it so it's easy to take off.
good point. Ill look into some drilling i think. i see you're in tahoe. hows the weather now? still snowing? I'm heading up next week
 
(don't think they are street legal, whereas you might get by with "fog lights" sometimes).

Most states have a law about how many forward facing "driving lights" can be on at a time (normally four, headlights and foglights) and how high a driving light can be mounted (the roof is normally too high :)). Also, some states require covers over any roof lights or aux lights on the bumper, others don't care as long as you don't use them as driving lights.
 
Roof lights are definitely not legal to use on the road since they are too high. I have been guilty of using them out in the boonies at 2 AM though with noone around. If you want to mount the aux lights on the factory bumper I dont see an issue with it, just grab a drill bit and put a few holes in it. Id run a relay even for LEDs. Might want to check out Blitzpro LED lights, I have those on my pickup and they are stupid bright. One thing I want to note about running LEDs, is that they do not have a cut off and when aimed normally will blind the hell out of anyone in front of you.
 
I added a 30" single row bar from Hanna on the front of my pickup. I just drilled through bumper, haven't used it much but seems to work great.
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