Proper Rigid LED Lights..

[BrianSD_42]

Do you have the PIAA 520s?

I have those in Amber as fog lights. Have you considered just updating them to HID? I think the whole kit is like $50 off EBAY. That would be an enormous improvement.

As for the other $350 why not spend it on a Retrofit, even a drop-in from The Retrofit Source.

As great as these light bars are they do not out perform a solid projector retrofit.

And the benefit of a retrofit is that you get the better light output every day while driving on road but it also works great off road.

 

[giguchan]

That's something to think about too.

 

[UnderFire]

Don't get me wrong, I love my Retrofitted headlights and wouldn't want to be without them daily, but in no way do they outperform a large LED bar or a good set of HID fog-lights.

Have you considered LightForce? I've got a trio of HID Equipped Genesis 210's waiting to go on the 4runner, and I've tested them, they are only the 35W bulbs, but they'll throw light over 3/4 of a mile with a spot beam cover, and the wide beam will light up well past the ditches on a country road with solid light. I've had had one at a time on too, so with all 3 it'll be very bright.

I'm not in love with the cheaper LED bar I have because of the relatively uncontrolled beam and 6K hue of the light. I know the Rigid and Baja Designs have much better optics, but they still use the same temperature of light.

 

[giguchan]

I'm with you on the LED Bar statement... if you are indeed going to be throwing light it's nice for it to be controlled.

 

[BrianSD_42]

but in no way do they outperform a large LED bar or a good set of HID fog-lights.

I'd love to test this somehow. My retrofit is pretty high performance.

 

[MTD]

I'd love to test this somehow. My retrofit is pretty high performance.

Been there done that I have stable exposure comparison pictures of my 50w fx-r retro and of my led light bars when I had them on my old build thread.

As for the thread I prefer hid converted hella 700ff's over led light bars. they are better at controlling and throwing light.

 

[BrianSD_42]

Been there done that I have stable exposure comparison pictures of my 50w fx-r retro and of my led light bars when I had them on my old build thread.

As for the thread I prefer hid converted hella 700ff's over led light bars. they are better at controlling and throwing light.

Can you post a direct link?

 

[MTD]

Can you post a direct link?

Goodness you're needy lol. Here it is:

http://www.toyota-4runner.org/3rd-g...ld-narrated-morgan-freeman-2.html#post1573156

That last picture is winning!