Rigid SR 40" LED bar

[brockeverly]

I've got four Rigid 6" SR bars on my rack - the two in the middle are spot beams, and the two outsides are combo beams and angled out board around 15 degrees.

In the grill I have two 6.7" 55 watt Vision X "euro beam" HID's. These with the 35Watt Philips bulbs in my low beams, the HIR bulbs in my hi beams and the 55watt HID's in my fogs, it turns night into day.

On the trail where there is alot of dust I prefer running my hi / low beams and the Vision X HID's, the HID light seems to "cut" through the dust and fog much much much better than the LED's. The LEDs are great for trails that arn't too dusty and they do much better at area illumination. Those two 6.7" HID's absolutely kick ass, they have great throw, great spill, and a great beam temp. Pretty much useable in most all conditions except heavy fog.


I like my LED's but I LOOOOOVE my HIDS. The LED technology still has a ways to go. I wish they would drop the color temp of the LEDS down to 4300k instead of running this 5000k temp stuff. 4300k is a much better light color temp for general use, 5000k seems to reflect much more and which it has that cool "pure white" look, its isnt as effective as 4300k.

Thank you for your opinion, I was hoping you would chime in, your light setup is awesome. Could you by chance link me to the mounts you used to put the HIDs behind the grille? I like that setup better than a Defiant light bar. I will probably still do an LED bar on the rack, but for my use the HIDs will be better.

 

[TOPDECK]

Thank you for your opinion, I was hoping you would chime in, your light setup is awesome. Could you by chance link me to the mounts you used to put the HIDs behind the grille? I like that setup better than a Defiant light bar. I will probably still do an LED bar on the rack, but for my use the HIDs will be better.

I would like to hear about that as well.

 

[wdlsmaerw]

I would like to hear about that as well.

+1 :thumb3:

 

[SOcalTRAIL]

Unfortunately no link for that mount, I fabricated it myself. I would sell the brackets since I still have the CAD files for it, but I dont know if the lights would fit up there with another grill setup. I am guessing most of the Satoshi style grills like mine would work fine but I'm not 100% sure. It was pretty tight to fit those lights in there, I couldn't get them any further out board, so that is where they live. Great lights.

Unfortunately I'm in the middle of a really fun quality control audit, but as soon as I can, I'll get some pics of the bracket up.

 

[dorskh]

if you are thinking HIDs you can do what i did! by a set of piaa 520s and a 55w HID ddmtuning kit and convert the PIAAs... was super easy and man are they bright!!!!