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Safety is one of the top reasons our customers add lighting to their vehicles. This ranges from bone stock vehicles (our fog light replacements) to extremely modified trucks. The last thing you want to have is a situation during the day or night where your OEM lighting doesn't do the trick causing an accident or worse. All of our LED lights have interchangeable lenses and patterns allowing you to fine tune the lights per your driving style or needs. If you're moving through the desert with a group of vehicles, you're definitely going to want additional lighting to avoid running into the person in front of you. This also applies for mountain roads where suddenly deer or elk can come running out in front of the vehicle. With proper lighting you can easily and safely detect an obstacle or obstruction before it becomes a problem. Not all LED's are created equal and a quality set will definitely provide added comfort and performance day and night. We use the following Lighting Zone charts to help figure out what pattern or light is best for your application.
[MENTION=129593]MTN4RNR[/MENTION] LOW BEAM HID:
Fog Pocket Kit & 20" S8 Light Bar:
As you can see the Fog Pocket Kit and 20" S8 (behind the grille) provide much more usable light than your headlights. You get extra distance, mid-field, and near-field lighting....
.....Thank You for posting up. It's nice to see an open discussion on why people are buying lights and for what applications.
-Bailey, Baja Designs
www.bajadesigns.com
Exactly what Bailey mentioned above. Aftermarket lights CAN have great benefits to the driver and others on the trail, IF they are installed properly, and they are adequately equipped. I love some lumens, but with a budget in mind I have had to really think about where I invest.
My take:
The S8 center light bar I use as my 'trail light'/high beams. On trail, it's on virtually the whole time. Not so much for my benefit, but for those in my group ahead of me and those that are on the trail coming the other way (and sometimes they come in quick if they are on smaller OHV's). It also serves as a great high beam replacement, offering a similar beam pattern and a slightly higher output than the stock high beams.
The amber Squadron Pro fogs help a lot with dark 2 lane roads, and in rain/snow/dust conditions. Their beam pattern on a rural 2 land road is wide and even allowing for greater visibility coming around corners, and on the shoulders for animals. Ditch lights might help more with this, but they really do a great job by themselves. In bad visibility situations, these really do cut through down low and allow for greater road visibility. Stock low beams do well to bounce off reflectors and show you markers in the distance, but in low-vis situations they won't really show the actual road. That's where the amber lens comes in and helps see the actual road in the near-field.
And last but not least, the S2 Pro dust light. This little guy is crucial on the back of the vehicle to help your trip compadres see you when the dust gets thick. I was recently on a trip in Death Valley with 17 rigs. I had multiple comments from guys that were behind me telling me that at times the only thing they could see was that little light through the dust. And for the guys without a dedicated dust light, it was sketchy being behind them in thick dust because even with their tail lights on, they would be invisible to the person behind them. Thankfully we had good radio comms and would call out if there was any slow down to avoid a collision on the trail. For future trips, I will highly recommend that all of the rigs should have a dedicated rear facing light. They're that important on-trail.
In short, aftermarket lights fall into 2 categories for me. Form and function. I choose function, in placement and use. It just so happens that they look pretty killer too :thumb3:
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