for off road use. fogs or driving lighting on roof?
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for off road use. fogs or driving lighting on roof?
sorry this could be beaten to death but couldn't find any solution in the search.
for all the people on the trail with exp., what kind of lighting is best to mount on the roof rack driving or fogs lights? considering ur going to be in the bush.
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for all the people on the trail with exp., what kind of lighting is best to mount on the roof rack driving or fogs lights? considering ur going to be in the bush.
thanks in advance.
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so driving would be better if i were to mount them to the roof rack?
regardless of placement, im putting some type of lighting up there.
regardless of placement, im putting some type of lighting up there.
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The fogs work well to light up to the sides and up close
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i had 2 fogs on my roof rack for a short while. they were on the outside pointed out. they helped light up what was to the sides of my truck but i driving lights are better and i have since taken them off and replaced them with driving beam offroad lights. the driving lights do illuminate the sides somewhat but not quite as much as the fogs.
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ive always had those lights on my car but watching the movie, "the mist", the main character had an old land cruiser, (the kind that looks like a tank) anyways it had a light bar ... 4 in all (2 facing forward)and (2 facing outward at a slight angle) ..the lights just pierced thru the fog and look cool doing it.. i dunno know if it was the bad a$$ car or it was the lights but thats where my insipiration came from to upgrade my lights.
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i had mounted 4 pencil beam kc daylighters on the roofbasket i made on my99 runner, and it lit up the hood and winsheild soo much, especially bad when dusty/dirty, it made it worse than no lights at all. ended up fabbing a light bar and putting them slightly above the front bumper height. MUCH BETTER now with them down low.
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Are you talking like flood, or spot? I'd say that a spot would be best on the roof to get more distance out of it, and you could save the front bumper for the fogs, or floods.
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I was wondering the same kinda thing. I've seen 3 types of lights: Driving, Fog and Spots. I would think that a combination of driving and spots on a roofrack (maybe just spots) would eliminate the hood reflection issue, but would you/could you use them for on highway use? My plan for my FJ is to put second drive lights and fog lights on the front end (ARB bumper) and put either drive or spot lights on the roof rack up front and fog lights on the rear (help out backing up manuevers in dark). Anyone done something like this yet??
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I was wondering the same kinda thing. I've seen 3 types of lights: Driving, Fog and Spots. I would think that a combination of driving and spots on a roofrack (maybe just spots) would eliminate the hood reflection issue, but would you/could you use them for on highway use? My plan for my FJ is to put second drive lights and fog lights on the front end (ARB bumper) and put either drive or spot lights on the roof rack up front and fog lights on the rear (help out backing up manuevers in dark). Anyone done something like this yet??
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The traditional approach is to have a pyramid effect, with wider angle lights below the bumper, driving lights on top of the bumper and spot lights on the roof. This is a proven formula. It works. It is also designed for more on-road.
My self, I'll never use roof mounted lights while highway driving, they will be set to a switch on the dash or transmission tunnel. I will be Rhino-lining my hood, and most of the truck, and am expecting to drive down campground roads, fireroads, and the like at night. I'm putting floods up there so I'm not SO focused down-range, and with the flat black rhino lining, it shouldn't reflect horribly.
My self, I'll never use roof mounted lights while highway driving, they will be set to a switch on the dash or transmission tunnel. I will be Rhino-lining my hood, and most of the truck, and am expecting to drive down campground roads, fireroads, and the like at night. I'm putting floods up there so I'm not SO focused down-range, and with the flat black rhino lining, it shouldn't reflect horribly.
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