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Old Dec 5, 2011 | 04:50 PM
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Lights for my roll bar

When I first bought my truck there were lights on my roll bar, but the didn't work and were rusted pretty bad. I'm to the point now where I want to put light back on it and dont know what I should go with. I can have up 4... I'm not sure if I want to do 4 of the same or do 2 long range and 2 fogs. So please give your input on what you would do here. Brands and type. Thanks
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Old Dec 5, 2011 | 05:11 PM
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4 lightforce striker 170 HID's!



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Old Dec 5, 2011 | 05:19 PM
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Those are awesome! But a little out of my price range... I'm lookin at $150ish a set(2)
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Old Dec 5, 2011 | 05:55 PM
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I love my Hella 500 Black Magics!
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Old Dec 5, 2011 | 06:11 PM
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I had 2 hella 700ff's and i was suprized with the output. Decent price to, around 100 a set. And you could retro some HID's in it if you dont like the lighting.
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Old Dec 5, 2011 | 07:13 PM
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get some cheapo deapo halogen light and swap some HID's in.




like these http://www.amazon.com/Vision-VX-5512...sim_sbs_auto_3




i was only going to do this though because i already have the HID kit.


price for 4 lights, at $36 a piece is is $144, plus ~$50 for a PNP HID kit(2 lights) so $100 for the hid kits. your looking at close to $250 for 4 HID's that will be brighter than you will EVER need.




or you could buy a couple pairs of lights that are already HID for the same price....lol
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Old Dec 5, 2011 | 07:14 PM
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oh and i believe Fog lights up that high would be useless....fog lights are designed to be mounted as low as possible, if i recall that correctly.
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Old Dec 5, 2011 | 07:40 PM
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2 foward and 2 facing back like some 4'' tractor lights
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Old Dec 5, 2011 | 07:43 PM
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super offroaders they have a range of 8 miles or the offroaders with a range of 5
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Old Dec 5, 2011 | 08:04 PM
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there made by dick cepek 9 inchs big 210 watt air vent so they dont get to hot
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Old Dec 6, 2011 | 02:29 AM
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I was running 6 KC Daylighter knock offs with 35w hids in them..

I personally hated them, but the kid I sold 4 of them to loves 'em.. $25 a pair for the housings, $30/pair for DDMTuning hids..

freaking laser show.. I'm in the midst of running a bixenon projector in a pair of the KC's right now.. we'll see how those turn out.
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Old Dec 6, 2011 | 12:35 PM
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I had two KC Daylighter's on my rollbar. They certainly helped in the woods.
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Old Dec 6, 2011 | 01:07 PM
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My opinion would be to stay away from euro-beams and go with a spot pattern. When I built the roof basket I moved my IPF 968's to the roof. They had worked well on the bumper but their pattern doesn't do much for me on the roof. Eventually I will put them back on the bumper and put some spot pattern lights on the basket.
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Old Dec 6, 2011 | 02:59 PM
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thanks for all the advice guys. keep it comin.
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Old Dec 6, 2011 | 03:22 PM
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I run KC's Stainless Steel Daylighters and I never had any rust problems. You get what you pay for so purchase something that will last.
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Old Dec 6, 2011 | 04:08 PM
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Originally Posted by suncomb1
I run KC's Stainless Steel Daylighters and I never had any rust problems. You get what you pay for so purchase something that will last.
are they the long range lights?
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Old Dec 6, 2011 | 04:42 PM
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i always thoought kcs were over rated my self just a name
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Old Dec 6, 2011 | 08:12 PM
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The Roll Bar lights (4) are Long Range-150 watts each, front bar lights are Driving-150 watts each and the lower units are fog lights-100 watts each. All lights are KC Stainless Steel and have been operating for 20+ years.
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Old Dec 6, 2011 | 08:27 PM
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KC's are great lights, but not worth it TO ME..at like $150 for a pair, efffff that..i'll pass.
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Old Dec 6, 2011 | 09:56 PM
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Originally Posted by creswellhick
i always thoought kcs were over rated my self just a name
X2! I have cheapo's from walmart and they work fine. Also got pro comps from 4 wheel parts and they are great
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