So lets have an exterior lights picture thread.. Anything outside on the trucks, roof lights, bumper lights, crash bar lights.. where ever you might have them. (I'm looking for ideas but think others would like to see them too!)
A written commentary on what you have would be nice too
So starting with the front, i have (2) 196W Chinese copy of the ARB Intensity with amber covers (the ARB covers fit perfectly as i assume they are the same lamps). In the ARB bumper I have IPF fogs with PIAA crystal ION 85W H3 bulbs (amber). The park/turn signals in the bumper are also LED upgrades from ARB. In the mirror lights i have removed the diffusers and added amber bulbs.
On the roof is a 580W 42" light bar featuring 7W Philip LEDs with 4D lenses. On the corners are 30W cubes which illuminate around corners nicely.
In the rear on the roof rack are another set of 30W cube LEDs which are triggered off the reverse lights. On the Bandi mount is an 18W cube with amber cover for my rear fog/dust light. Baja'ing it on desert trails, this really helps the guy behind me.
I have a 40 in LED light bar up front, Two 2x2 LED pod lights ( floods ) in the back and two 2x6 LED lights on the side. It looks like a damn ufo sitting out in the woods when they are all on
On bumper top I run a single Baha Designs XL80 "cannon", driving combo (9500 lumen) flanked by two XL Sport wide cornering (1800 lumen ea). In-bumper fog lights are Squadron Sport wide cornering (1800 lumen). On the roof, Lifetime LED 50" curved lightbar, Baha Designs Squadron Sport wide cornering rear lights on the roofrack. Soon adding Baha Designs S2 wide cornering (2150 lumen ea) cowl mounted lights to fill in the dark zones to the side.
I have the XL80 tapped to high beams which is great for night driving - can see waaaaaaaay down the road. All the other Baha Designs lights are secondarily controlled by rheostat aircraft dimmer knobs on the vent panel, so I can select which lights to to run and to what brightness...to keep it street and group-run friendly but still quickly dial up the sun when needed
This was near Engineer Pass at Summit in horrible weather...ran my rear lights to help light the trail for the rest of the group. Amber lenses not only helped cut through the fog/sleet but also made the light less blinding. Can't say enough good about Baha Designs, both their lights and awesome customer service!!! :rocker:
...All the other Baha Designs lights are secondarily controlled by rheostat aircraft dimmer knobs on the vent panel, so I can select which lights to to run and to what brightness...to keep it street and group-run friendly but still quickly dial up the sun when needed...
Lifetime is a midrange lightbar ($500 - $600) with an excellent warranty. My first one developed condensation - had a replacement at my door 3 days after I reported the problem. No issues with the new one. Very bright, combo pattern.
I run a set of Rigid D2's in the bumper cutouts and Lightforce 170 Strikers in the middle hoop. The combo works well for me out here. Not much light pollution in this area, so gets pretty dark at night on the secondary roads or through the National Parks. Lots of wildlife lurking around as well.
Here's some old and new pics I've got. Little baby Baja Designs S2 pro that blinds those who tailgate too closely. :lol: Mounted in the center of my spare tire. Then Baja Designs XL80's mounted on my bumper hoop, Baja Designs Squadron Pro mounted on DB Customz cowl mounts. And finally Squadron Sports with amber laminx mounted in my bumper. The XL80's are incredible! And the Squadron Pros on the cowl supplement them nicely. :bigthumb:
Two Lightforce 170s with yellow combo lenses on top and then two PIAA lights just under the front edge of the bumpers which were a yellow light. The PIAAs were nice for on and off road and did fairly well for their size and the yellow light was a nice contrast for use in snow and fog. They would have been better if they were just a bit bigger so there was a bit more light. I took a rock to one from a semi and wiped it out and when I went to get a new lens or light I found out that they had been discontinued. I picked up a set of Lightforce 140s with wide yellow lenses that I was going to have mounted in their place, but never got them put on before I traded the FJ. They were about 1 1/2" smaller than the ones on top. The ones up top were great on the FJ off road. I had thought of trying to mount a second set for a bit more light but never did. These worked great and if I'd known at the time I could have also added brighter bulbs to them. They are lightweight, bright, and tough lights. I hit a small spike buck deer and it just folded them back on the mounts. I pulled them back out and adjusted them and they worked just fine.
I wanted some lights on the Tundra so I put on an Nfab bar with 4 of the Lightforce 170s with clear combo lenses and I also have the clear spot lenses that came with them and a set of yellow combo lenses. I put the Lightforce 140s that never got installed on the FJ on the bottom of the bar and they have wide clear lenses and I have a set of the wide yellow lenses too. I also had the brightest bulbs made for them installed in all 6 lights. They do pretty good and put out a lot of light, but I can't keep them adjusted and tight as the bar vibrates and they loosen up. I'm thinking of swapping them for a couple of 30" Rigid Combo bars and then swapping the lower ones for a set of wide Rigid D2s. I also have the Rigid DOT legal fog light replacements and kit which are really nice and you can actually see the light unlike the stock fogs which put out very little light.
I was really liking those ARB intensity lights till I went to the link you gave. 500 bucks a piece!! Yeowza!! How do they work, 1 spot 1 flood like that?
Can't remember who the brush guard came from. It sits on top of factory bumper. Several vendors sell them. Got it on eBay. It was somewhere around 300 dollars. Small leds put out plenty of light. Going down dark road, I can switch between them & the 20" light bar & don't see hardly any difference in output.
Lifetime LED H4/9003 LED Headlights
Hella Optilux 4" LED Fog Lights
Vision X 4.7" 25-W LED Light Cannon Driving Lights
Rigid Industries SR2 10" 52.4-W Driving LED Light Bar on bumper
Rigid Industries E 40" 220-W Combo LED Light Bar on DeMello light-bar mount
Oslamp Curved 50" 288-W Combo LED Light Bar on Trailworx A-pillar mounts
Vision X 3.7" Optimus Black Round 10-W Narrow LED Spot Lights on DB Customz Cowl Light Brackets
Rigid Industries SR-M Flood LED reverse lights mounted on roof rack
Lifetime LED H4/9003 LED Headlights
Hella Optilux 4" LED Fog Lights
Vision X 4.7" 25-W LED Light Cannon Driving Lights
Rigid Industries SR2 10" 52.4-W Driving LED Light Bar on bumper
Rigid Industries E 40" 220-W Combo LED Light Bar on DeMello light-bar mount
Oslamp Curved 50" 288-W Combo LED Light Bar on Trailworx A-pillar mounts
Vision X 3.7" Optimus Black Round 10-W Narrow LED Spot Lights on DB Customz Cowl Light Brackets
Rigid Industries SR-M Flood LED reverse lights mounted on roof rack
Great setup, and I love your headlight mod! :rocker: was it difficult to do? Please post a link so I can spend even more mod money :rofl: I can tell this is gonna be an expensive thread - Warning to newbies...look away! :grin
I forgot, I have a YouTube video too of the rock lights.
There is a lot of light from the buildings there too though, I really need to do a combined video of the rock lights and the ARB LED Intensity lights where it is pitch black.
I should mention, I think( not sure here )that the bulbs may be proprietary as he called them 'special bulbs' when I asked for a model number. The upside is, that 2 bulbs cost $15 shipped. I ordered 6 more 6000k bulbs for $45 shipped. The kit came with 2 so I'm good for a while.
This whole kit still cost me less than the what some guys are paying for 2 LED headlight bulbs..shipped to my door. Shipping was slow but worth it SO FAR.
Here is my set up: PIAA 520 ATP all terrain lights (rear bumper), PIAA 510 yellow fog lights, PIAA 5340 flood lights and Rigid Industries light bar with 1 20” E-series LED and 2 10” E-series LED’s
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