So yeah that's not right AT ALL. If the SAE text was VERTICAL (rotated 90 degrees) then somebody flipped the bezel around to make it appear right, but it's not. It sounds like the SAE lights you got were taken out of some other fog kit that mounts the lights sideways (sideways brackets).
Actually it sounds like to me, that the issue is when you added the LONG brackets. The SAE lights you got with that kit were already positioned with the beam angle to use the SHORT brackets from the top side. Since they were in a kit like that, you wouldn't need to add the long brackets. If anything, with the other 2 pairs of NON SAE, you might just rotate the outer frame rings for the print to be the other way if i wasn't. You wouldn't need the LONG brackets. So my guess is if you just put the other original brackets back on them and they are rotated the other direction, they should aim perfect. That was one of the early issues in the beginning with the new SAE lights.Here is my Baja designs triple fog kit from @SPVPARTS with the long mounting brackets from @4x4TruckLEDs.com since the modular bumper didn’t come with fogs on my ‘24. Wired each pair to aux switches 4,5,6. Amber SAE, White SAE, and squadron pro driving/combo.
The white SAE in the middle works the best in terms of beam obstruction, yellow on the inside gets diffused a little from hitting the inside of the bumper, resulting in a bit of a fuzzier top beam cutoff line. Driving/combo Baja designs squadron pro is really bright but for off road only since it’s too bright to be street legal. Probably should’ve put the yellow SAE on the outside since I’d imagine I will use it more than the driving/combo, and the outside position seems less obstructed for a wide fog beam. Adjusted the fogs to have top of beam 4” below level at 25’ for proper aiming.
The only issue I had is that one of the amber SAE lens cover seemed to be on at a 90 degree off position because the “SAW F 20 BD 250011” writing was on the left side of the light when viewed from the front instead of the bottom like the other 5. I rotated the Lens cover not knowing if keeping it at that angle would affect the beam pattern or not. Install was pretty straightforward, just be sure to get a weather-pack crimping tool and the tiniest hex ratchet possible with a dremel-shortened 4mm Alan key hex driver so that you can adjusted the beams’ aim after install.
I chose to run the wires more or less straight up from over the front of the driver front crash bar and behind the front part of the wheel well lining. I tried to get the fender flare off to run the wires further aft above the wheel well lining but was having difficulty and didn’t want to risk breaking off one of the plastic rotating snaps on the flare. I ran the wire straight up in front of the battery, then outboard of the battery and along the edge of the engine bay to the aux switches with half a dozen zip ties along the way.
yep makes sense, and I talked to John from SPV today and he said the same thing. My white SAE I bought by themselves did need the long brackets, just not the amber SAE that came in the kit since they were the model that was designed to be mounted upside down.
Well they don't make a model that is designed to be mounted upside down. We special order them from Baja Designs that way. If the white label on the side of the box did not say "(UPSIDE DOWN)" then they were not flipped from the factory by Baja Designs. That's a special order item that we request from them.
Interesting, my boxes didn’t say “upside down” yet it seems from the photos and my observation that the upside down mounted amber SAE more closely resembles the beam pattern of the clear/white SAE mounted right side up. Don’t you think the second amber pattern in the photo above represents a more correct SAE fog beam than the first one? Anyway, I’m not a light expert, this is my first time messing with them so I don’t really know anything, just trying to make sure I install them correctly.Well they don't make a model that is designed to be mounted upside down. We special order them from Baja Designs that way. If the white label on the side of the box did not say "(UPSIDE DOWN)" then they were not flipped from the factory by Baja Designs. That's a special order item that we request from them.
This is an example of what the box should look like, indicating the optics were flipped from the factory (as there is more to it then just the bezels, the optics inside have to be flipped). This allows the lights to hang "upside down" while the pattern is in the correct orientation.
After our conversation, you did install them correctly when you put the ones on the original brackets and not the long brackets. The yellow ones were upside down because they came in your kit that way. Then the white ones you got were not upside down. So when you used the long brackets you got on those, you put them the correct direction. So as you have them and after we spoke, it sounds like you corrected them.Interesting, my boxes didn’t say “upside down” yet it seems from the photos and my observation that the upside down mounted amber SAE more closely resembles the beam pattern of the clear/white SAE mounted right side up. Don’t you think the second amber pattern in the photo above represents a more correct SAE fog beam than the first one? Anyway, I’m not a light expert, this is my first time messing with them so I don’t really know anything, just trying to make sure I install them correctly.
