Let's talk lights. How much lighting needed? I need suggestions.

[HalfmuleFarmer]

… is the light bar legal to run on-road where you live? If not, then it isn't doing you a whole lot of good most of the time.

Concur with this, which is one reason I haven’t spent the $$$$ yet … good aux lights, that are going to last and be worth the money? Not cheap.

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[Brian_B]

The light are for off road and not on road.

The the only limit is the output of your alternator and however many spots you imagination can come up with the mount them in that case.

 

[Brian_B]

Concur with this, which is one reason I haven’t spent the $$$$ yet … good aux lights, that are going to last and be worth the money? Not cheap.

I threw a decent amount of money at a nice set of Diode Dynamics triple fog lights... two of the three are street legal, but I can only run 1 set of those at a time with headlights on road.

But--- the one set I do run - a very very nice mod that I'm glad I got and I run them full time wired to factory fog lamp circuit.

The other two sets of lamps... kind of a waste of money, but in the rare event I'm off road in the dark they do the job - just only use them maybe a handful of times a year.

I could have just got that one set and been just as happy to be honest, and saved about $600.

 

[HalfmuleFarmer]

The light are for off road and not on road. I have plenty of light for the roads.

How about added wind noise on the highway (even tho your aux lights will be off)? That’s also been a concern of mine with lights that protrude from the pillars or roof.

 

[agentdarnell]

How about added wind noise on the highway (even tho your aux lights will be off)? That’s also been a concern of mine with lights that protrude from the pillars or roof.

I don't think ill put them on the roof any time soon. I was thinking about a couple for my brush guard above my winch and some a pillar for ditch lights.

I have no idea how noisey they would be.

 

[dejones64]

Lights were not a priority, until I hit a deer after 1 month of ownership. They went right to the top of my list. Two pair of Rough Country wide angle ditch lights, A-pillar and top corners of the bumper. Diode Dynamics lights in the bumper, yellow SAE fogs, white SAE fogs, and spots. Added a brush guard that attaches to the frame where the tow hooks are, with a 30" Diode Dynamics light bar, by far the brightest light I have. I see a lot of deer in advance, giving me a chance to slow down...

My SAE fogs are DOT approved. The rest are for off-road or country roads, where I find most deer. I try to avoid night driving as much as possible., but have the lights just in case. $1k in lights is still cheaper than hitting a deer.

 

[87-Z28]

Have you ever seen Chevy chase griswold Christmas? Not enough lights IMO.

 

[Oldhippie]

Go out and decide where ya want more light and fix that…Having done rubicon midnight runs with just old sealed bean headlights my DD SAE fog & driving pods along with BD s2 ditch pods (ya may think about rock lights for your spotter) are way more than I “need” for rocky trails and work great on road too but sure more light is more gooder…to a point…

 

[EasternSierra]

How about added wind noise on the highway (even tho your aux lights will be off)? That’s also been a concern of mine with lights that protrude from the pillars or roof.

My ditch lights make a little wind noise that I no longer notice as a separate noise. However, I'm switching to the Blumak ditch light housings which are a lot more streamlined.

 

[CalvinT]

My ditch lights make a little wind noise that I no longer notice as a separate noise. However, I'm switching to the Blumak ditch light housings which are a lot more streamlined.

I really like mine and I haven't noticed any wind noise from them. And absolutely no glare back on the hood.

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