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Posted: 11/10/2009 4:32:07 PM EDT
What kind of auxiliary lights do you have on the frontend of your truck. KC,Hella,Lightforce.......
It's a little bear. 
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Hella 9000's
ETA Oh yeah these are fed from dual Yellow top optima's and a 200 amp GM alternator... Headlights are Hella Euro bulbs with a ARB headlight/Relay harness to feed em full power from the alternator...you'd be suprised how much of a difference it made to em... DO I use em much wheelin...No, I mostly use em when I have a 3-4 am concrete pour on a jobsite 
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What kind of lauxiliary lights do you have on the frontend of your truck. KC,Hella,Lightforce....... http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y9/ARsR4ME/047-1.jpg It's a little bear. Nice front porch on your truck there.
I agree with the first reply, get the "4-Hi mod" so you can activate high and low beams at the same time. That's usually sufficient as a bandaid for a while. |
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Hella 9000's http://images12.fotki.com/v201/photos/6/66370/1997641/Picture004-vi.jpg http://images21.fotki.com/v725/photos/6/66370/1997641/Rover026-vi.jpg I love that Discovery. It looks expedition-ready. |
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Hella 9000's http://images12.fotki.com/v201/photos/6/66370/1997641/Picture004-vi.jpg http://images21.fotki.com/v725/photos/6/66370/1997641/Rover026-vi.jpg ETA Oh yeah these are fed from dual Yellow top optima's and a 200 amp GM alternator... Headlights are Hella Euro bulbs with a ARB headlight/Relay harness to feed em full power from the alternator...you'd be suprised how much of a difference it made to em... DO I use em much wheelin...No, I mostly use em when I have a 3-4 am concrete pour on a jobsite Afraid of the dark or something? 
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Hella 9000's http://images12.fotki.com/v201/photos/6/66370/1997641/Picture004-vi.jpg http://images21.fotki.com/v725/photos/6/66370/1997641/Rover026-vi.jpg I love that Discovery. It looks expedition-ready. It was until I ate up the Tcase on the way home today...
Will be all new by thursday night... If you can put in in a Discovery...I probably have it in this one...never had enough sense to just walk away when it wasnt into me for so much
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Lightforce are awesome and Hellas are great lights also.
On my trail rig I have plain old KC lights. Hard to argue with a 23 year warranty: http://www.kchilites.com/warranty.aspx |
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Lightforce are awesome and Hellas are great lights also. On my trail rig I have plain old KC lights. Hard to argue with a 23 year warranty: http://www.kchilites.com/warranty.aspx How hard are they to install, and could I install them on a stock vehicle, without any problems with bat drain? Furthermore, how would I wire bakcup lights and front lights? On the same circuit or what? |
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Lightforce are awesome and Hellas are great lights also. On my trail rig I have plain old KC lights. Hard to argue with a 23 year warranty: http://www.kchilites.com/warranty.aspx How hard are they to install, and could I install them on a stock vehicle, without any problems with bat drain? Furthermore, how would I wire bakcup lights and front lights? On the same circuit or what? Not hard to wire up just make sure you use a relay. |
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Quoted: Lightforce lights are insanely bright. Also the beam is adjustable from a full flood to a pencil spot. Interchangeable lens covers (read: IR) are sweet as well. http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-12/542530/Matrix.jpg That'd be pretty awesome if you had the NVGs to go with them..that would be priceless on a BOV. I see alot of pictures of our SOF trucks with IR lights on the front, that shit is bad ass. |
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Lightforce lights are insanely bright. Also the beam is adjustable from a full flood to a pencil spot. Interchangeable lens covers (read: IR) are sweet as well. http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-12/542530/Matrix.jpg Please post pics of that Challenger in the garage!  (I'm thinking about buying one)
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Lightforce lights are insanely bright. Also the beam is adjustable from a full flood to a pencil spot. Interchangeable lens covers (read: IR) are sweet as well. http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-12/542530/Matrix.jpg That's a pretty slick winch setup there. Does that actually replace the center section of the bumper? |
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Hella 4000's. Mounted on top of the front bumper with no covers for 3+ years and they still haven't broke or died.Not the brightest in the world but they do their job on the cheap. How do you have them wired up? Mine are bright as hell. Heavy duty wiring and switches, wired to the alternator. |
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None.... All my lights are UNDER my 4x4, because I use mine...  If I need lights under my truck I am in very serious trouble. Nah, they're handy as hell when wheeling at night. If you don't go offroad, then you don't need them.Oh they're handy, but the only time they'd be handy on my 23' long truck is finding where to put the high-lift. |
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Quoted: ahhh yesss more Disco loveHella 9000's http://images12.fotki.com/v201/photos/6/66370/1997641/Picture004-vi.jpg http://images21.fotki.com/v725/photos/6/66370/1997641/Rover026-vi.jpg ETA Oh yeah these are fed from dual Yellow top optima's and a 200 amp GM alternator... Headlights are Hella Euro bulbs with a ARB headlight/Relay harness to feed em full power from the alternator...you'd be suprised how much of a difference it made to em... DO I use em much wheelin...No, I mostly use em when I have a 3-4 am concrete pour on a jobsite  on mine i have 2 hella 500 fogs on the bumper, on the rack i have 2 hella 500 driving lights in the middle for a sharp far reaching beam, then 2 hella 500 fogs on the out side to get more spread. before   after  if you want to see what that setup looks like at night, watch this vid of me(in the disco) and my brother(driving the tiger 71 SIIA)my rig comes into view around 2:40.......and yes we were all sobor  |
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None.... All my lights are UNDER my 4x4, because I use mine... If I need lights under my truck I am in very serious trouble. Nah, they're handy as hell when wheeling at night. If you don't go offroad, then you don't need them.Oh they're handy, but the only time they'd be handy on my 23' long truck is finding where to put the high-lift. They're cheap, and help out a spotter immensely at night while going offroad in unfamiliar territory...I'll keep mine.
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I had some Hella 550FF's mounted on my front bumper. Unfortunately after only a year of offroading in Colorado the damn piece of shit plastic mounts cracked. And once the mount cracks the lights fall right off. I'm sorry but the HELLA mounts seem awfully cheap, when after driving rough roads etc the mounts break and the light falls off. Now mind you, I never hit anything, this is just from driving hundreds of miles of forest roads all over Colorado in a year.
I think next go round I'll get some Lightforce lights and see how they treat me. The hellas seem like bottom shelf disposable lights. I know I'll never buy anymore. Hopefully you boys running Hellas have better luck than I did. ETA: You can see how I had my lights mounted on my avatar. At the time I took that picture they hadnt yet went to shit. |
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Quoted: Quoted: Hella 4000's. Mounted on top of the front bumper with no covers for 3+ years and they still haven't broke or died.Not the brightest in the world but they do their job on the cheap. How do you have them wired up? Mine are bright as hell. Heavy duty wiring and switches, wired to the alternator. Interesting i could be lacking in wiring department going to have to check again i don't even remember where i picked up the + on the relay. You are taking it right from the battery lug on the alternator? |
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What bumper is that? |
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Please post pics of that Challenger in the garage!
(I'm thinking about buying one)Just a tease, I dont want to hijack the thread. Current Project: 2010 SRT8 6-Speed Whipple Supercharger PWR 426 Stroker 9.1 CR PWR Stage 2 Street/Strip Heads PWR Stage 2 Supercharger Cam 236T .584 lift Ram Clutch Kooks LT with Catless Mids ZEX with window switch/purge 
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Hella 4000's. Mounted on top of the front bumper with no covers for 3+ years and they still haven't broke or died.Not the brightest in the world but they do their job on the cheap. How do you have them wired up? Mine are bright as hell. Heavy duty wiring and switches, wired to the alternator. Interesting i could be lacking in wiring department going to have to check again i don't even remember where i picked up the + on the relay. You are taking it right from the battery lug on the alternator? Yep. Use heavy duty wire and switches as well; you'll lose a lot of power to cheap wire and switches. |
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None.... All my lights are UNDER my 4x4, because I use mine... If I need lights under my truck I am in very serious trouble. Nah, they're handy as hell when wheeling at night. If you don't go offroad, then you don't need them.Oh they're handy, but the only time they'd be handy on my 23' long truck is finding where to put the high-lift. They're cheap, and help out a spotter immensely at night while going offroad in unfamiliar territory...I'll keep mine. Spotter? What's that? Aside from my dad, nobody else wheels their truck that I hang out with. I agree completely. They're definitely useful, just not for me.
Has anybody ever put some LED-type lights underneath? I do want some under my framerails and in my wheel wells when I have to turn wrenches in the dark since it's dark by like 5:30 now. |
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None.... All my lights are UNDER my 4x4, because I use mine... If I need lights under my truck I am in very serious trouble. Nah, they're handy as hell when wheeling at night. If you don't go offroad, then you don't need them.Oh they're handy, but the only time they'd be handy on my 23' long truck is finding where to put the high-lift. They're cheap, and help out a spotter immensely at night while going offroad in unfamiliar territory...I'll keep mine. Spotter? What's that? Aside from my dad, nobody else wheels their truck that I hang out with. I agree completely. They're definitely useful, just not for me.
Has anybody ever put some LED-type lights underneath? I do want some under my framerails and in my wheel wells when I have to turn wrenches in the dark since it's dark by like 5:30 now. Mine are LED... 
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Quoted: Spotter? What's that? Aside from my dad, nobody else wheels their truck that I hang out with. I agree completely. They're definitely useful, just not for me.Has anybody ever put some LED-type lights underneath? I do want some under my framerails and in my wheel wells when I have to turn wrenches in the dark since it's dark by like 5:30 now. there are pre-made kits out there for around $100 bucks just search for LED rock lights. just have to make sure they are in a safe spot underneath because I would probably smash and knock them all off the first trip out |
