Light bars

[Mikel]

Tonight I was behind a truck on a forested rural road here in CT. When the guy turned his high beams on, it was an explosion of light! I was able to pass him and saw a decent sized light bar in the front of his truck.

I have halogen sealed beams in my truck and they are OK for an old truck, absolutely nothing like that guy had in terms of lighting power. Is there a way to discreetly hide something like that in the front of our trucks?

[Subybaja]

You could probably put a couple 18-20" bars in the rad opening.

[Barrman]

Are they legal though? The story I get around here is state law says up to 5 forward facing white lights. A 20" LED light bar will have dozens if not hundreds. Off road use only and probably police looking to give tickets for this.

[k8icu]

Change your headlamps to LEDs. The mill ones are expensive but well worth it. Then you are legal and you will have light!

[jeeper]

I've been running LED headlights on my TJ since last spring. I got some like this from ebay.

Mine are a Chinese knock-off of the Evolution 2 by JW Speaker.

They are much better than halogen.

I also have a 50" light bar mounted above the windshield. It puts out an incredible amount of light.

Neither one is technically legal though on the road.

The Chinese knock-offs linked to above do not have a DOT rating. And at least in Michigan the light bar is supposed to be covered up when you are on public roadways. We here in Michigan can get a ticket for having them uncovered while we are driving on the road.

All that being noted, I have yet to be pulled over for it. I have never had my light covered since it was installed.

The headlights are fabulous. They have a distinct cut-off so you are not blinding oncoming traffic but the color and spread is easier to drive with. I just bought some Truck Lite military surplus LED lights that are DOT approved and seem to have a more even light distribution compared to the Chinese lights in my TJ that have lots of "hot spots". I haven't used them on the road yet though so I can't really compare the two sets I have.

[67smith]

Led headlights will provide 4 times if not better lighting. Get DOT approved lights and don't worry about the law.

If you want additional lighting I have seen a couple interesting places to put them, the most notable was under the headlights in the parking light cut outs.

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[gimpyrobb]

After having the military led lights, I doubt I'd go back to incandescent, but the mil-surp are just too much money for what you get. I've found the brand Maxxima that has a 5 year warranty. I'll go that route if I ever need more.