Hey All

Decided I am going to install four KC lights on my light bar. I found the following online;


I currently run Silverstar low beams and fog lights. I am trying to accomplish the front of my truck projecting bright light farther then my high beams. I will mainly use these for back/country roads. I was considering getting a pair of fog lights and a pair of long range, because I feel that the driving lights could be wasteful. Also, which model would be the brightest and whitest?

I heard that KC draws a lot vs. say PIAA, is this true ?(anyone who owns these)

Once I do the installs, I will post pics/info of the install ect.

Thanks in Advance,

 

Bulb to bulb PIAA and KC should draw the same amount of amps if they are using the same wattage bulbs 55w to 55w and 100w to 100w. What I used to do is use a 55w fog light to run with my low beams and then I would use a driving light with 100w bulbs aimed with the high beams on a relay so they would only work when the high beams were on. Both sets were wired to a switch in the cab to cut the trigger signal going to each relay. I also used the parking lamps as the trigger for the fogs and the high beam as a trigger for the driving lights so that they could never be left on as long as the vehicle lights were turned off.

 

Thanks for the info, but what do you reccomend going with as far as a setup? I was considering two fogs on the outside and two long range on the inside...I think that would be the brightest, or I just thought maybe the two outside could be the driving lights and two middle are long range.

Any opinions welcome!

 

Fog lights should be mounted as close to the ground as possible. For their reflector pattern, they have to retain a almost straight aim, so mounting them close to the road achieves optimum light width. I've had a set of fogs mounted behind my grille and with them aimed down enough to strike the road, they were just blobs of light.

 

Thanks for the info. Then maybe I'll do four long range lights...any input on that setup?

 

My fogs were mounted under the bumper out close to the corner of the bumper and the driving were mounted on top closer to the center of the truck with 18-20" between them pretty close to what you described. This was on a 87 Chevy K10 so I had some leeway with my mounting locations and you are a little more limited with the newer trucks because of the plastic bumpers.

This is what I'm going to end up doing on my F350 on a NFab light bar with KC 69 series lights in the future. I'm also going to wire them like I did before so I can run the fogs with the high beams on because of the light gap it's creates on the corners close to the truck.

(fog)(driving)(driving)(fog)

 

I'm running the same bar as you, N-Fab/Smittybilt on my F150. Im honestly just trying to find out the best setup to use.

I know I need Long Range in the middle, heres what I am considering, either two options
A- (driving) (long range) (long range) (driving)
B- (Fog) (long range) (long range) (Fog)

Im just not sure if I should get fog lights, being I have stock fogs with silverstars that are pretty bright. What do you think?

 

Option A... Aim the driving out to the left and right of the Long range beam.

I basically Aimed mine in the ditches. My LR's covered the road very well.

 

I don't have my light bar yet but I will sometime this spring/summer. You will get better light coverage up close and wider into the ditch line with fogs which is what you want if you are doing a lot of night driving out in the country. On my current truck I'm going to ditch my stock fogs for lights mounted on the light bar and go with driving lights with 100w bulbs in them rewired with heavier gauge wire to handle the extra amp load. Check your local laws though, I know in Michigan you can only legally run two sets of lights at a time (4 lights) but I have never had trouble running an extra set as long as your courteous about it.

 

I am going with a similar setup. My intention is to go with 2 KC Rally 800s (8") long range lights in the center, and two KC Slim Lite (6") driving lights on the outside.

 

extra set as long as your courteous about it.

 

Get the Fog-Long-Long-Fog setup. Aim the Long Range straight down the road and the Fogs off into the ditches.
Make sure you get at least 100w lights, the 55w is like holding a flashlight out your window.

I have 2 spot beam Lightforces in the middle and 2 spot beam ProComps for the ditches on my setup. My hid heads take up the rest of the darkness





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