Rigid finally released a DOT approved fog light (and driving light). Their fog is a standard Dually housing (4 leds) rated at roughly 1700lumens per side. I went an unconventional route and retro'd these into an opened set of fog light housings as I didn't want to drill into the fog bucket mounted to the bumper.

The output is impressive. Enjoy the pics












Output shots:

Stock fogs:




Dually DOT fogs only:




Duallys and factory HIDs:





The light output is seriously impressive. The beam is a low wide (45*) defined beam that stays below the cutoff of the HIDs. I clocked each Dually outward a bit to avoid overlap and provide wide light (basically aimed at the ditches). Just wanted to share incase anyone else was curious of the same.

 

Here's a more detailed write up:
I pulled the trigger right after their release and upon the last round of XB fogs release date pushing again. I didn't want to go the conventional mounting route and just drill a hole in the existing bumper mounted fog light bracket. Since the beam pattern on these is so well defined I decided to attempt to mount the Duallys inside an opened fog light reflector housing. As it turns out there is enough lip once the lens is removed for the Rigid mount to sit, and even be "clocked" a few degrees left or right if you so desire.

Anyone who has held a Dually knows they are stout...1.1lbs each and well built.
I wanted to mount them on the bottom lip of the reflector housing so that I could I could retain the vertical adjustment of the factory fogs. This greatly aids in the ability to get them aimed/aligned properly and perfectly. Much better than trying to manipulate them by hand. I ventured to the local big box hardware supplier to grab a stainless buttonhead bolt, small washers and a nylock nut. I left with those items and a neoprene washer for each side. I took a fine tooth hacksaw to the lens for removal, cutting directly behind the lens in between the lens and the housing itself. From there it was a matter of drilling a hole in the bottom/center of the housing so that the Dually would sit as far back as possible. Buttonhead bolt up from the bottom with a washer bent to follow the curve of the housing...inside the housing: neoprene washer against the housing, then two small flat washers and the mount sat perfectly flush across the washers and barely contacted the housing. Tightened it all down, clocked each Dually outward a few degrees to avoid overlap and provide additional light to the sides of the truck. I utilized Starkey's H10 to Deutsche adapter so that I didn't have to hack up the truck's wiring or the Dually's connectors. Overall I think it came out pretty well. The one thing I haven't done is paint the reflector buckets...and I'm still thinking that one through.

 

Howdy.

Nicely done. As per usual fer you

Thankee fer sharin' !


Ol' Bubber

 

very nice! I just ordered some back up lights that are roughly 1600 lumens each so now I know about what to expect, based on your picture...

 

Nice work....

Got a wall shot of the cutoff?

 

Sure do. Beam is wider than the iPhone 6 could capture from the seat.




Here's a shot with the HIDs on:

 

You do know they make a custom bracket to mount those exact lights into an 09-14 bumper so you don't have to hack up the factory reflectors.

look at the bottom of the page
http://accessoryproshop.com/Off-Road...ting-Solutions

 

Interesting, however that's a non adjustable mount. Just snaps in place and bolts in. No vertical adjustment. Wouldn't be possible to align that mount at all. They'd likely just point straight out.

Good catch though. I Googled for weeks and didn't come across that site.

 

Looks nice, close up of the how they were merged with the stock fogs?

 

Thanks!
Merged in what sense? The wiring? Used Starkey Product's H10 to Deutsche adapter. If you mean something else, please clarify.

 

I meant how you mounted the rigid into the fog housing you cut apart

 

Ahh ok. I didn't take a huge pile of pics, but I will when I blow them back apart in a couple months to completely clean them up and paint them and reassemble.

For now here are the additional pics I have. Let me know if you want something specific and I'll take it for you when I remove for paint.

 

Nice and wide....

 

sub'd

 

Good timing on the thread revival.
I installed OSRAM D3S CBIs a little over a week ago in the factory HIDs. I'm pretty pleased with the color match. I need to get some pics snapped showing the new kelvin color. Looks good to the bare eye.