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Old Oct 6, 2005 | 01:00 AM
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off road lights?

im gong to purchase a bull bar and a set of lights.. i plan on using them on backroads and off road trails... what do you guys like?
 
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Old Oct 6, 2005 | 01:37 AM
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i am always partial to hellas, but they are all good, pia, hella, kc, ipf, hella makes a sick pair of hid off road lights, prolly the best on the market, but they are huge and will set you back alot.
 
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Old Oct 6, 2005 | 10:29 AM
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i like the PIAA myself
 
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Old Oct 6, 2005 | 12:15 PM
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+1 for Hella's. I installed the Ralley 4000's on my westin brush guard and they are BRIGHT!!! I have a pic in my gallery that has them lit with my headlights on bright. There was a huge difference and if you choose the "euro-beam", which is a combination of the pencil/driving light, you get excellent coverage.

They are big, mine are a little over 9" in diameter but have a very solid mounting system and a factory looking switch.

I paid 250.00 w/the wiring harness from www.autoanything.com
 
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Old Oct 6, 2005 | 12:28 PM
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I have the pencil beam KC Black Daylighters in 130 watt and I like them very much for long, open stretches of flat trails.
 
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Old Oct 20, 2005 | 10:23 AM
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150-watt sealed-beam KC Daylighters. Best bang for the buck IMHO. $96 from www.desertrat.com

I've got a pair on each vehicle currently, and am adding a second set to the F-150 (If I can ever find a way to mount them!!)

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Old Oct 20, 2005 | 11:22 AM
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I'm a PIAA man myself, but anymore these days any of hte brands will be pretty good. It used to be that Hella was absolute crap, everything from the housings to the wiring to the switches was cheap, poorly made, crap. But they've stepped up their quality quite a bit lately from what I understand. KC has a good reputation as well.
 
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Old Oct 20, 2005 | 06:54 PM
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i like the KC's, i cant afford them at the moment but when i can i wil replace my cheap BAJA lights. i had one set of PIAA fog lights and they lasted about 8 months and one went out and later the other did, and i could not replace the bulb
 
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Old Oct 20, 2005 | 07:23 PM
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See, if you hadn't bought the cheap PIAAs or the junky Bajas, you'd be well over halfway to a set of Stainless Daylighters.

Oh, I forgot to mention... the $99 price was for the Stainless Steel 150-watt daylighters. If you are willing to settle for black or chrome, they are only $79 (and occasionally on special for $69). IMHO, they're, by FAR the best bang for the buck! Sure, there are other brighter ones out there (and MattAdams has tried them all...LiteForce, etc) but those KCs are tried and true, and such a value to boot!

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Old Oct 20, 2005 | 07:27 PM
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If u asked me what was the best brand i would say piaa.
 
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Old Oct 20, 2005 | 08:00 PM
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you might also want to check out what warn has to offer, they make some pretty sweet lights as well...
 
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Old Oct 22, 2005 | 09:01 PM
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is 40$ cheep for fog lights?
you are right if i had not bought all those other lights i would be bout half way to some stainless, but hey i have only spentabout 80$ on all my lights, and they add a lot of light at night i really wanted something to help spot out deer in the road and they work good
so far from what i have looked at i really like the KC's
 
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Old Oct 22, 2005 | 11:39 PM
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Originally Posted by fordtough_k_w
is 40$ cheep for fog lights?
you are right if i had not bought all those other lights i would be bout half way to some stainless, but hey i have only spentabout 80$ on all my lights, and they add a lot of light at night i really wanted something to help spot out deer in the road and they work good
so far from what i have looked at i really like the KC's
I got a set of 100 watt spot lamps at auto zone man are they bright and truly spot lites to they through a large spot for a long ways. $45
 
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Old Oct 24, 2005 | 10:51 PM
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check my gallery i have a bull and lights wilsonford bull ebay stainless and ligh5ts ebay total cost 270 and completly happy
 
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Old Oct 25, 2005 | 05:17 PM
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hey trout man did they come with complete wiring, fuse, relay... the whole shot
 
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