Rigid led defused pattern
02-09-2016, 06:59 PM
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I guess your trails are way more closed in and slow than ours. And also I do a lot of highway driving in the night. like 4 times a week 8 hrs. LONG TIME in the dark. The longer your lights go, the safer it is. Diffused on your bumper is fine. I said on the a pillars. The bumper is where they should mounted.
02-10-2016, 01:34 AM
#12
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The thing is, most place in the states have lit highways. Here, once out of town its DARK. We NEED auxiliary lights to see the famous big brown speed bump. ( MOOSE ). If you run the highways at night here, you are running auxiliary lighting, legal or not. the police use them, the general public use them. The people who drive ALOT in the night always wire up to their high beam trigger. So its no different than running your high beams. These small Rigid cubes do not get the job done in this driving manner. Our backcountry is more open, and there are not many TIGHT trails, you can always see LONG distances for the most part, again these little cubes won't do the trick. Its not that we are doing 100 plus mph. its that I want to see what an animal the size of a lifted full size truck is doing before I get on top of it. seeing 100m out is not going to do the trick. But I still state that the difused lights should be on the bumper not on the a pillar.
02-10-2016, 01:39 AM
#13
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Here are a couple of photos to put into perspective. I have hit a small moose before I started running aux. lights. I had some stupid blue shit bulbs in my brand new 98 pathy. Another thing, blue light from most LEDs suck donkey nuts.
The roof was not cut off!
Again, Roof NOT cut off.
In both of the can opener cars the occupants were killed, the third I am not sure about.
Not what I want in my lap in the night. I use strong lights to spot these buggers WAY off, so I can track them and know what the hell they are doing. Its not about driving fast, or any such nature. Its about keeping my family safe on the roads in the night. The farther off I can see these things and other obstacles the safer my family is. SIMPLE. So, give me long penetrating light any day over wide short distance lighting. My hid performs just as well in the bush as the cubes, if not better, but totally destroys them when long distance light is NEEDED.
Sorry to be a Debbie Downer, but maybe this can put things into perspective why I want the Longest reaching light I can get. Its pretty well life and death.
The roof was not cut off!
Again, Roof NOT cut off.
In both of the can opener cars the occupants were killed, the third I am not sure about.
Not what I want in my lap in the night. I use strong lights to spot these buggers WAY off, so I can track them and know what the hell they are doing. Its not about driving fast, or any such nature. Its about keeping my family safe on the roads in the night. The farther off I can see these things and other obstacles the safer my family is. SIMPLE. So, give me long penetrating light any day over wide short distance lighting. My hid performs just as well in the bush as the cubes, if not better, but totally destroys them when long distance light is NEEDED.
Sorry to be a Debbie Downer, but maybe this can put things into perspective why I want the Longest reaching light I can get. Its pretty well life and death.
Last edited by Kojack; 02-10-2016 at 02:03 AM.
02-10-2016, 05:53 AM
#14
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Here are a couple of photos to put into perspective. I have hit a small moose before I started running aux. lights. I had some stupid blue shit bulbs in my brand new 98 pathy. Another thing, blue light from most LEDs suck donkey nuts. <img src="https://www.jk-forum.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=637152"/> The roof was not cut off! <img src="https://www.jk-forum.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=637153"/> Again, Roof NOT cut off. <img src="https://www.jk-forum.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=637154"/> In both of the can opener cars the occupants were killed, the third I am not sure about. Not what I want in my lap in the night. I use strong lights to spot these buggers WAY off, so I can track them and know what the hell they are doing. Its not about driving fast, or any such nature. Its about keeping my family safe on the roads in the night. The farther off I can see these things and other obstacles the safer my family is. SIMPLE. So, give me long penetrating light any day over wide short distance lighting. My hid performs just as well in the bush as the cubes, if not better, but totally destroys them when long distance light is NEEDED. Sorry to be a Debbie Downer, but maybe this can put things into perspective why I want the Longest reaching light I can get. Its pretty well life and death.
02-10-2016, 06:22 AM
#16
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It's definitely a matter of choosing what works for your area and needs. For high speed, you want light that projects a great deal into the distance. And sure, that would include highways in situations like you describe with long dark stretches of road and large wildlife (if the law permits).
I don't exactly live in a metropolis, but there are very few roads around here where I would be able to use a light of that power on the main roadway. Granted, if they were wired into the high beams, it does get more practical.
For me, I have a combination. A 20" Rigid combo bar (spot and flood) gives all the distant light I could ever need, which is usually not a ton. And the two D2 Diffused Floods give a great wide spread of light so all the rocks, limbs, etc. that are in my near proximity are well lit.
Use what works for you, but I think the diffused flood is a great light that would be a superb addition to many Jeeper's slow-speed lighting arsenal.
I don't exactly live in a metropolis, but there are very few roads around here where I would be able to use a light of that power on the main roadway. Granted, if they were wired into the high beams, it does get more practical.
For me, I have a combination. A 20" Rigid combo bar (spot and flood) gives all the distant light I could ever need, which is usually not a ton. And the two D2 Diffused Floods give a great wide spread of light so all the rocks, limbs, etc. that are in my near proximity are well lit.
Use what works for you, but I think the diffused flood is a great light that would be a superb addition to many Jeeper's slow-speed lighting arsenal.