Really it just comes down to how much time, effort and money you want to spend. My Vision X Tantrums probably took and hour to install, however I have 8 lights with predetermined lengths of wire already attached (more than enough to reach rear pass. corner) . The Walmart version, much less costly, will obviously take a little longer but gives you the ability to really get creative with number of lights. Either way they are handy. In fact I have yet to use mine for wheeling at night, but during the JK Experience I would use them late at night in the parking lots of the hotels we stayed at so I could do all my Jeep maintenance checks (underside/axles/shafts) before the next day's wheeling event

 

GCM, you must have an amazing rig. Got any cool pics or videos of it in action or even posers? I love checking out other people's cool Jeeps.

 

I bought some cheap led's too...

they came in packs of 4... each of the 4 "blocks" was 1 inch by 2 inch ...1/4 inch wide... the "blocks" have three lights... one aiming down one angeled forward and one back.

I ran the wires from the rear drivers side in a loom over to rear passenger... up into the gas tank skid... up into engine compartment.

They were glued to the frame in four locations... and they work pretty good!

Total cost for lights, switch, wire was under 25 dollars... two years no failures. Oh... I did coat the packs in silacone so no water would get in and gravel would be deflected without crackign the "blocks".


I went with blue... but White would have been briter!

 

I have posted of a bunch photos in threads, probably too much to be honest. Here is the thing, my JK was built by Mel and his crew at Offroad Evolution, it is a clone of dozens of others he builds. In no way shape or form is that a bad thing It means what I have has been proven to work in the hardest environments a JK will see and can still be used as a daily driver!! As for video, it will be one of the JK's in the next JK Experience full length coming out probably next year.

 

Holy cow! That is an awesome Jeep you got there. Thanks for putting the photos together in one place. I wish I had 1% of your skill for offroading.

 

You know, I take a lot of things for granted sometimes I have been extremely fortunate to have grown up with a grandfather who raced stock cars. a dad who was a drag racer, I grew up on a farm, always around machinery and trucks and bikes, went into the Army at 17, had a great career in the Ranger Regiment and then Special Forces. Uncle Sam sent me to lots of schools, but 8 being different driving schools (road and offroad) throughout my career, then I got to apply those skillsets around the world in real environments from training to war. In fact I'm writing from the land of Afghans now. I retired in 2005, but still do the same job for U.S. military all over the world. Best part is, I never lost my love of motorsports, wife cannot understand it one bit, doesn't matter.....I love Offroading!!

Edit: forgot to add, those pictures as sexy as they seem.....really its about a team effort when wheeling. Your spotter can make you look like a pro driver on the hard lines. Experience is nice and gets me thru 75% of the trails unaided, but that spotter is the one who saves your jeep and your ass!!

 

Yeah, I'm coming to the game a bit late....already middle-aged and just starting to have fun. But, so far loving it. Thank you for your past and continued commitment to serve the country and I hope you stay safe in Afghanistan.

 

Yeah this has been alot of help! I read over the Walmart brand write up and I'm still on the fence which one I should get. But I mean price isn't really a big deal considering the saying "if you want to play you gotta pay" well atleast that's the saying in the tuning world! Lol

 

Dude for $18 you can't go wrong with the Walmart lights

 

Holy two year old thread Batman!

The advantage of the Walmart lights is that they are indeed cheap. Problem is they are halogen which heat up which when hit by cold water sometimes kills them plus they have a more pronounced footprint which makes it easier to destroy them on the rocks if they're not killed by vibrations first. Additionally, much more current draw on your system at night. Last disadvantage is that while they are good for those in the driver's seat, if you're being spotted by someone else at night it is going to blind your spotter due to the flood pattern that they have shining light everywhere. If they're almost $20 a pair, that's almost $80 for a set of eight of them and not too much cheaper than quality LED sets.

I exclusively sell and use myself the Vision-X Tantrum lights. The price point is right, the beam pattern won't blind your spotter at night, very little current draw, plug and play install, much lower profile, immune to being under water and impervious to vibration.