There was a member on here who was running three Lightforce Striker 170's on a ARB Delux front bumper. I can't seem to find the pictures of it. Does anyone have a link to the thread or a picture of it? Trying to get ideas for my bumper.

 

I think I remember the JK, but not the member's name. I think the license plate said something like "never stuck" using some combination of letters. I'll see if I can find a post.

Edit: I think I found it... here you go

https://www.jk-forum.com/forums/show...highlight=kntr

 

That's the picture exactly!




I am indeed. I was considering a set of Blitz but they're just so darn big!

I think I'm going to do a tripple set of Lightforce Strikers on my bumper as my next big mod. I need to get a set of lenses though and I'm not sure which ones to use.

Right now I'm working on building a fuse box so that when the time comes it's just a matter of wiring everything up.

 

I've been looking at running multiple 170's as well. Not sure if this matters for what you are doing, but from what I can tell there are two different versions of the Lightforce mount (low profile and high profile). It seems that sometime in '07 or perhaps '08 Lightforce starting selling the 140's and 170's only with the high profile mount (although you can still order the low profile base as an accessory). I plan to run the low profile mount on the windshield and probably the high profile on the bumper.

 

Thats good information on the brackets. Detn8RYellow clued me into that when I put the lights on my windshield.

Right now I'm trying to figure out how I'd wire them up. I guess I could just use a 30a relay and wire the positive lead for all three off of that. Say run 3 16awg leads, solder them to one 12awg lead and then wire that to the relay? That should work.

 

Have you seen the HID 170's in person? I'm wondering if they are worth the extra coin. I've never run the numbers, but with the lower draw, I would think you could run three off a single relay with no problem.

 

While I have the standard version of the 170's I'm probably the only guy in St. Louis who runs Lightforce at all. Or at least that I've seen. I have no idea how much brighter the HID's are but if they're any brighter than what I already have it'd be like stadium lights.

I'm only wanting to add more lights to fill in gaps in my light pattern. My peripheral areas get almost no light with the spots that are on my windshield. I was hoping that by getting some different lenses and mounting them lower I'd get a better arc. As it stand were I to go any brighter I'd never be able to use them, I'd blind anyone in front of me.

 

Good point. I'm not really looking to be seen from the space shuttle either. Have you decided what lenses to run on the bumper? It sounds like you are getting good distance from your spots on the windshield...perhaps three combo lenses on the bumper would spread that light out to the sides and give you complete coverage. It may take some playing around with with the alignment of the lights, but I bet the end result is going to be amazing.

Are you using switches with led's? If so, I'm curious as to where you pulled the power for the switches (i.e. one of the 12 volt's outlets in the dash or perhaps M9 in the fuse block).

I've been trying to design this all out in my head and build something set up for future additions (extra 12 volt in the rear; air compressor; hopefully a LoD rear bumper with lights; etc.).

 

I'm at a toss up between using the combo lenses and the blue snow lenses.

Here's how I'm going to be wiring this up. I should probably post this under the Electrical section at some point. Maybe when it's all done. I've stolen a few ideas from ScotlandJK.

I'm going to build a secondary fuse box and move my relays into it. I plan on getting a 6-8 gang fuse block rated at 30 amp per connection. I'll wire that directly to the battery. The output side of 4 of the fuses will be wired to 4 relays. These relays will be for the lights and another accessory to be named later (prob a compressor).

Right now I'm using a splice off the constant power to the 12V accessory jack in the dash to power a Daystar switch on a Daystar lower dash panel. What I plan to do is the same thing I did on TheonlyREDhead's when I installed it. I'm going to wire a piece of fused 12awg to the battery. I'll likely wire it to the fuse panel and use a small (10-15amp) fuse. The other end will be soldered at one point to 4 separate 16awg leads and covered with head shrink. These 4 leads will have spade connectors on the end, one for each switch on the Daystar panel. I'll do the same thing for the ground. The ground will be one of he bolts on the passenger side of the JK under the good, possibly the battery tray retention bolt. I'll run that through the passenger side firewall hole. This will give me constant power for all 4 switches, a common ground, and keep the wiring as simple and neat as possible.

 

I read on a forum devoted to lights that the blue lenses actually make it more difficult to see in snow (being a noob to the whole lighting thing, I have no idea if this is true.)

I really like the idea of a separate fuse box with the relays inside. I was looking at a splashproof relay box and a splashproof fuse box from Hella which can be dovetailed together. Again, not knowing much about the subject, it seems like an easy way to go because I don't have to fab anything. I will definitely keep a look out for your posts on what you put together as I'm very interested and want to learn from someone who knows what they are doing (like you).

Thanks for taking the time to answer some of my questions.