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Old Jun 18, 2013 | 12:17 PM
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I am going to be doing alot of night driving and looking for the best headlights so I can see at night. Mostly highway and country roads. Any advise.

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Old Jun 18, 2013 | 12:23 PM
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HID Projectors or JW SPeakers LEDs.

Look them up and decide for yourself. I have HID Projectors in mine and can't say enough about them. They outshine the TruckLite Gen II's by quite a bit, too. TruckLite's are good, too, but weren't what I was looking for.

So bottom line is this:

If you're looking for HID's, then HID Projectors are the way to go. Can be custom built, or a DIY kit.

If you want the Billy Badass of lights, the JW Speaker LEDs are where it's at. Be prepared to pay $700-$800 for them, too, though.

Just for reference....this is my rig w/ HID Projectors.

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Old Jun 18, 2013 | 12:31 PM
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I've got the delta quad bar lights and 6" kc's on the bumper with 100w bulbs. I can see very well at night lol
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Old Jun 18, 2013 | 12:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Sirtreysif
I've got the delta quad bar lights and 6" kc's on the bumper with 100w bulbs. I can see very well at night lol
My headlights, coupled with my HID X 7" a-pillars make daylight look dark.
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Old Jun 18, 2013 | 12:37 PM
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I recommend ©2012 HID Projectors. I do not have a sent myself (yet), but seen them in action and it is what I am going to do. Plus can you have options on how they look, paint colors, etc.

Since you live in St. Louis (where you do get snow/freezing rain), don't forget about driving in cold weather. To my knowledge, the LED lights do not get hot enough to melt snow/ice off the headlamps which can cause some issues driving. I have seen the JWs in person and they work amazing, but at that time I forgot to ask the guy if he had issues in the snow (living in Colorado)
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Old Jun 18, 2013 | 12:47 PM
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Originally Posted by spicoli
I recommend ©2012 HID Projectors. I do not have a sent myself (yet), but seen them in action and it is what I am going to do. Plus can you have options on how they look, paint colors, etc.

Since you live in St. Louis (where you do get snow/freezing rain), don't forget about driving in cold weather. To my knowledge, the LED lights do not get hot enough to melt snow/ice off the headlamps which can cause some issues driving. I have seen the JWs in person and they work amazing, but at that time I forgot to ask the guy if he had issues in the snow (living in Colorado)
Yup.....that's where the pic I posted came from. I'm pretty honored that Tom decided to throw my picture on his front page.
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Old Jun 18, 2013 | 04:58 PM
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Those lights look great Yellowfin.
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Old Jun 18, 2013 | 05:53 PM
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Any suggestion for the fog lights?
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Old Jun 18, 2013 | 05:54 PM
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Originally Posted by nicksabellajk
Any suggestion for the fog lights?
I'm not sure on best but those ruggid d2s that replace stock ones sound good
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Old Jun 19, 2013 | 07:24 AM
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Originally Posted by Ryan0260
Those lights look great Yellowfin.
Thanks. I really need to hook up the CCFL halos so the entire housing is lit up, rather than just the projector. Just need to take a day to give my rig some TLC. Needs those hooked up, needs my license plate light installed, need to install my PSC tramp stamp, needs a state inspection to make it street legal in TX, needs the diff fluid changed, and need to fix my CB issues, which entails pulling apart the Tuffy overhead console to get to the radio. I really just need to run a whole new coax cable to fix my high SWR readings. One of these weekends.....

OP...sorry for the slight threadjack....
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