Roaming_Eagle
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Since I had quite the gap between the camper and the cab, I decided to add a prinsu rack to act as a air deflector. Subsiquently installed a pair of visionx adv series driving lights.
If I'm following someone close I'll just turn my headlights off. Same goes for campgrounds and such.camelracer said:I hate sharing a trail with anyone that is using LED light bars. Maybe I need one of those grill mounted 50 watt CO2 lasers that ckent mentioned.
Sorry didn't mean to hi jack the thread. If looking for camping spots would you be better off mounting the lights to the sides so they light the potential camp spot. I get the concern about the glare from forward facing lights..rando said:Has anyone mounted auxiliary or driving lights to the underside of the cabover section of their camper? At this time of year we are often driving on back country roads and looking for campsites well after dark, which can be challenging. I am thinking about adding some extra lights for this sort of situation (strictly off highway), and don't have or want an aftermarket bumper bar. It seems that many folks mount lights to their roof racks, and it seems like it would be pretty straight forward to mount lights in a similar position by attaching them to the underneath or front of the cabover (red arrows):
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The advantage of this would be an easy and stable mount (without a bumper bar), and good angle to minimize the shadows and get good peripheral coverage. The disadvantage would be possible glare off the hood. Any experience with high mounted lights, or recommendations for a particular light?
DieselShack said:I think Baja designs has lights that will replace your fog lights that can give you more useable light. You can also look at ditch lights, they mount at the base of your a pillar, at the corners of your hood. You can point these in your preferred direction. I feel like when hunting for campsites at night, the ditch lights pointed to your sides would be most beneficial.
That's why I used the parts from Lightwerkz. I cut up my lights and stuck in real HID projectors. I did this on my BMW e46 M3, using another set of real BMW bi-xenon projectors, of this page - https://www.lightwerkz.net/index.php/complete-retrofit-kits/application-specific-kits.htmlcraig333 said:I have the E-code lights on my Jeep and love them. If I could put them in truck I would. If you're not lucky enough to have round of rectangular lights you're out of luck.
I have a 30" set of lights from Baja Design and love them. If you blow up the picture below you can barely see the light bar in the top of the grill. BD sells a kit to allow placement of the light recessed in the grill to protect it and be discrete at the same time. When I get my annual inspection I put a piece of painters tape across the light and my mechanic passes the truck. It is switched separately from the trucks regular lights.rando said:The plug and play Baja Design fog light replacements are looking promising - I like how discrete this are. But wandering around the train wreck that is tacomaworld I see that there are simple brackets available to mount a light bar behind the lower grill. Maybe I could handle a light bar if it were sufficiently hidden like this - any thoughts on light bar vs two led pods (Baja Designs Squadron Sport) in the fog light spot?
I think "ditch lights" may be a little too bro-dozer for me.