aux light questions

[bluefordcat]

Off road lights. What I need is something that will light the ditches a wide light & bright and a long distant light.

thinking of running two long distant light in center & two wide view lights on out sides . we have a Huge Issue with deers on the road exspecially now. I perfer to see then first.

any help.... hella? KC? or???????????????????

 

[2NDTOUR89]

I run Hella. They are a great light. I put a total of 3 (my preference) two that aim to the side and forward, and one center aimed straight ahead. They light up the road and ditches very well.

Just my $.02.

 

[Broncobill78]

Off road lights. What I need is something that will light the ditches a wide light & bright and a long distant light.thinking of running two long distant light in center & two wide view lights on out sides . we have a Huge Issue with deers on the road exspecially now. I perfer to see then first.

any help.... hella? KC? or???????????????????

To be frank they're both good lights and so are most of the others. Probably the most important thing to do is make sure you use a relay instead of just running them direct off the battery thru a switch as I've seen *countless* other guys do it (and then they wonder why they draw so much voltage). Some guys may smirk but I've gotten good lights from JC Whitney & Harbor Freight. I prefer cheapo brand-x lights for rock lights or if they're being mounted anyplace where a rock or branch can reach them. I don't mind nearly as much when I crush a $17 light as I do when I crush a $60 light. When the chrome gets pitted & rusty I wire-wheel them & hit'em with either epoxy paint or stove/grill paint it's durable as heck and rinses off just fine w/the pressure washer. But then again I'm not a show-truck kinda guy, when the rust gets too bad I get me a sheet of aluminum & a few dozen pop-rivets then tape it up for a primer-cammo job. But that's just me.

 

[2NDTOUR89]

I agree, the rock lights I have are from yard sales or other trucks that I have dismantled. You cant see the fancy paint job that I put on mine after I wire wheeled them and cleaned them up because they are hidden but I know they are done. I also agree that you should use a relay when wiring. I have mine set up to actuate with my high beams of the original switch but are powered through the relay...