Far-reaching driving light

[Das Delfin]

I want as much light as possible while driving along a road with no street lights at all on a dark night with trees over the roadway. When I'm the only car around I want to be able to see everything.

I haven't put LEDs in my highs because the high beam pattern is more or less a flood light, and I want a spot light.. but it would still be an increase

I can actually get those LED light bars through my work. I'm going to check it out tomorrow. They look kinda cheesy but draw much less current so we'll see.

And yeah the fog light wiring is fine for the higher wattage. I had to use 10a fuses for my high beams when I had H4's so I'm just going to pull them out and put them in the fog light spots. I did a lot of research to find that out.

I can actually mount one roof rack horizontal bar on the chrome trim on either side of my windshield, but the bumper is a better place to mount lights. And I haven't seen a light rack made for chrome bumpers which is all that different than what I could make from home depot L brackets

I'll look into those +20's.. I was on the fence between those and just going balls to the wall and doing a mini H1 HID conversion. But those are for the low beams anyway

Hell, I'll probably end up doing all of it :)

[ELVA164]

By the way, which bulbs were you using and what shape are your reflectors in? H/O 55W bulbs like Narva Rangepower+ make a noticeable difference in low and high beams while using stock wattage. I mentioned it in another thread about this, but I have over 20 seconds of visibility at 45mph with my smiley high beams and those bulbs.

[Kershaw]

Put HIDs in your fog lights and LEDs in your high beams. Done. A friend of mine has HIDs in his fogs and it's quite an impressive light output.

I have LEDs in my highs, and again, it's quite an impressive light output. I never use them though.

[ELVA164]

This is an honest question: What possible situation would necessitate a half mile of visibility? At 60mph, that's 30 seconds of visibility.

[15Michaeljoseph]

Okay well it looks like a pair of KC Daylighter 100w are what I'm going for. The fog light wiring is up to spec for running around 110 watts per side so it should be just fine. I'm trying to mount them right next to each other in front of the kidneys. Debating whether to drill into my aluminum bumper or get some home depot L brackets and use the license plate bolts.

Advantage of the bumper mounts is a cleaner and more stable install, but the license plate bolts offer a reversible option. I don't plan on keeping these on the car forever but I also don't plan on running diving boards forever..

Go with the removable brackets. Then even when you convert to plastic you can keep/sell the DB's WITHOUT holes in them. Will also be easier on your OCD... you do NOT want to live with an ever-so-slightly mis-drilled hole. You may also have to 'upgrade' the fuses to run the bigger bulbs, but I believe our headlight wiring is within the threshold of very safely taking 10A in a 7.5A location. It is for the high beams anyway, don't quote me on the fogs.

What about a rally roof rack? ...oh, right.

Rally bumper bracket? Someone on here makes them... then you could keep the mudflaps too!

How about one of those phat LED off road light bars?

I'm just trying to help.

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[Das Delfin]

Okay well it looks like a pair of KC Daylighter 100w are what I'm going for. The fog light wiring is up to spec for running around 110 watts per side so it should be just fine. I'm trying to mount them right next to each other in front of the kidneys. Debating whether to drill into my aluminum bumper or get some home depot L brackets and use the license plate bolts.

Advantage of the bumper mounts is a cleaner and more stable install, but the license plate bolts offer a reversible option. I don't plan on keeping these on the car forever but I also don't plan on running diving boards forever..

[Das Delfin]

Last night I was driving to a friend's campsite out in the boonies and even with the brights on, my headlights wouldn't really shoot light that far down the road. I have smileys so I'm already maxed out there. I want to upgrade to LED high beams but I'm thinking the beam pattern is the real limitation.

What are some driving lights that will shoot light around a half mile down the road? Something with a beam pattern that goes mostly straight ahead and not as much on the side of the road etc. Like a pencil tip.

I'm going to repurpose my fog light switch, since the ellipsoid upgrade has made those redundant. So I'm looking for something 55w in each bulb. Budget is 150 but more if there is something really cool