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Harbor freight sells 55 watt 6 inch auxiliary lights for $10. Factor in the cost of some wire, relays, inline fuses, connectors, and a switch you should still be under $100 as long you can mount them on your truck without buying a bull bar/light bar/etc.
I've had 4 of them on my truck for about a year and they still work just fine. They're as bright as any other 55 watt aux light and they're cheap. Only downsides are that they didn't put any protective coating on the metal housing so they rust pretty easily. (should have painted them before I installed them) and if you drive on bumpy roads for extended periods of time they move around.
A really cool thing to do if you have factory fog lights is to use that power to trigger your relays for your off-road lights. This way you don't have to drill holes in your dash to mount switches. We do this a lot at the shop.
A really cool thing to do if you have factory fog lights is to use that power to trigger your relays for your off-road lights. This way you don't have to drill holes in your dash to mount switches. We do this a lot at the shop.
I want to be able to do that except have them come on when I flick my high beams on. That way if I'm driving at night with them on I can flick them off along with my high beams if I see another car coming instead of having to fiddle with switches. However I haven't figured out how to do that.
OP, are you looking for better light output or just wanting to hang some bling on the front of your truck? EBay and Amazon are full of chinese-made LED bars and pods that are all well under $100, have decent output, and are small enough to tuck discretely behind the bumper or the grill if you wanted (meth heads won't steal what they can't see). I think the cheap Rigid clones are the best bang for the buck.
Originally Posted by zmadams
I want to be able to do that except have them come on when I flick my high beams on. That way if I'm driving at night with them on I can flick them off along with my high beams if I see another car coming instead of having to fiddle with switches. However I haven't figured out how to do that.
Tap the high beam power wire and run the tap to a relay. Use the relay to power the offroad lights.
I doubt your lights are DOT approved though, so be aware that an officer who sees you using them on the street may decide to ticket you.
I have the old 165 watt KC's, they light up the road really good. I want more to put on my headache rack. Ok, got some better pics, the top pic is just the KC's on, the middle is everything on, KC's, bumper lights, and highbeams. I bought these off Craigslist for 80 bucks, and they came with two other lights that you will see on tractors. I put them on my back bumper and use them as a reverse light.
It's actually easier in my opinion to tap into the high beam lights. Just find the wire that gets power when you turn on high beams, tap into it and whabam. Lights.
10-22-2014, 01:03 AM
