Skydiver107

Hey guys. Looking for some pics from anyone that's installed fog lights or a light bar in the lower grill opening. Trying to get some ideas. Thanks.

GigaFish

I just installed an LED bar in my lower grille this weekend. I had been running some cheap driving lights, but they had gotten cracked, and I thought the LED bar looked a bit more "up to date". I bought it off of Amazon, and it was a very easy install. Mine was 21 inches including the brackets, and all I had to do to make it fit was to trim some of the plastic billet things. I had the driving lights mounted to the plastic, but didn't trust it to hold the LED bar, so I rotated the mounts 90 degrees back and mounted them on some metal. In my opinion, the LED bar is a better option. It gives a heck of a lot more light and looks cooler. But you'll be happy either way!

Square driving lights:


LED bar

Skydiver107

Thanks for the pics. I do want to go with an led bar. Your happy with the light output? I'd like to find one that's not crap. Can't really afford a Rigid one right now.

GigaFish

I hear ya on that! I also didn't want to have the worry of having something happen to an expensive one like a Rigid. This is the one I bought:

I am more than satisfied with the light output. I will take some pictures tomorrow, but right now my truck is pointed at the neighbors and it'd light them up. I know this sounds like an exaggeration, but I literally cannot see the low beams with the LED bar on. Being that it has cheaper components (made in China as well), I doubt it is as bright as a Rigid, and it has more of a "flood" beam than a "spot" beam, even though it is listed as a combo. By that I mean it lights up pretty much everything, including the trees. It does light up quite a long way down the road! I love it though. I think they change prices around, because right now that one is going for $80, and it was $65 when I bought it a week or so ago. Construction-wise, the bar is metal, and the mounts are some form of metal, and it is actually really solid. The only issues I have seen with these cheap ones is that sometimes they get condensation in the lenses and can burn out some of the bulbs. I looked at mine and it looked sealed up pretty well, and I have seen some guys put a bead of silicone around any potential gaps.
One final thing is to remember that these Chinese ones are essentially the same. Don't really trust the light output ratings because I get the feeling they are all just trying to one-up the other ones for a few more of your dollars.
I know this is a lot to read, but I figured maybe it would be of some help since I was recently in the boat of wanting to buy one!

izzysplace

How did you mount that bar in the lower grill?? I Have to do that on my truck!

Skydiver107

Thanks Gigafish, that's a big help.

GigaFish

I'm glad I could help! I will post some pictures of the light tonight. As for the install, the bar's mounts are two metal "arms" that can rotate around. If you rotate them 90 degrees, they will contact a piece of metal that is part of the frame I think. You'll have to remove the little billet pieces to maneuver in there, but you can put them back in when you're done. I just lined the bar up to where it looked even, marked it with a sharpie, and drilled holes into that metal. Then it was very simple to use the mounting stuff that came with the bar to put it on.
This is with the piece of billet removed. Sorry for the glare, hopefully you can see where I attached it.


This is looking down. This is on the driver's side, and for prospective you can see my trans cooler.

GigaFish

Just got back from a drive. Both are taken at the exact same spot.
Here's the stock lows:


And lows with the bar:

Skydiver107

Very nice.

izzysplace

Sweet thanks!