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Old 08-16-2015, 11:22 PM
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Since I can't edit the original, I'll post the pertinent pictures below. I'll host these here so they'll stay.

One thing I would do differently is above the top light tab. Where the 90* is, I would angle that back from the lights to the radiator brace. It slightly hits the underside of my hood, so I stuck some weatherstripping on the hood where it hit and it's doing fine.






























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thank you sir, exactly what I needed to see.
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One thing I totally forgot is that I had to get longer bolts for the AC cooler brackets. The bolts for the grille supports down low are plenty long.
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Seven months later and the lower bar is about 1/3 dead. Found water behind the lens.











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Im curious to see how you tied all three into your Hi-Beams. I am looking to add 1 behind the grille and 1 in the lower opening. I want to tie them into the Hi-Beams as well.

Is there a way to better "waterproof" that lower light? What brand did you buy?
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I used relay harnesses tapped into the high beam power wire at the passenger headlight. The top two are on a two-leg harness and the bottom one is on it's own single leg harness.

This is the listing for the light, although the seller was Powerstation777.
Amazon.com: Penton 180w Fog LED Light Bar Offroad Working Lamp Spot&Flood Combo ATV SUV 10-30V 32": Automotive Amazon.com: Penton 180w Fog LED Light Bar Offroad Working Lamp Spot&Flood Combo ATV SUV 10-30V 32": Automotive
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Was there a noticeable increase in light with the 3rd bar?
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Originally Posted by ak_cowboy
Was there a noticeable increase in light with the 3rd bar?
I'd say no. Two 30" bars is probably where rate of return diminishes beyond cost-effective illumination gain with these LED bars. I had room for a third bar and there wasn't anything that could stop me from doing it. Honestly, these light bars do not perform as well as my 6" 130w halogen KC Daylighters. I had two pencil beam and two driving beam KCs on my jeep, in addition to a pair of 55w fog lights. That was by far the best light setup I've had because of the ability to aim every light exactly where I wanted it. These LED bars should be treated like flood lights no matter what the advertised beam pattern may be purported. The only LED lights that I think would come close to what I want are Light Cannons, and they're $1300/pair.

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