wat50

Ok so I have a 2012 Ecoboost Tuxedo Black Platinum and I really want a light bar but I don't want the look that comes with mounting where it is noticeable. I really like just a clean looking truck. So I came up with two thoughts. To mount a 12" in the inter cooler gap a few inches further back or put maybe a 30" directly behind the grill along the lower chrome mesh looking part, I will post a picture of a truck like mine so yal can picture it.

But the main thing I have been considering to do to hide it in ether spot mounted is MAYBE tinting it with like 35% tint to hide the glare appearance of the light bar. I really think his would make the light bar way less noticeable but how much would it affect the light output??????

Reatki

Why not just get a black led bar?

smcox1

Rigid makes smoked covers for the bars to blend in.

wat50

I don't know if I am sold on the look of the black with cut out holes but I guess it is better. And I didn't know rigid made smoked cover will look into that. I still think a very light tint job might be an awesome idea but then again it might not...

YUKON007

I had rigid smoked covers on my SR 20', and immediately took them off because they robbed too much light. I bought the light for... well... more light, it looking bad a** in my grill is just a happy bonus. I would not tint the lens, and if you do anyways, tint it before you ever see it without so you won't know what you're missing.

Reatki

Honestly, OP has enough chrome/silver on the front of his truck that it wouldn't look bad at all to have a light bar mounted.

Here's a couple photoshops to give you some ideas:

il_duce

I like the look of the photoshopped pics. IMO, no smoking/blackout needed. Looks great!

Z7What

I tinted my Hellas with vinyl off eBay. It's pretty thick also, so it also protects the lenses.

Wayne

Z7What

The picture from the front with the truck In the parking lot doesn't have the lights installed. I clicked on the photo by accident and using the app I can't delete it. Sorry

Reatki

Agreed. I would feel silly spending good money on a light bar and then blocking 30% of it's output.

My truck is straight murdered and I still have untinted light bars.