After a lot of research and consideration I have decided against changing my halogen headlights on my 2022 F150 STX. I raised the headlights and that helped quite a bit. Still I would consider some auxiliary front lights..Anyone here have any experience with light bars or other front add on street legal lighting?

 

Depending on your state, there are legal limits on placing aux lighting on the front of any vehicle.
You cannot legally over power front lighting to the detriment of oncoming traffic.
Light focusing, brightness and mounting height are the use parameters.
There are at least three light levels that can replace the OEM Halogen head lamps.
Look at the Sylvania offerings.
I have the high beams replaced with the second level and makes quite a difference without blinding oncoming traffic.
I see all to many vehicles coming at me with lights that are so bright they are blinding. They even do it with Driving lights in their stock locations.
Seems they do not care, just mount and forget.
There are DOT limits on lighting. Be sure to check for that on the labels.
To be sure, I'm not here to argue the point because I don't know your intended application, just that there are limits.
Good luck.

 

Why don't led swap? much cheaper route, just be sure to re-aim your headlight after the swap.
There is nothing wrong with a light bar, and they don't contradict, but you can't use led bars on road.

 

Are you saying all led light bars are illegal for highway use?

 

Some are, but not all of them. Look at diode dynamics light bars they have some that are rated for on road use.

 

Depends a lot by state, but yes, in a lot of cases, those auxiliary light bars are illegal to use on-highway. They are fine to be equipped and use OFF-ROAD, but not ON-ROAD... this is a well known fact, the manufacturers even usually put "for off-road use only" in the documentation.

Also, i'm curious what the OP meant by "raised his lights"... if he meant re-aimed them to be higher than normal, that too, might earn him a ticket. You can't just be blinding other drivers because you want to.

The stock lights have to meet standards, and they likely exceed them.

 

Vehicles with roof mounted lighting from the factory come with covers on the lights.
Been this way for a long time, by Law.
To be legal, the cover/s must be on when driving on highways.
In my state is a $100 fine if enforcement finds them lighted at night.
Often enforcement is not done but only when lighted.
So.... you see there can be an issue from out of state vehicles with these lights on, at night.
This subject always brings about a lot of defense, and debate but common sense has to prevail.
It's why the DOT and states have limits for Lamps, Lighting, mounting height, etc..
Many never think about or look into this but do as others do that may not be legal.
Now its Green, Blue, Purple and Red on the front, in one form or another. Not legal unless a legal use on an EMG vehicle, then only at the specific time of need going to or moving to their destination of need. Fire, Amb, Police, service vehicle, maintenance etc.
Good luck.

 

I got a lightbar from F150LEDS. Didn't fit and it rubbed against my Lariat grill, Had to fabricate my own mounts, pain

in the *** and they had crappy customer service.

 

This is a good point, about the color.
I'm old enough to remember in the early 90's when the whole "neon under the car" fad started. Cops started writing tickets when any color except white or green was used.

Red = NO! Fire (or police)
Blue = NO! Police
Purple = NO! It's a shade of red AND blue, see above...,
People fought it in court and lost... then the fad kind of went away.

BUT now it's back in the form of LED lights of all kinds both on the undersides of cars as well as the now popular jacked 4x4's with as many lights as fire trucks... and cops are writing tickets. The jeep crowd is getting them too.

I don't have much sympathy for people doing this, as it's pretty gaudy and honestly a hazard to navigation when moving...

 

To avoid messing with all the driver assistance sensors, additional lights have to be placed in front of the grille, not the bumper.