Finally got some Rigid lights.
05-26-2014, 01:36 AM
#1261
Member
I think I'm bored more than anything....
By the way, with D2's.... It looks like the reflectors in them are vertically oval shaped. Is the light pattern actually shaped as such or is it just for looks? If I were to turn a D2 on its side would it change the light pattern?
By the way, with D2's.... It looks like the reflectors in them are vertically oval shaped. Is the light pattern actually shaped as such or is it just for looks? If I were to turn a D2 on its side would it change the light pattern?
Last edited by goneMINIcrazy; 05-26-2014 at 01:38 AM.
05-26-2014, 01:45 AM
#1262
Yes. The "driving" optic is wide and short.
So it has more of a fog effect, where the light is wide side to side but short in how high the light goes. The output is actually opposite the way the oval shaped.
You would think, based on the shape, that the output would be tall and narrow but it is in fact the opposite.
Here's my setup. Idk why it posted twice but oh well. You can see my D2 in the bottom. I have the ecoboost also so I understand where you're coming from and not wanting to block the lower hole.
So it has more of a fog effect, where the light is wide side to side but short in how high the light goes. The output is actually opposite the way the oval shaped.
You would think, based on the shape, that the output would be tall and narrow but it is in fact the opposite.
Here's my setup. Idk why it posted twice but oh well. You can see my D2 in the bottom. I have the ecoboost also so I understand where you're coming from and not wanting to block the lower hole.
05-26-2014, 01:47 AM
#1263
Senior Member
I think I'm bored more than anything.... By the way, with D2's.... It looks like the reflectors in them are vertically oval shaped. Is the light pattern actually shaped as such or is it just for looks? If I were to turn a D2 on its side would it change the light pattern?
I run rigid D1 in the stock fog location and it's more than enough light thrown down the road. I had driving and then swapped them out for fogs which throw the light high and wide but not as far.
I use amber covers so I can have the best of both worlds, white when needed or amber when needed.
I just installed HID retrofits and they now blow away the LEDs so maybe use the money to upgrade your stock HIDs and projectors.
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05-26-2014, 02:05 AM
#1264
Rigid Industries vs FXR and D2S Osram Nightbreaker:
That's my setup
Retrofits with FXRs and Night breaker 4300 bulbs. Literally the best possible setup.
That's my setup
Retrofits with FXRs and Night breaker 4300 bulbs. Literally the best possible setup.
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05-26-2014, 02:06 AM
#1265
Senior Member
I would do a single 30 in the top grille at the bottom, SR series.
That's a **** load of light. I have 1 30" SR and it outshines my high beams (I have HIDs also) so much so that you can't tell they're on. An E series would *almost* be overkill.
But if you don't want a 30, I don't think there's any good way to mount anything smaller behind the grill. Unless its D2s.
Behind the grill there is only those two arms to mount anything to, having said that you COULD do a 20" E in the lower grille (but you said you don't want that)
Unless you can figure out how to mount something smaller than a 30 behind the grille that isnt a D-series idk what other options there are.
My brother has the same grille you do, and all that we spent three and a half hours trying to figure out any possible way to mount something other than a 30 inch and between three of us we couldn't figure out anything that would work for permanent use. (We install these things for a living, along with emergency vehicle lighting, there's just not a reliable way for a 20 to mount back there unless its not attached to the grille)
If you can mount it to the radiator frame then maybe, I just don't know how.
That's a **** load of light. I have 1 30" SR and it outshines my high beams (I have HIDs also) so much so that you can't tell they're on. An E series would *almost* be overkill.
But if you don't want a 30, I don't think there's any good way to mount anything smaller behind the grill. Unless its D2s.
Behind the grill there is only those two arms to mount anything to, having said that you COULD do a 20" E in the lower grille (but you said you don't want that)
Unless you can figure out how to mount something smaller than a 30 behind the grille that isnt a D-series idk what other options there are.
My brother has the same grille you do, and all that we spent three and a half hours trying to figure out any possible way to mount something other than a 30 inch and between three of us we couldn't figure out anything that would work for permanent use. (We install these things for a living, along with emergency vehicle lighting, there's just not a reliable way for a 20 to mount back there unless its not attached to the grille)
If you can mount it to the radiator frame then maybe, I just don't know how.
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05-26-2014, 11:53 AM
#1267
Senior Member
I think I'm bored more than anything....
By the way, with D2's.... It looks like the reflectors in them are vertically oval shaped. Is the light pattern actually shaped as such or is it just for looks? If I were to turn a D2 on its side would it change the light pattern?
By the way, with D2's.... It looks like the reflectors in them are vertically oval shaped. Is the light pattern actually shaped as such or is it just for looks? If I were to turn a D2 on its side would it change the light pattern?
05-26-2014, 11:58 AM
#1268
Ah. There's an idea!
I do that all the time when I'm unsure (and my wife says "why do you need that") that's a good call.
I do that all the time when I'm unsure (and my wife says "why do you need that") that's a good call.
05-26-2014, 12:20 PM
#1269
Member
You guys may be right. We'll see.
05-26-2014, 12:37 PM
#1270
Member
BTW anyone looking at installing the Rigid SR-Q Backup kit? Here's my step by step: https://www.f150forum.com/f75/rigid-...9-14-a-259978/