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Old Dec 4, 2012 | 10:20 AM
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My wife wants to buy me a set of off road lights for my truck. I want to put them behind the grill. I am wondering if you guys have any recommendations of lights and wattage. I was thinking 100w 6" KCs but i wanted some opinions. Also if you have any pictures of your setup would be nice. I have a mounting idea in mind but its always nice to see other ideas.

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Old Dec 4, 2012 | 10:25 AM
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Rigid lightbar. Mine is in the license plate area the output in unbelievable.



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Old Dec 4, 2012 | 11:01 AM
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Hey caperj, is this McKenzie Towne area? looks like my back alley lol
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Old Dec 4, 2012 | 11:26 AM
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Love that lightbar! I have the Rigid Dually floods mounted on either side of my middle license plate bracket. The light output, while probably nothing compared to the lightbar, is still outstanding.

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Old Dec 4, 2012 | 11:27 AM
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Man I want one of those Rigid light bars

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Hey caperj, is this McKenzie Towne area? looks like my back alley lol
I thought that was Fort McMurray at first.
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Old Dec 28, 2012 | 03:37 PM
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Here are the lights I ended up getting: KC Apollo 100W Driving lights.

I made a bracket to mount the lights behind the grille but I wasn't sure how well it work for for light output. I found that as I suspected it looked like the lights weren't even on so I resorted to plan B. I took a 1" x 3" x 1/4" aluminum angle iron and mounted the lights in the bumper opening. I like the look a lot better and I achieved the end result I wanted with lights.
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Old Dec 28, 2012 | 05:30 PM
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Looks good!
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Originally Posted by teamgreen
Hey caperj, is this McKenzie Towne area? looks like my back alley lol
That would actually be hilarious if you guys were neighbours and you didn't even know..

But yeah, that's mckenzie towne. My buddy lives in the prestwick estate area and I totally recognize the alley.

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Old Dec 28, 2012 | 07:50 PM
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Old Jan 13, 2013 | 06:16 PM
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Ha, I'm in Prestwick as well. Small world.
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