Rigid Radience Light Output

PMR said:

Sorry I don't have any pictures but here are the results. I stood in front of the truck with the rigids on and they were bright, but not blinding because they seem to be aimed correctly. I drove home (about 35 miles) with them on and didn't have a single high beam flash, so I guess they don't cause problems for other drivers. All-in-all I'd say they are a good solution to the weak headlight problem. They really fill in the sides well and look as bright as the OEM headlights it just gives you a much wider pattern.

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Can you share how you hooked them into the high beams? Are they ONLY triggered off of the high beams, or can you also turn them on with the low beams on (like with an aux switch)?

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PMR said:

Yeah I'm ok with it. It's about the equivalent of having 2 headlights aimed a little to the sides of the regular beam pattern. Plenty bright for my needs.

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I hooked the Amber back light to the aux 5 switch and leave it on all the time.

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Hamm3r said:

Couple of things.
If there are other drivers around, you do NOT need to run these. It doesn't matter how they're aimed, you're going to **** people off, hurt their eyes, and you're breaking the law. It doesn't matter if you're breaking the law when you're by yourself on a back road. But If you have a light bar on in traffic, I hope you pass a cop...even in my tall Raptor, I still hate people that run light bars, still hurts my eyes.

As to how, just use a standard SPST relay, connect the 12V power to the upfitter, and energize the relay with the high beam wire. Just do a simple inline wire tap off the high beam, carry that to the relay coil.

It will only fire the light when the upfitter is on and the high beams are engaged. Which is the only time you need a light bar on. There's no logical reason to run a light bar and not your high beams.
But this also allows you to run high beams and no light bar by turning the upfitter off, should you have a reason to do that.

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Hamm3r said:

Couple of things.
If there are other drivers around, you do NOT need to run these. It doesn't matter how they're aimed, you're going to **** people off, hurt their eyes, and you're breaking the law. It doesn't matter if you're breaking the law when you're by yourself on a back road. But If you have a light bar on in traffic, I hope you pass a cop...even in my tall Raptor, I still hate people that run light bars, still hurts my eyes.

As to how, just use a standard SPST relay, connect the 12V power to the upfitter, and energize the relay with the high beam wire. Just do a simple inline wire tap off the high beam, carry that to the relay coil.

It will only fire the light when the upfitter is on and the high beams are engaged. Which is the only time you need a light bar on. There's no logical reason to run a light bar and not your high beams.
But this also allows you to run high beams and no light bar by turning the upfitter off, should you have a reason to do that.

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Overboost said:

Iam not sure what state you are in but here in TN you are allowed to have fog lights and it doesnt matter what they are so long as they are not above a certain height. I have rough country cubes in the fog light position on my 14 Sierra Z71 (Raptor should be here in May) and I run them all time. I get brightlighted occasionally but it isnt that often and Ive been in front of and behind cops on multiple occasions and have never been pulled over for them. My factory headlights suck ass and are dangerously dim, at least for me, at night. I dont live in the city with a ton of street lights, I live in a small(ish) town and travel mostly county highway and country type roads with a ton of deer.

Now, I agree with you on light bars. I see kids with their light bars on during the day and I feel the same as you. However, I have a 20" bar in my bumper and a 40" behind the grill and I completely disagree with your assertion that "There's no logical reason to run a light bar and not your high beams". I turn my light bars on when I need them, mostly on backroads but as I said, my factory headlights suck and there is no logical reason to turn on my hi beams when I have my light bars on. They add absolutely nothing to my light bars. I have mine on switches in the cubby in front of my console easily within reach while driving and I keep my fingers on the switch in case there is an oncoming car.

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