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@smurfslayer ! The use case realistically will be mainly street, some off road (specifically Ocotillo for those in SoCal). What is your opinion on best for mainly street use but the occasional desert trip. I prob won't run super hard in the desert as it is my daily driver but do get excited once in a while so want something capable of both. Any thoughts?
So I would definitely keep a slot for an SAE light that you can legally use with the low beams. There are a few out there who make an SAE (street legal) light in this class. If you’re not bombing late at night, or in low light and you’re reasonably confident you’re not going to go overboard on lighting...
outermost lights: SAE
middle: Wide cornering
inner most: Driving combo.
Worst case, you decide you want different setup, buy new ones and move old ones to the rear. Did I mention that you can tie in lights to reverse? And how much easier it is to see when you have about 4800 lumens extra to play with while reversing? :=)
back to the front, so to speak.
Plenty of supporting vendors on here who will be happy to set you up with a good combo without wasting your money. FRF supporting vendors are aces, make lots of money from us BECAUSE they’re on here answering questions, steering us in the right direction and giving decent prices.
I first went with cheap amazon lights, but that just fed my want for more. I was able to sell some after a season, to a member here for a side by side as I recall... went with baja designs. I’ve heard really good feedback on Rigid and Diode Dynamics here. I have forward facing:
6x squadrons; 4x pro in driving combo, 2 are amber, 2 are white, 2 are SAE
1x XL80 30” bar.
2x LP4 on the bumper mount
2x XL80 on the a pillar.
2x S1 laser on the XL80
I started out with 4 squadrons, 2 wide corner sports, 2 spot pros. Honestly, I got more use out of the wide corner than any other light. They don’t shoot far, but light is --everywhere--. Especially the side of the road where critters like to hang out.
My wide corner squadron sports are now my reverse / rear facing lights.
It’s a journey. The XL80s and LP4s throw light out to .5 mile plus. I have a flat stretch on the way home I can light it up on. it’s .6 miles to the end of the road and I can see features clearly that far out. But, when I’m not needing the distance lights, I fire up the LP4s + a wide combo set, which still push really far but with a lot of spread in front of me.
My SAE are on an up fitter only and I will use them for night time roadway work, sometimes augmented by my amber driving combo which I’ve aimed a little lower than most to keep out of oncoming driver’s eyes. I shut these down when others approach, but I like having them aimed downward to keep from night blinding anyone until I shut them down.
Wide cornering lights are great but- there’s no aiming them out of the eyes of oncoming drivers. I left them on one time when I shut down, went out to the truck after I remote started - couldn’t even look in the direction of the lights. They’re bright.
So, I’d say SAE/driving combo/wide corner is a good option to start with in the stock bumper.