light cannons or 20" LED bar?

[scarrjack]

If you could only pick one for now would you rather have the hood mounted light cannons or a 20"LED light bar in the lower grill? I am looking at getting one or the other but would like to hear from people that have tried both.

 

[BAJASVT]

In my opinion, you'll get more overall light output from the 20" light bar. What light bar are you considering? The Light Cannons are awesome, but the they're a pretty tight spot beam and I personally wouldn't want them for my only auxiliary lights.

 

[scarrjack]

I haven't nailed down which 20" bar yet, there is a local dealer selling Aurora for about $480 he says that is the one he uses and loves it.
Do the covers for the light cannons work very well? I see you can get Euro and flood covers to change to light patterns, as well as different colours.
I am also getting new headlights from RsiWorks which will have the extra off-road projectors in them so the bar or cannons will supplement those.

 

[BAJASVT]

The covers do make a big difference.

4.5" Light Cannon LED Light by Vision X Lighting - YouTube
Skip to about 1:15 in this video to see the difference.

My issue with the covers on Light Cannons mounted on the hood is that I think they'll bleed a lot of light on the hood and cause some glare. I haven't witnessed this personally... just my thoughts.

I was between Light Cannons for the hood mounts and a 20" for the bumper grill myself and couldn't decide. In the end I decided to start with a 40" behind the grille.

 

[Rookie]

I have both. I will say the 20" is nice for my setup because I am able to angle my d2s out and the 20" will cover the center and straight out. The cannons pick up the distance stuff just past the 20"

My 20" is a combo btw.

 

[scarrjack]

Maybe I just need to bite the bullet and get both

 

[MagicMtnDan]

I haven't nailed down which 20" bar yet, there is a local dealer selling Aurora for about $480 he says that is the one he uses and loves it.

You're Canadian so there's no need to worry about buying Chinese knockoffs

If it were me running a stock bumper I'd start with a 20" Rigid light bar. Then I'd see if the Light Cannons would work in the bumper openings. I'm not a big fan of lights above the hood due to glare/reflection concerns. But I like pencil beams so I can see what's down the trail especially running at speed.