ultimate driving light combo?

[Speeddeacon]

My 2 cents:

1) Reverse lights - Many run the B/D SII Sport in wide lens, and these are guys (including myself) who can afford the brighter SII Pro's..BUT heres the thing, too much light and it will wash out the reverse camera...the Sport models put out plenty of reverse light without camera washout.

2) I highly recommend the reverse lights be wired not to the tail lights, but the 7 pin trailer harness. The tail lights wires are so small because of the low current draw they are harder to work with and more fragile...

3) Unless you have a specific reason not to, the "A" pillar light option is pretty awesome with a set of BD XL80's Driving combo lens! Those XL80's are big enough physically to match the truck, and still not to big or heavy for the brackets out there...The pillar lights are at a very good height for getting light down range...

Hope you enjoy your new truck!

Agree totally with the first two. Regarding the XL80’s, which I am planning to do this BF, why d/c and not spot?


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[CigarPundit]

My 2 cents:

1) Reverse lights - Many run the B/D SII Sport in wide lens, and these are guys (including myself) who can afford the brighter SII Pro's..BUT heres the thing, too much light and it will wash out the reverse camera...the Sport models put out plenty of reverse light without camera washout.

2) I highly recommend the reverse lights be wired not to the tail lights, but the 7 pin trailer harness. The tail lights wires are so small because of the low current draw they are harder to work with and more fragile...

3) Unless you have a specific reason not to, the "A" pillar light option is pretty awesome with a set of BD XL80's Driving combo lens! Those XL80's are big enough physically to match the truck, and still not to big or heavy for the brackets out there...The pillar lights are at a very good height for getting light down range...

Hope you enjoy your new truck!

+1

Love my XL80 A pillars, S8 light bar, and S2 Sport back up lights. I have the XL80 in driving combo and they turn night into day. Unless you are bombing through the desert at 100 MPH, there is no way you need more light than XL80s + S8 light bar.

 

[zombiekiller]

+1

Love my XL80 A pillars, S8 light bar, and S2 Sport back up lights. I have the XL80 in driving combo and they turn night into day. Unless you are bombing through the desert at 100 MPH, there is no way you need more light than XL80s + S8 light bar.

guilty as charged.

 

[RMB_Ryan]

guilty as charged.

Super important question for you.

Do you use the cloth style textured bandaids, are you more of the thin plastic feeling style bandaid that are thin?

I take you for cloth, almost like using gaffers best. Me too. [emoji4]

I wanted to let you know I prefer the clothe type personally or gaffers

 

[Killingtommygun]

Hey Jeff, welcome to the club.

So I'd recommend the following setup for you

-SPP Triple Fog Light Kit w/Baja Designs Lights
-Squadron SAE Wide Cornering
-Squadron Pro, Driving/Combo
-Squadron Pro, Spot (or if you want the LONGEST distance, Squadron Racers would do the job, but i tend to like the spots better as they have a bit more coverage, although not as FAR as the racers). Racers are good if you are racing around 60mph+ on back roads.

I'd also grab the LVJ Motorsports Relay Panel here: https://www.lvjmotorsports.com/product-page/gen-2-hi-beam-modified-relay-panel

The reason for the LVJ is that, while you don't need the relay system for power, you'll want it for the ease of tapping into your highs. LVJ lets you pick/choose which wires can turn on with your highs. So you'd wire your lights to the LVJ, then wire the upfitters to the LVJ. You can then change a diode to pick/choose which circuits come on with your highs.

So you could leave the SAE lights on at all times via the switch, then wire in say the driving/combos to activate when your highs are triggered (or even the spots as well). I have customers who trigger their LP9 lights when their high beams come on (for me, my LP9 low mode trigger when my highs are on).

It's a nice setup. Plus our SPP Triple Fog Light Kit lets you pick/choose lights if you are not happy with the setup I recommended. You can really pick/choose what lights to go with. We include stainless steel brackets and an all-in-one raptor specific wiring harness as well.

It's available here: http://www.4x4truckleds.com/2017-ford-raptor-triple-fog-light-kit-w-baja-designs-lights/

For reverse, can't beat the Baja Designs reverse kits. I run the S2 Reverse kit on my truck here: http://www.4x4truckleds.com/baja-designs-ford-raptor-2017-s2-reverse-light-kit/

But we also offer this with the new Baja Designs S1 lights. The S1 lights are smaller then the S2 and offer about 2x the brightness as the S2 Sport: http://www.4x4truckleds.com/baja-designs-ford-raptor-2017-s1-reverse-light-kit/

Now your truck has upfitters, but if you want that 3 hole panel, we stock them here as well: http://www.4x4truckleds.com/center-console-switch-panel-for-2015-ford-f-150/

You'd have to run wires to your upfitters and battery though using that 3-hole setup.

Here is our demo truck showing our SPP Triple Fog Lights and those LP9s I told you about. It might give you some ideas for future lighting as well.

Just shoot me a message if you need help or text me. Contact info is below

Im such a noob i dont even know which position to put what light. Is it just personal preference?

 

[Killingtommygun]

Hey Jeff, welcome to the club.

So I'd recommend the following setup for you

-SPP Triple Fog Light Kit w/Baja Designs Lights
-Squadron SAE Wide Cornering
-Squadron Pro, Driving/Combo
-Squadron Pro, Spot (or if you want the LONGEST distance, Squadron Racers would do the job, but i tend to like the spots better as they have a bit more coverage, although not as FAR as the racers). Racers are good if you are racing around 60mph+ on back roads.

I'd also grab the LVJ Motorsports Relay Panel here: https://www.lvjmotorsports.com/product-page/gen-2-hi-beam-modified-relay-panel

The reason for the LVJ is that, while you don't need the relay system for power, you'll want it for the ease of tapping into your highs. LVJ lets you pick/choose which wires can turn on with your highs. So you'd wire your lights to the LVJ, then wire the upfitters to the LVJ. You can then change a diode to pick/choose which circuits come on with your highs.

So you could leave the SAE lights on at all times via the switch, then wire in say the driving/combos to activate when your highs are triggered (or even the spots as well). I have customers who trigger their LP9 lights when their high beams come on (for me, my LP9 low mode trigger when my highs are on).

It's a nice setup. Plus our SPP Triple Fog Light Kit lets you pick/choose lights if you are not happy with the setup I recommended. You can really pick/choose what lights to go with. We include stainless steel brackets and an all-in-one raptor specific wiring harness as well.

It's available here: http://www.4x4truckleds.com/2017-ford-raptor-triple-fog-light-kit-w-baja-designs-lights/

For reverse, can't beat the Baja Designs reverse kits. I run the S2 Reverse kit on my truck here: http://www.4x4truckleds.com/baja-designs-ford-raptor-2017-s2-reverse-light-kit/

But we also offer this with the new Baja Designs S1 lights. The S1 lights are smaller then the S2 and offer about 2x the brightness as the S2 Sport: http://www.4x4truckleds.com/baja-designs-ford-raptor-2017-s1-reverse-light-kit/

Now your truck has upfitters, but if you want that 3 hole panel, we stock them here as well: http://www.4x4truckleds.com/center-console-switch-panel-for-2015-ford-f-150/

You'd have to run wires to your upfitters and battery though using that 3-hole setup.

Here is our demo truck showing our SPP Triple Fog Lights and those LP9s I told you about. It might give you some ideas for future lighting as well.

Just shoot me a message if you need help or text me. Contact info is below

BTW what are those a pillar lights called? So sick!

 

[OffroadAlliance.com]

BTW what are those a pillar lights called? So sick!

Those are the Baja Designs XL80’s from the looks of it. Definitely a great choice for the a-pillars.

 

[zombiekiller]

Super important question for you.

Do you use the cloth style textured bandaids, are you more of the thin plastic feeling style bandaid that are thin?

I take you for cloth, almost like using gaffers best. Me too. [emoji4]

I wanted to let you know I prefer the clothe type personally or gaffers

the cloth jammers tend to fray along the edges and get annoying.

I'm the " we might need a blow torch to get this thing off" band-aid kinda guy. ( aka, sometimes a napkin and duct tape is all ya need.)

 

[4x4TruckLEDs.com]

BTW what are those a pillar lights called? So sick!

Yup as pointed out we're running XL80s on our demo truck. One of the most popular options. We've swapped our lenses out to Spots however (which we offer at no charge).

 

[isis]

Thanks! On the mud thing I'm surprised someone hasn't made a housing that will prevent mud from getting to the back of the lights. I see that being a mess.

Off-road alliance has a rear cover for that.