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LED Light Bar vs LED Circle Lights

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Old 02-11-2015, 08:54 AM
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If you are in the woods on fire roads I don't think you need a light bar, unless you just want a crap load of light wasted on the trees. I recently installed a pair of dually flood pattern lights on my bumper and its plenty of light for the woods. If you wanted more throw you could get the spot pattern (10 deg) duallys or pay $100.00 more and get the "hyperspots(5 deg)." I used the supplied harness and was done in just over an hour.
Old 02-11-2015, 05:23 PM
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I like these stacked duallys. Flood and spot.

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Old 02-12-2015, 10:51 AM
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Originally Posted by tannasaurus_rex
Y'all running any JK-Forum deals on A Pillar Light Brackets (Pair) - Off Road Additions LLC ?
Sure thing! I'll send you a PM.
Old 02-12-2015, 12:09 PM
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Purpose: Forest fire roads.
I "think" i'm looking for flood. Those slims are not LED correct? I am for sure going with LED.
This is often disregarded...:
Lights location is as important as type (spot/flood), or Lumen rating.

Placed above your eye level, average quality lights will show you parts of the way ahead, that the best/strongest light will hide if placed below your eye level:

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A light bar above the windshield, with a mix of some inexpensive ‘Amazon’ floods & spots – properly aimed -- would do a better job than a super bright light bar down low.

A-pillar lights --
Floods would glare off the hood. Spots would throw the light too far to be effective for your road/trail type.

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Old 02-12-2015, 12:31 PM
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I just installed these today and love them. I wanted to stay low in price and read in another thread on this forum that these were great for the price and I agree they are well built and very bright. I really liked the looks of the FU A Pillar brackets.

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Amazon.com: Nilight® 2 X 18w 1260lm Cree Flood Led Work Light Bar Off-road SUV Boat 4x4 Jeep Lamp 4wd: Automotive
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

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Old 02-13-2015, 06:23 AM
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Originally Posted by erpeden
I just installed these today and love them. I wanted to stay low in price and read in another thread on this forum that these were great for the price and I agree they are well built and very bright. I really liked the looks of the FU A Pillar brackets.

Here is where I got them:
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Amazon.com: Nilight® 2 X 18w 1260lm Cree Flood Led Work Light Bar Off-road SUV Boat 4x4 Jeep Lamp 4wd: Automotive
Amazon.com: Light Brackets for Wrangler JK Jeep 2007-2015, Aircraft Grade Aluminum , Set of 2, Black: Automotive

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I also put on some of the 2 x 18 Nilight's from amazon. I know they are not circle but I like the look of them. For the money you cant beat them. I bought two floods and three spots. They are super bright and cheap. I live in northern Virginia, and there are a lot of shady people that like to steal things that other people work hard for. So if they do get stolen, I will be mad, but not as mad as I would be if some punk ripped off some rigid dually's I put on. Plus we have to keep them covered here.



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