If anyone has pics or has already done this can you post up your link or share, thanks! I was looking for the best light bar.

 

The best place to put it will depend on how you plan to use it. I use mine for fill light under the headlights so the lights are under the headlights on the bumpers. I've got rear lights that are for backing up and camp set up lights so they're in the bumper. Some folks put them up high, it's personal preference based on what you think you'll use it for. With that being said, I'd suggest light pods over bars so you can easily move them to fit your needs.

 

My opinion the best location for light bars is over the work bench

 

Not a fan of bars myself. Anything hood mounted or over the windshield give you a ton of feedback on the hood. A-pillar and bumper-mounted pods offer a lot more flexibility as you can adjust them as Karl notes, and by the time you mount a bar in front of the grille in some location, you're really limited to size anyhow.

 

I have a 10" on the top of the winch. It's a nice supplement to the headlights on dark trails. I really don't use it often and I picked it up cheap. I have one more small bar at home waiting to go on the rear for the one occasion every few years I have for backing up down an unlit road. The only place I wish I had more light is up front down low like a fog lamp for fog or heavy falling snow. Anything I'd put there would get immediately smashed by everything though so I just deal with it.

 

Light bar installations also depend on what you are going to use them for. People that drive in forested areas, may want more light up top, which is why light bars installed above the windshield are helpful. And I need lights for known trails, and snow/fog, so I mount another light down low towards the ground.

 

As was explained pretty well above, it all depends on what you want to do in regards to where you place them. For normal trail running at night, the over windshield lights can be a little much. However, when you're ripping through terrain and need to put some serious light down range, they are hard to beat. I've got the bumper lights setup to light corners, as well as straight ahead with the one flex array helping the in bumper fog lights.





You can see the light from overhead and what happens with some dust in the air. Still pretty helpful at speed as you can point them way out.

 

I bought them at the 4WDKING Amazon store.
https://www.amazon.com/4WDKING-Water.../dp/B07PVWYQJ4
Much brighter than expected. Purchased a longer version for a different application after seeing how well this one worked. They have worked very well so far. Great value for money.

 

I like a 21” bar near the windshield so the when you wash your windshield it’s not in the way, the spay goes over it. A nice little one is great on the front bumper also.

It’s nice to have some sort of lighting at the corners.

This picture I wanted to show off the hood vents I just installed.

I love my 16” light bar on my rear bumper. Great for tailgaters and backing up on trails at night.

 

A couple comments to add to what has been mentioned above. Yeah, above the windshield the light thrown on the hood is pretty distracting. I do have a shovel and axe mounted there, so that doesn't help. Honestly, I've found two uses--maybe three--for them. First, if you're fording deep water at night, they light your path while your other ones are obscured. And, if you have any glass lenses on lighting that is turned on that comes in contact with the water, you risk cracking. You really should turn them off and let them cool down before entering the water. The second use is when setting up camp. They do a nice job lighting up the area. Just don't look that direction. The third (possible) use is when lead calls out over the radio that someone is coming the other direction balls to the walls and the road is dusty. I throw on every light to ensure he sees me.

Crossing Lee Creek in Arkansas ...


Added lights on the bumper are more useful. I've adjusted mine so that the fogs, the low beam headlights, and the driving lights give a nice, even pattern on the roadway. Yeah, that's an illegal on-road configuration in many states, but I don't use the driving lights on the road.

BTW, it you do want your lights up high, then set back from the windshield actually works quite nicely. I had that configuration for a while and it does not light up the hood area, yet projects light a long ways down the road.

Medano Pass on the way to Great Sand Dunes National Park ...