Cincinnati Area Thread (Tri-State, Ohio/Kentucky/Indiana)

Oh, okay then.
I haven't gotten inside a Pelfrey to see how it could be done.

Throwing spit balls

 

No they won't fit....Tried to figure out a way last night.

Like I heard a hundred time over my life....It's too big to fit in such a small hole.

 

Sure....

 

I look at it as an opportunity to boost the power on your fog lights. I believe the factory lights (even for the TRD PRO) are at ~1.5 Amps, whereas the suggested bajas are at ~ 3.33Amps. Uncertain of the legalities of auto manufacturers, but I believe they are limited to what the can get away with for angle and brightness of lights. Carpe diem and add on some lights that burn through fog with style.

 

Lights are on hold for the time being. They will ALL be dealt with at one time. Still trying to develop a plan as to how and what lights to use. Bumpers/sliders/skids/winch install get's completed first. Then we take a break. Then some suspension upgrades. Then a break. THEN lights.

 

This is a far better plan than I have because it's an actual plan. So far I've just been upgrading things that I feel I 'need' as I need them. For example, the ditch lights are going on because I found myself in the front of the line night wheeling at the RRG trip and realized I couldn't see shit lol.

In other news, I'm working a trade of my softopper for a KB Voodoo rack with a guy in St Louis. That's more of a 'planning for the future' than a 'need'. Expo truck third gen incoming!

 

@Jibbs make sure you take those lights apart and seal them with some silicone.

 

You ain't got to if you go with rigids

 

Truck's parked outside all the time. No way I'm putting $200 on the hood. The way I look at it, I can afford to have 10 pairs of Nilights stolen for every pair of Rigids lol

 

$10 of silicone, at worst. And maybe an hour time spent.

That's worth more than any $400 light bar

 

Monica

 

realistically, look at Tuff LED lights www.tuffledlights.com

They make the big ones i have up front and make several other styles. I'm going with them again for my next set of lights.

 

Now, those ARE realistic prices!

 

Have less money in lights, mounts, wiring, and switches than the cost of rigid lights. Light output is better on those than on my bumper mounted bright bar, not saying they have a better output or even quality over rigid but I don't need expensive lights. Oh and I'm not doing 80mph in the desert with a trophy truck with sponsored lights.

 

If anyone is on the fence about doing the BHLM or retrofitting your headlights, it's well worth it.

 

Can't help that he's an idiot and paid $500 for a rip off lol

 

Now, if I built a buggy, or some kind of built vehicle that never had lighting and required the addition of lights, I'd probably go with a more expensive brand that has lifetime warranty n such and costs more.

But Nilight is cheaper and also has a nice warranty. That isn't displayed on their website lol

 

I was going to go auxbeam because I saw alot of reviews for them in general being great bang for the buck, but I was reading Amazon reviews of the specific pods I was looking at and there were several complaints of condensation getting in them really quickly, as well as recommendations to just get the nilight pods which seem to be waterproofed better. For $20, I'll take a whack at them.

I don't doubt the quality of rigids- the ones in my bumper have been amazing. But I just hate the prospect of dropping that kind of dough on ditch lights or even a lightbar when those are way easier for sticky fingers to take off my truck than something recessed in a bumper

 

My stock fogs, are foggy af!

I also have trouble seeing at night already. Adding lights are essential

 

I drive with my eyes closed anyway, so there's that....And then I rely on my Ultraman senses and incredible owl-like night vision...

No lights required.

(Wheels only in daylight conditions)