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Best Off-Road lights without going broke

Discussion in '2nd Gen. Tacomas (2005-2015)' started by Mo Rutledge, Jul 30, 2018.

  1. Jul 30, 2018 at 11:39 AM
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    Mo Rutledge

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    Alright guys, off-road lights are just getting brighter and more common. We all know they can get exspensive real fast so does anyone have any secrets for company’s?
    I personally have looked into Rigid Industries but it’s just too exspensive for me personally. I tried going the Amazon route but the lights weren’t bright and just got condensation like crazy. The best lights I’ve found as far as price, quality and, light output would have to be Blackoakled.com I’ve purchased a single row 20” lightbar and two lightpods and I have yet to find something to complain about. Light output is finominal and much more than expected, quality is amazing and the price seems fair for what you get. Reviews from other customers rank their lights right up with rigid industries. Has anyone else tried black oaks lights? Looking for others feedback as well!

    IF interested use Rutledge17 at blackoakled.com checkout to get 10% off your order. 650267EE-FE01-4274-B80C-7D0FEA238761.jpgA050926B-F2ED-4CB6-8688-F29A4811705F.jpg
     
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  2. Jul 30, 2018 at 12:15 PM
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    Mictuning has done me well over the years for the cheap pricing. No leaks/condensation or anything for the pricing. Just now starting to show paint chips on the lightbar. I've had it on my Rzr then recently on my truck for about 3 years now.
     
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    That’s interesting I’ve never heard of them before but I’m definitely going to check them out. That’s good to know as well. I bought a 30” duel row from Prdlighting awhile back but it seems like the paint started to chip off the corners in less than a couple months.
     
  5. Jul 30, 2018 at 12:45 PM
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    I have some 2x1 work pods from them as sasquatch lights:

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    Plenty bright:

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  8. Jul 30, 2018 at 1:47 PM
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    Cali raised has some good stuff, I have their ditch lights.

    Yeah I would never pay $300+ for an LED light bar...that's absurd.
     
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  10. Jul 30, 2018 at 5:36 PM
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    The lights in the middle are not street legal ! Super bright .
     
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    I waited for them to have a sale of 20% off then used the additional 10% which helped. By no means are they cheap but I’ve personally noticed a difference between the light output and quality compared to a Amazon bar. Although I haven’t shopped on amazon in awhile so they may have some good ones now! If money wasn’t an issue I’d go rigid all the way but they’re just too spendy for me.
     
  12. Jul 30, 2018 at 5:40 PM
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    I’ve been looking into those flush mount lights for my reverse lights ETC I love the looks of them!
     
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    I’ve also been hearing alot about caliraised! Seem to be seeing their name more and more! Gonna be looking into them as well!
     
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    Actually neither are you headlights :rofl:
     
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    Op, do you have some connection to the company you're promoting? Wondering since your screen name and the discount code you're showing are kinda the same. Is this about to turn into another "cheap bumpers on ebay" thread?
     
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    Toy4me well I haven’t read that thread but judging by the sounds of it I don’t want it to be!
    Do I have a connection with this company I’m promoting? Yes and no. A buddy of mine bought some lights from them while I was running a digidiodes 30” duel row light bar. At the time he had purchased a 20” duel row from black oak. We did a comparison at night and his smaller bar absolutely stomped on mine. After that I basically emailed the company and asked them if there was anyway I could get discounts off these lights because I wanted to buy more then one and they’re not exactly cheap. They ended up sending me that promo code and that’s as far as it has gone for about a year and a half now. I like seeing all these different light company’s and what they have to offer as far as quality, light output and, warranty’s so I started this thread wondering what other company’s are out there that I just may not have come across yet. He’ll just today I’ve heard of three I’ve never heard of before and one of them manly makes lights for shipyards and crewships. Ptlxglobal.com The only downfall is they’re more exspensive than rigid industries
     
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    From what I just read on the cheap eBay bumpers thread everyone thought those bumpers were a scam? By no means am I trying too scam anyone, it’s not even my company for that matter so I wouldn’t want to waste your time or even mine. I’m Just throwing another lighting company out there since blackoaks not that big. No scam here!
     
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