The LED SAE J583 Fog Pod & Fog Light Review

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Is it warmer leds over all the 360 lights or just the sae versions? I've been doing some reading a picture drooling over some BD XL pros and Xl80s, both in combo beam for my purpose, love the color temp of them. If the 360 has a warmer led then I'll have to wait and see what people say about them, and hopefully a comparison in real world conditions.

Edit, I was looking at the 360 lights again. Looks like they mount some what similar to D series lights. In my F150 the Rigid bracket requires you to have the D series mount facing straight back. Wonder if the 360 series will be similar. May end up switching over to the 360 sae from the BD.

 

I'm checking on color temp specs, but I'd speculate they are the same for all versions.

You can compare the specs between the Baja and Rigid lights, the Baja XL Pro is higher output that the 4" 360-series by a fair amount, the XL80s and the 360-Series 6" lights are a much closer comparison, Baja comes out ahead on raw lumens, though price and looks (IMO) go to Rigid. The big advantage I see with the 360-Series is the available SAE fog pattern.

For mounts, you can look at the docs on the 360-series page, which shows the mount. The D-series use a lower mounting bracket, the 360 series use a center mounting bracket. Vehicle mounting designs are not going to be compatible between the D-series and 360-series lights.

 

I'll look into the mounting, I doubt they will make another bracket for my F150. I have my D2s on my a pillar mounts, driving pattern. They are nice to flick on when I need extra lighting on back roads, I'll look more into the xl80 vs the 6in 360. I wish Rigid had a hyper spot/driving combo D pro or D xl pro, would be best of both worlds for me.

 

Pre-ordered the SAE Rigid 360s. Now the waiting until they arrive and I have time to install them...

 

Nice! 2-3 weeks out. They don’t have an off the shelf mounting solution for an 05-11, but I’m working on something to put fogs behind the lower grill opening.

 

I’ve got a relentless bumper so no issues on the mounting solution.

 

I’m on the same program as you but with my CBI. So exited for these things to come out.

 

Ok gents, some beginner questions here. I just ordered a set of the off road town fog pods and plan on grabbing the caliraised adapter plate in a few days.

1. My truck (2013) is a base, no stock fogs. What wiring/switch will I need to successfully run these lights.
2. Secondly where can i find an install thread or somthing like it for trucks that dont start with fogs, i'm apparently inept at search-fu.

 

Any light wiring harness will work with 2 leads will work. I'm sure what I have isn't the greatest, but mine cost $10-15 on Amazon 4 years ago and has worked great powering my 7" spots.

 

The offroadtown pods come with a wiring harness so you shouldn't need to buy one unless you want something different.

 

I think his intension is to hook it up like stock with the stock switch, not as an aftermarket harness with a constant power switch.

 

didn't realize it came with a harness. didn't read far enough down. i'll probably stick with that unless the round switch is to much of a pain to get to look good enough.

 

You can always use the offroadtown harness with a oem style switch as long as you are comfortable with wiring it in. Something like this:

MICTUNING Backlit Fog Lights Symbol Push Button with Wiring Kit ON-Off Switch Replacement for Toyota (White, Surface Size 1.54 x 0.83"es)

https://www.amazon.com/MICTUNING-Ba...mall+toyota+push+switch&qid=1569554453&sr=8-6

or these are even better:

https://www.ch4x4.com/switch-gallery/toyota-push-switches/

There are several threads on TW that show how to wire the dash switch.

 

Thanks! that's exactly what I was thinking

 

So...I really should have checked my measurements bought offroadtown 3x3 pods and the cali raised brackets are for 2x3 pods. that was dumb

 

LOL! I didn’t realize they sold a 2x3 model. CaliRaised is known for good customer service, I’d contact them and see if they’ll help you out with a simple trade.

 

yea i didn't either, lol. I'll contact them thanks

 

Just back from family vacation, patiently waiting for crashes review of the 360 SAE series!

 

Should be within the next couple weeks!