harbor freight lights

does anybody have pictures of the harbor frieght off road lights lit up at night. im just seeing if they are any brighter then my cheapo walmart off road lights

 

I have some harbor fright lights. Can't figure out how to aim them though

 

Which ones are you talking about?

I had the KC Daylighter style for my old Xtracab on my "roll bar". I never got them wired up (chased a bad ground issue for awhile until I sold the truck) but the quality was awful. The connections were all plastic and cracked before I even got them on the truck. The chrome finish rusted out the second water hit them.

If you're talking about a different set of lights, I can't comment, but my advice would be to run away.

 

Harbor Freight makes Walmart look like top quality.

 

They're the US general off road lights. They are in a chrom case but that'll be painted before long to avoid rust. The lights work good with 55 watt hogan bulb for now but they'll be HID before long. I just got a set of cheap lights to turn HID. When they get messed up I'll spend actually money on good ones when I have money. Haha

 

Have you looked at aircraft landing lights? Napa and other parts places usually sell them, the ones I used were 4in and 6in at 100w.. You need to buy the black rubber housing to fit the lamps but they were usually way less than Hella/PIAA kits.. plus when they burn out its a $20 bulb at the parts shop..

 

How much did they run you?

 

Well it was a few years ago, and $CAD, but the 4.5in ones were around $60 and the 6in were under $100..

Here is a pic from back then;

 

You didn't have issues with the plastic nuts/screw that hold the wires into the housings snap into many pieces?

Mine were broken nearly out of the package. I ended up hitting everything with silicon in a sad attempt to solve the problem. It didn't work.

 

No, all of mine are in tact as of right now. I just plasti dipped the whole casing to avoid rust and water intrusion. I will hopefully order my HID kits tonight and replace the bulbs and wires

 

aside from impact sockets, harbor freight stuff is prone to fail the second you need it. I do admit to having a decent floor jack from them, and some end wrenches that are still alive, but I've had to throw away numerous 12v air compressors, ratchets, standard-wall sockets, etc.

all of these failures occurred in dire situations and often resulted in bloody knuckles

 

I didn't know they sold poor quality. I thought they had decent things there, that's why I picked up the lights. Plus they were a cheap light that I could turn into HID easy. I just painted my casing today to seal and prevent rust. I figure they should last a while if I can get the beam to point where I freaking need them too