Just lobbing up a softball here... Rigid lights, worth the price?

Just make sure whatever you choose was designed and assembled in USA.

 

It is a great location! Truthfully, you'll want to look at much more than raw lumens. Lumens are more of a lights potential, while Lux/Candela and beam distance are measures of actual performance. Using all 3/4 gives the best idea. If you want more info on this, scroll near the bottom of this page and click the words for some animations: http://www.kchilites.com/technology

To make a point about lumens on our current example of the Rigid Midnight vs Regular: Each of these bars has the exact same lumens listed, yet the other measurable values are drastically different. Here's the links to the two products I am referring to so you all know I'm not bullshitting you haha. Here and here.

 

Agreed!

 

I haven't even got to beam pattern yet, but there's some good advice. I'm not going to mount anything to the roof mostly because I dont like the look and I dont need the function.

Functionally, all I need is something stupid bright to blind people that cut me off in Sacramento anyway

I havent seen the threads you speak of about light bars, but I'm sure its the same as with "what size tire?" threads. I'm just crappy with the search tool i guess.

 

If it is just for people cutting you off, why not go train horn? lol

 

Damn those are in rigid's price territory as well

 

the list of mods continues... better start a thread about fog horns now.

 

please don't, I would feel somewhat responsible... hahah

 

Too small.

As soon as I can get a plate rear with spare mounting option, I am going the same route my brother did on his truck and mounting one of these where the spare tire now sits

(not my picture, just showing for size comparison)


How it sits on my brothers truck with kevlar covers so nothing gets inside the horns

 

Rigid lights are very high quality. If you do have issues their customer service is awesome. There are decent quality cheaper light bars out there. On my 4Runner I had rigid sae fog lights and flood lights mounted to my apillars. I have never had an issue with them. I am going to install them on the taco when I get all the brackets.

 

Daaaaaaaaaang. (in my best Joe Dirt voice)

 

LINK!!! lol that's what I'm talking about. Bleeding ear drums and shattered glass

 

@Ossaris, any idea what the candela and beam distance is with your 30" bar?

 

Ya, your own as its mounted in the ass end of the truck. I would think you would take the brunt of the noise.

 

Couldnt find my brothers video but here is a video of what the horn sounds like

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXcVkYxLt6g

K5LA is the horn.

My brother runs it with a 2 stage button so he can let out half the air for a lower tone or press it all the way for the full blast like the guy in the video has set up.

From the inside of the truck its not too loud. with it being under the truck and in the rear its extremely loud from the outside but the inside you're good.

 

maybe a women drives it, and maybe she likes it that way? who are we to judge

 

I use black oak led's as well, great quality!!

 

I can't get past the name... I just think about power tools and shop vacs ha ha

 

For what it is worth I got a 22" light bar off of protuning labs for less than $200. I used a otraw switch and it works great. Very bright, never a problem. I personally would like one that is less "blue light" but for now it's fine. $800 to use on other things...

 

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