LED light bar quest

Just did a bit more digging and found the company that makes them (I think). Using the number in the board, I was able to find the website:

http://www.zoyelighting.com/index1.asp

There's a BL72W model which has 24 LEDs. There are two BLP72W boards in the one I bought......so I'm thinking 144W?

 

Bummer dude.. Only way to tell for sure would be to test it somehow. Not too electrical tech savvy myself, but I think there's a way with a multimeter. I'd like to know so I can test all mine as well. And any future purchases. Just for peace of mind.

Good find though with those board numbers. I wouldn't have thought thatd bring anything up!

 

As a side note, they're offering me $15 off to keep it but keep claiming its "a different batch" but it is an Osram..... Almost tempted but I'm trying to keep to the black theme and this just looks like, as my wife said, went to work in my truck with a bedazzler

 

Where can these bars be purchased at?

 

EBay. Little hard to find. Here's a 42" of the vision x evo prime clone I have. Seller has others in different lengths available. And a few other sellers still carry them as well.
http://m.ebay.com/itm/42inch-260W-C...Fog-Car-Lamp-4WD-ATV-/272156190648?nav=SEARCH

And here's the 20" 4d with 15 watt leds. (only available from this seller and only in 20" that I've seen so far)
http://m.ebay.com/itm/NEW-20Inch-18...-Offroad-4-4-Atv-Utv-/400951946253?nav=SEARCH

 

Sent my light back and now I'm looking at these two lights from this seller.

http://m.ebay.com/itm/Amber-White-3...FFROAD-FOG-LAMP-JEEP-/351684655112?nav=SEARCH

http://m.ebay.com/itm/27INCH-150W-C...P-SUV-ATV-Boat-Truck-/371582157275?nav=SEARCH

Not sure what the purpose of running Amber lights on the corners are. I'm assuming softer flood lighting? Not really digging the amber though and I don't think I need that.

Thoughts or anyone ordered these?

 

The ambers are like fogs. I know I was originally going to get one of those for my rear light and put the ambers on a flasher for dust lights. But I have a much better option now.

 

Has anyone looked at the new rigid line, the Radiance? They are lower in cost, but seem to have good optics.

 

haha wtf. what a weird led bar. Almost seems like a gimmick..id rather have two more LEDs then the logo things and the back lighting is...well..idk..why?

 

Yeah I don't see why they didnt just release an option for their regular bars with backlighting, if anything. I mean, those radiance bars don't really put out a ton of light. And I can't see spending that much for an accent effect, unless the optics were superior to go along with it. You can get a regular bar, and do the backlighting mod yourself. Theirs a write-up on that here somewhere. I considered it. But didn't feel it was worth the effort. Its not that hard to do actually. You basically disassemble the bar and put led strips in it. Some may require slight modifications to the optics, to allow light through, but I can't imagine myself tinkering with an already perfect design. Unless it was a cheap cheap bar that I wasn't worried about messing up. They got the idea right to appeal to some, but I personally don't like that radiance bar. I think it's geared more towards sema/show vehicles.

On the other hand, I have put side emitting Amber led strips on the top and bottom of my 42". And I thought it looked pretty slick at night as running lights. But the sun eventually baked them and they failed. Not sure if I'll ever put them back on. Don't think even higher quality strips would last in the sun.

 

Yea the light output of the new rigid bars is just..not good. Can get many other options for cheaper that are better.

 

I was curious if anyone had seen how they perform. I like the Rigids, but they are just too expensive. If the light output was good, I was going to consider a Radiance for $300, but the only thing I don't like are the displays on the ends. I'm looking for a 30". I have heard the cheaper bars (chinese) may have more lumens, but have shitty optics, which create less light output, and can create bad glare off your hood. What are other good options?

 

I thought the back lighting was kinda cool, the Rigid design on the end caps is pretty tacky IMO.

 

Well. That's partly true. A lot of cheap China bars are terrible. Especially the "optic-less" ones. I always suggest and advise people to go for the clones. Really all depends on the optics.

As I've stated in here and other threads, vision x and baja designs are my top two favorite brands/designs. They might not have all the bells and whistles and options that rigid might have, but they perform better I think. Rigids aren't bad, I just don't care for them and would consider other options before I did them. But if you can't spend the big bucks for a name brand, clones of vision x and Baja designs can be had for a fraction of the cost, and perform only slightly lower than the real deal. The finish isn't top notch either on some of the clones, but it's not terrible.

As far as glare goes, almost every bar is gonna produce some sort of glare when roof mounted. Some of the 4d/5d ones might not be as bad as the leds are inset back farther in the housing. You shouldn't have as bad of glare with a darker colored vehicle, as far as hood glare goes. A tint visor strip helps a TON as well. It really doesn't bother me at all. I just have to keep my windshield clean regularly. Even a slight layer of dust will cause more glare than anything else. Usually I can just dry wipe the wipers to clear a light layer. Otherwise I gotta clean it. Its just normal routine now.

Couple shots of my cheap China bar setup... Not bad if I do say so myself... Mostly 3d optics.

 

What setup do you have?

 

All vision x evo prime clones (single rows with 10watt leds)

First shot was
42" 3d
20" 3d
x2 8" 3d

Second shot is
42" 3d
20" 4d [15 watt leds in this one]
x2 4.5" led cannons

(Have retrofits too, adds a lil bit)

Total cost of my ideal setup is about $600 (since I've changed my setup a little bit and still need to reinstall some). I might double stack another 42" one day. Even with that I'm still under 1k, and that's what a lot of the top tier brands go for, for a single bar. Heh.

 

I bought an amber/white 30" combo by mictuning off Amazon for $180. They're probably not Cree LED's but it's bright as hell. It comes with a cheap switch that you select what color on. Just replace the switch with an on/off/on one that fits the dash cutout. Wanted a bar that did both and I'm happy so far. 60 LED's for 180watts.

 

Anyone have experience with superbrightleds.com?

 

They're ok. They have some of the vision x clones I believe. But can be had cheaper on eBay. I bought one of their cheap 20" when they first started selling light bars. Was my first light bar purchase. It wasn't all that great. Granted it was only single row of probably 3 watt leds in optic-less reflectors, but put out hardly any light. Havemt looked at their newest stuff in a while. I know they have better ones now. But I wouldn't recommend them. I think they're a little overpiced too iirc.

 

How long ago did you purchase from them? What about this one: https://www.superbrightleds.com/moreinfo/off-road-lights/30in-off-road-led-light-bar-150w/1983/4531/