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Old Jan 11, 2009
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best offroad light??

i plan on getting hids, and since they are great up close, i do alot of back country driving and like long distance lighting, so which lights would be wise to buy for long distance lights, i plan on mounting these in the grill
 
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I'm a fan of KCs personally, twice the output as Hellas
 
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HID offroad lights FTW.

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Originally Posted by lifted_Mazda01
i plan on getting hids, and since they are great up close, i do alot of back country driving and like long distance lighting, so which lights would be wise to buy for long distance lights, i plan on mounting these in the grill
oh and another thing. HID are great long range.. I mean noo KC daylighter but i would say my lows on my HIDs are as bright as a lot of peoples highs..
 
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150w KC Daylighters.
 
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150w KC Daylighters.
They don't make em anymore
 
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Old Jan 11, 2009
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What about a 55W Hid Off road light? I think those would output rather nicely.
 
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kc
 
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The ones that turn on and make the trail brighter are the best. IMO
 
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Hella's with 100 watt bulbs :)
 
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Old Jan 12, 2009
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lots of guys have KCs and love them.

there has been alot of interest in lightforce lights lately in my area, they're becoming really popular, but they're a little pricier.

in a perfect world, we would all have HIDs, but sooner or later cost becomes a factor for all of us. how much are you willing to spend?
 
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Old Jan 12, 2009
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I have seen the KC HIDs in use and they are AMAZING and BRIGHT. I just can't see the money for them since my truck doesn't have HID headlights.
 
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Old Jan 12, 2009
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I like Hella's and Procomp makes some cool ones too.
 
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I have some ProComps with ebay style HIDs in them:

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I need to back and take guesstimate on distance sometime...
 
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Old Jan 12, 2009
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ive got 4 6in procomp 100 watts fog lights and their bright as all get out! ill take a pic of them on tonight
 
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I have 4 hellas on my front bumper. There not wired up yet cause of the weather but I would imagine they are going to be bright.
 
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Old Jan 12, 2009
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I have a pair of Hella Rally 4000 euro beams and a pair of Hella 500s. I love em, the 4000s are very bright, but also pretty expensive. I need them though, my stock lights suck lol.
 
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kc ftw
 
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Old Jan 14, 2009
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KC's can't beat a 23 year warranty
 
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Old Jan 15, 2009
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KC Daylighter 130w's are the best you can get.. if you can find them of course; as per what many people said up above.. UNLESS you can somehow afford the jump to the insane HID offroad lights; but here pretty soon once I fab up some stabilizer brackets.. I plan on attempting to swap my Daylighter bulbs with a 55w HID kit.


This is compliments of Shane's kickass hat on my KC's we installed many many moons ago :-)

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Old Jan 15, 2009
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Buy the CHEAP KC Dayliters (100w) then go buy WAGNER 4029 bulbs (they are the 150w that KC used) then swap the bulbs - Hey presto.
 

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They're are no 55w Daylighters
 
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Old Jan 15, 2009
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if you are really interested in HID lights, KC makes a 70 watt HID if i am not mistaken, i would think those would bleach the paint if you tailgated someone with them on... i bet they're pricey though!
 
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Old Jan 15, 2009
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i am not interested in hid daylighters, just some offraod lights, for long distance, i plan on getting 2 inside the grill
 
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Old Jan 15, 2009
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For inside the grille just get some Hellas
 
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