Guys any good? And what would I use to mount this? Thanks
LED Light Bar from Harbor Freight?
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Guys any good? And what would I use to mount this? Thanks
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$160 bar, $80 mount. Won’t be bright enough, wasted energy in flood beams. Probably windshield glare.
Or for $305, brand name Baja Designs S2 Pro Spot (sport is a cheaper, 50% strength, Spot is beam direction), tiny 3x1 inch two lights that mount with stock bolts.
enough punch for its size. Replaceable front element.
I had mine for 8 months.
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Or for $305, brand name Baja Designs S2 Pro Spot (sport is a cheaper, 50% strength, Spot is beam direction), tiny 3x1 inch two lights that mount with stock bolts.
enough punch for its size. Replaceable front element.
I had mine for 8 months.
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I went with a $90 Arsenal Off Road off of Amazon and it was great. I had it mounted for about 2 years and never an issue. No windshield glare at all. I've never had much luck with anything HF electronic. I'd pass on HF and go with an Amazon bar again in a second.
My biggest complaint about a roof mounted light bar is how much it actually reduced my visibility in certain situations. If it's snowing at all, forget about it. The light reflecting off the snow flakes was intense. If you're windshield is dusty from driving on dry dirt roads, forget about it. Also, I had a white Xterra and the glare off the hood was almost too intense to use it. I use to hunt with a guy that had a $1000 Rigid Industries light bar and he had all of the same issues, so the cheap bar didn't produce anymore glare than the uber expensive one. If I were to do a light bar again I'd go with a 20 or 22 inch grill mounted one, it would solve most of my bitching.
My biggest complaint about a roof mounted light bar is how much it actually reduced my visibility in certain situations. If it's snowing at all, forget about it. The light reflecting off the snow flakes was intense. If you're windshield is dusty from driving on dry dirt roads, forget about it. Also, I had a white Xterra and the glare off the hood was almost too intense to use it. I use to hunt with a guy that had a $1000 Rigid Industries light bar and he had all of the same issues, so the cheap bar didn't produce anymore glare than the uber expensive one. If I were to do a light bar again I'd go with a 20 or 22 inch grill mounted one, it would solve most of my bitching.
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No personal experience with that one but because it's HB brand and kind of expensive for them I'd think you could get an ebay equivalent for much less. Generally with lightbars what fails first is the waterproofing assuming that none of the LED's die first. There are plenty of great brands for those but like everything else you get what you pay for so they're pretty expensive.
That's pretty expensive for simple 2 L metal brackets
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I agree, but at the time they were the only mounts available and I wasn't set up to fab anything myself.That's pretty expensive for simple 2 L metal brackets
2005 Xterra 4wd 6MT 1.5" lift Heftyfab skids,Shrockworks diff guard,Hardcoreoffroad sliders
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I used these to mount my 42" roof top bar. I attached them to the roof using Rivnuts or nutserts and sealed them using RTV gasket sealer.
do you have a photo of your lightbar with them how it looks ? )) 😊
2005 Xterra 4wd 6MT 1.5" lift Heftyfab skids,Shrockworks diff guard,Hardcoreoffroad sliders
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Can you please show us how you mounted it. Up close and personal please.
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If that HF light bar is anything like their tools I'll pass.
2005 Xterra 4wd 6MT 1.5" lift Heftyfab skids,Shrockworks diff guard,Hardcoreoffroad sliders
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I'll have to take a pic later for that.
I have been using one of these from UTV Giant for about 5 years now on our RZR. It is good quality and only $110.
UTV Giant LED
The big difference with the expensive ones is how far they throw the light. Going about 45-50 with the cheap ones I have found that you are driving fast enough to outrun the light distance and it gets pretty sketchy. For causal trail running the cheap ones are fine.
UTV Giant LED
The big difference with the expensive ones is how far they throw the light. Going about 45-50 with the cheap ones I have found that you are driving fast enough to outrun the light distance and it gets pretty sketchy. For causal trail running the cheap ones are fine.
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What are the amber lights in your grill?
did you order then with or without lens from there website ? ))
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