Looking to buy a LED light bar

Alex · Sep 15, 2013

Like the topic says, I'm looking for a little more light haha. I want to put a bar on top of the lower support behind the grill, just going to go measure now to see how big I can go. What has everyone found is the best way to go for bars?

From what i understand a spot/flood combo is best, but is there any particular brand that I should look for?

EDIT: actually, looking closer now, I have 27" of space between the coolant and washer jugs, would it be better to get as big of one as would fit there, or 2 smaller ones so I don't have a bunch of wasted light being blocked by the cross in the grille? Not sure if I plan on getting an aftermarket grill without the cross or not

Stangshcky12 · Sep 15, 2013

I have a 7.5" double row that I'm using for a reverse light
Looks like it would fit perfectly on either side of the cross hairs on the grille of my dads '11
He wanted to put one between the tow hooks but there isn't much room there, he'd have to do a single row 20" to fit and would get more like from 2-7.5" double rows

Alex · Sep 15, 2013

Yea that's what I was kind of wondering. I'll have to do a little figuring and some more measuring, but it's looking like a pair of 7" or 10" bars is the way to go eh? Is there any brands to really avoid? I wish I could afford a Rigid haha but no way I'm spending $700 on a pair of 10" bars

Stangshcky12 · Sep 15, 2013

I've bought two off of eBay and am very happy with them
For $200 including shipping I got a 32" and a 7.5" now
I would definitely rather spend the money on a Rigid, VisionX or Bulldog led but I don't have the money right now

ducatiram · Sep 15, 2013

not to hijack, anyone know what size fits between the tow hooks on a 09+ 1500?

iam_canadian22 · Sep 15, 2013

I don't have hooks yet but I have a 20" double row with lots of room for the hooks still, once I install hooks I want to measure to see if I have room to go longer in between em

Alex · Sep 15, 2013

Hmm dunno if I trust the Chinese lights, but found a set of 10" double row spot/flood combo for $155 with free shipping to Canada. about 1/3 the price of 1 Rigid 10" shipped here haha

Alex · Sep 15, 2013

Actually, just talked to my brother, he was planning on doing a bulk order from offroadledbars.com, looks like if I throw my order in with him I can get the bars for about half off

so 2 12" bars will run me around $300 after taxes. Not too shabby at all

Stangshcky12 · Sep 15, 2013

A double row would have sit out from the bumper completely on te chrome bumper
I believe that opening is large on sport bumpers

It looks like it would fit great here with the mounting brackets it comes with

Alex · Sep 15, 2013

Yeah I was hoping to get a pair of 10" bars, when I measured it was pretty well exactly 10" from the edge of the cross to the washer/coolant jugs behind the grille. I'll have to find their exact horizontal measurements with the brackets, if they won't both fit in there I'll have to drop down to the 7" bars. I want to put them behind the grille so they can't be stolen, there's a lot of young people in this town that like to mess with people's vehicles, and my truck is left at work overnight a few times a month when I'm staying out of town. Mine is a Laramie, hence the chrome bumper. Not a fan of the bars just mounted out in front of the bumper

LB3711 · Sep 15, 2013

Alex said:
Yeah I was hoping to get a pair of 10" bars, when I measured it was pretty well exactly 10" from the edge of the cross to the washer/coolant jugs behind the grille. I'll have to find their exact horizontal measurements with the brackets, if they won't both fit in there I'll have to drop down to the 7" bars. I want to put them behind the grille so they can't be stolen, there's a lot of young people in this town that like to mess with people's vehicles, and my truck is left at work overnight a few times a month when I'm staying out of town. Mine is a Laramie, hence the chrome bumper. Not a fan of the bars just mounted out in front of the bumper

Ill be interested on the 7" mounting behind the grill. I plan on doing that too. I have 2 7 inch bars from Morimoto

Alex · Sep 15, 2013

Yea I can't mount to the top bar in there as it would interfere with the intake(i think) as I was originally wanting to put 4 smallish bars in there, so I'll do the 2 on the bottom bar and see from there. Just waiting to hear back from my brother, I think we'll be hopefully placing the order next friday

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