LED light bars, and using existing fog light switch?

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Morning All,

just bought a tube bumper made for dual, 38 inch led bars. i'm not a serious off roader, so these will be for looks more than anything.

so..i won't be spending a thousand bucks on a rigid, or anything like that.
38" 252W Aluminum LED Light Bar Spot Beam for Offroad Truck SUV ATV Boat

question becomes...can i use my existing fog light wiring and switch to wire these bad boys in? i can't imagine they draw much more current than a standard fog light.

let me know your thoughts please? be pretty cool if my little fog light switch on the headlight knob just controlled these guys if i dump me regular fog lights.
 
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anyone ever use this cheapo light bar?lol
 
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Use the OEM fog light circuit to trigger a relay to benson the safe side.


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I'd check with DOT I'm fairly certain that would be a hefty fine if you get caught


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You need to check the way they are mounted. The light bars you have a link to won't work with your bumper. They have the mounting bolts on the bottom. You need ones that mount from the side in order to work properly.
 
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Lil_Ram said:
I'd check with DOT I'm fairly certain that would be a hefty fine if you get caught


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i don't plan on using them while driving...so yeah, thatd be dumb.lol
 
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derekp said:
You need to check the way they are mounted. The light bars you have a link to won't work with your bumper. They have the mounting bolts on the bottom. You need ones that mount from the side in order to work properly.
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What do you have? the bumper i ordered is the one you have.

you didn't shell out for the rigids they claim are necessity did you?
 
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Johnnymac2k6 said:
What do you have? the bumper i ordered is the one you have.

you didn't shell out for the rigids they claim are necessity did you?
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Yeah we have the same bumper but they have changed it since I bought it. They now have the holes on the side to mount 2 big light bars. I have holes on the bottom to mount them and they used to put 4 big round halogens on it. I didn't want those so I put light bars. I would prefer the one you have to be honest, would make it look cleaner.

And yeah eff rigids. I'm not going to spend $1500 on light bars when I can spend $200. I don't use them every night and even if I replace them 7 times I won't be at the price of one rigid bar.
 
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Yeah we have the same bumper but they have changed it since I bought it. They now have the holes on the side to mount 2 big light bars. I have holes on the bottom to mount them and they used to put 4 big round halogens on it. I didn't want those so I put light bars. I would prefer the one you have to be honest, would make it look cleaner.

And yeah eff rigids. I'm not going to spend $1500 on light bars when I can spend $200. I don't use them every night and even if I replace them 7 times I won't be at the price of one rigid bar.
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guess i will have to keep diggin on amazon and ebay. see if anyone makes side mounts like the rigids. I hate going out and buying china knockoffs...but when a vendor is marking up their products (also offshore) by a thousand percent...they force me to ebay.lol
 
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You want something like a nilight off Amazon I've got a couple from them and they are sturdy but mines still in the wiring phase so can't tell you light output quality yet


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You want something like a nilight off Amazon I've got a couple from them and they are sturdy but mines still in the wiring phase so can't tell you light output quality yet


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I love the price but i don't see a 38 inch
 
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My tailgate bar is rigidhorse works great super bright


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