Roof light bar. Curved or straight?

[Paulzaho]

Hey all, I'm getting a 54 inch light bar for my 2007. What are the pros/cons of straight or curved? I'm leaning towards straight but I'm curious as to what guys are using. Thanks in advance.

 

[sbarron]

In theory, the difference is a curved bar will perform better as you can get a longer/wider spread with "spotlight" optics vs just a longer narrower beam with a straight bar. If you went with a straight bar, you'd have to go with some combo of spot/driving/flood to get more or less the same pattern but you'd in theory be giving up some distance...