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Sir Sam
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Got any pictures of them on?
headlights only/LEDs only/ headlights and LEDs would be great. |
I installed two of the same design but smaller number of LEDs, this is what mine are:
https://www.superbrightleds.com/moreinfo/off-road-...1271/2946/
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syncromike
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^^^Nice, yup, mine is exactly three of those units in one housing.
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Sir Sam
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| ^^^Nice, yup, mine is exactly three of those units in one housing. |
Yup, so I ought to have about 2/3 the light of your single one. It's very bright huh? Way better than the stock headlights!
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ThorAlex
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Anyone heard of a company called Sirius that makes LED driving lights? I spent 8 hours om a bus that had them and really liked how they looked. I tried looking them up on the net but found very little, only that the round 7" model on the bus had 15 7w LED's... They were mounted over the lower wind-screen (it was a double-decker bus) and while the reach seemed a little shorter than the HID's they had before they really lit the sides of the road up a lot better, which for the narrow twisty roads we have here is very good.
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syncrodoka
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ThorAlex
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Yep, that's the one! My brain is playing tricks on me today, the bus had the 9" 15x3w versions...
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ZimZam
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| To really sell me, let's see a youtube of the dude with the lightbar following an Oregon gravel truck for about 10 miles on a highway with frost heaves. |
Sure, but what are frost heaves?  |
I don't know the physics behind them, But they're huge ass speed bumps in the road. I'm guessing it has something to do with the frost/freeze cycle. You'll be cruisin' along and then BAM! They mostly occur far north of you...and they suck. 
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syncromike
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Sure, but what are frost heaves? |
Murphy's Law seems to dictate that I'm always behind a gravel truck when on highways like this, sending rocks like shrapnel right at my van.
The ground under the highway gets wet from drainage and then freezes over night, the asphalt peaks and cracks from the expanding ice like a glass bottle in the freezer.
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syncrodoka
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I have seen roads around here like that- after the Loma Prieta earthquake. 
Getting behind a gravel truck on a road like that looks like all kinds of trouble.
That must have been the reason that I saw road crews working every day that I was roaming around OR last year. The interesting thing is they always had a friendly, pretty lady working the signage so it made things that much nicer.  |
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kbeefy
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That looks like a iffy website. Do you have any pictures of their product on your van?
Rigid lights are known for their ability to survive extreme torture tests like this how do you think that that system will do in comparison?
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I don't have a picture of them on my van, I never bought one of the bars. I did buy several 4" round flood lights for trail/work lights, and have seen them on a friends rover. They are pretty amazing. For comparison picture try searching Pirate, thats where I found them.
I would assume that they would not withstand destructive ballistic testing, but for 1/4 or less the price I'd rather gamble on not having my lights receive a bullet directly to the face, and when they did I'll just buy another and still only have spent 1/2 the cost of Rigid lights.
I already have some KC HID's for fast stuff, I'm not sure if a $1000+ rigid light bar would out-distance them but they certainly put more light out than my syncro needs for safe operation.
These are the work lights I got, 24watts and 90 degree flood beam. for the first 50 feet it's like turning on daylight.
Hmmm.... maybe I don't know how to post pics here...
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kbeefy
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heres a couple of the pirate threads....
http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/suzuki/1058205-budget-hanma-led-lights-my-sidekick.html
if you like reading...
http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/general-4x4-discuss...eview.html
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'86 Syncro Westy. Stock for now.
2000 F350 7.3 CC LB 11' Northland Cabover
2006 Subbie OBXT
2002 Tacoma DoubleCab 4x4
1969 Mustang Basket Case 351c/FMX/9
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snowsyncro
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| To really sell me, let's see a youtube of the dude with the lightbar following an Oregon gravel truck for about 10 miles on a highway with frost heaves. |
Sure, but what are frost heaves? |
Happens in cold places. When water becomes ice, it increases in volume by 10%. Depending on how much water there is beneath the road bed (clay soils for example) there is a differential expansion of the road bed, resulting in small hills (frost heaves) and valleys. Like driving on a mini roller coaster, at its worst, but usually just a bump in the road, like an easy speed bump (or as my friend from England calls them --sleeping policeman).
More typical on the back roads, where the roadbed is not up to the modern standards for road construction.
EDIT: So the problem he is referring to is the headlights bobbing up and down and flashing the driver in front. A very annoying and real problem with poorly aimed HID lights.
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syncromike
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| EDIT: So the problem he is referring to is the headlights bobbing up and down and flashing the driver in front. |
Although that's annoying for sure, the problem I was referring to was whether the lights will stand up to being peppered with gravel flung by a truck in front of me going highway speeds and hitting frost heaves. My windshield and one headlight have already paid the ultimate price in separate incidents. 
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syncromike
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So, 60 days in with the light bar and it has a lot of condensation inside the lens... It's supposed to be sealed and waterproof. I'll call the company tomorrow, anyone have a positive experience with customer service at superbrightleds.com?
Win some, I lose some. Chalk this one up as I should have bought the domestic quality brand...
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Got the new LED Light Bar installed up by my roof rack.
A few notes...
- The quality of superbrightleds.com light bars is pretty poor. I'll be surprised if this lasts a year, the LED's are not lined up very well with the reflectors and the "lens" on each LED is nothing but a droplet of silicone gel. A cheap flashlight I have has identical LED and when the light gets hot the gel gets sticky and dust will stick to it like crazy. There is no other optical lens, just the drop of silicone on the LED chip, reflector, and protective glass.
- Overall brightness I'm happy with, lights up the way well enough for the money.
- I wired it internally and drilled a hole in my roof. Not the perfect solution but seemed better than running wire down the rain gutter and across the front to the firewall behind the grill. I'm happy having all the wires internal, but will need to keep checking the seal on the hole.
-Wish I'd bought a wider light bar to look more bad-ass... 
-The one I bought is only 54W, so I wired it directly through the OEM foglight switch and an inline fuse. The switch should be able to handle the 3-4A and a relay seemed like an additional thing to go wrong for something used pretty infrequently.
I couldn't get a great shot head on, but this is a good comparison of the brightness and color tone against the hi-power hi-beam upgraded headlights.
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syncrodoka
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2 months in and there are already issues? That sux.
Keep us posted. |
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insyncro
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Bummer.
Condensation in there will surely be the end of the fixture with extended use. |
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tjet 
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| Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2018 12:42 pm Post subject: Re: LED Off Road Light Bars anyone? |
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Old post, but I'd thought I'd add to it.
I installed a pair of Rigid D2 Pro hyperspot beams w/yellow covers on a pair of Vanagon Life LED light bar brackets up high. I decided to go with the individual lights rather than the 52" bar. I may still install one at a later date. The pair of lights are extremely bright and worth the money.
http://www.vanagonlife.com/theshop/vanagonlife-lightbar-brackets
https://www.rigidindustries.com/d-series-pro-d-series.html
I also have a pair of small Rigid Ignite flood lamps mounted on each side of my GW skid plate
https://www.rigidindustries.com/ignite-series-ignite.html
The other light I installed is a single "blackout" light from a military vehicle. I removed the original 28v bulb and installed a 100w H3 bulb with an aluminum reflector. When I turn this light on, all the other lights are disabled, including the brake lights. This was my primary light on my last desert trip. I didn't use my rooftop or headlights at all. It is a very usefull light. It shoots a pattern similar to a single low beam headlight, with a moonlight type of color. It is very difficult to see this light outside & away from the van, except from the drivers perspective.
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westydriver
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| Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2018 1:03 pm Post subject: Re: LED Off Road Light Bars anyone? |
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mtnride1
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I had a set of round hella lights on my bumper but after I did the headlight upgrade they were worthless, so I changed it up and got these lights from Rigid Lighting, they have 9 LED's in each one and they are BRIGHT. They are a bit pricey but great warranty and customer service. Check them out.
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SyncroCanada
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| Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2018 6:51 pm Post subject: Re: LED Off Road Light Bars anyone? |
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I got some cheapo chinese made ones off Amazon. I think the small ones are 6 x 3 watt, the middle is 20 x 3. Bolted them to a Thule square cross bar. The Thule cross bar costs more than the lights.
Wired up the two small ones to the rear window defroster (which does not work). The center light is wired into the high beams with a double throw switch from the marine supply - modified the spare switch space. Toggle one way, the high beams go to the normal lights, the other way they go to the LED.
Run the wires through the front grill and use trailer type waterproof connectors. Disconnect when on public roads so you don't accidentally flash your 100+ watts of LED at the police.
I use the two small ones as running lights on logging roads in Ontario (near Algonquin Park). Being High up I hope I am seen sooner. Logging trucks are big, fast, and don't give any quarter.
At night, you can see plain as day for 150 to 200 feet.
The weird rig on the top is a derrick crane for lifting the kayaks.
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