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73-87 Chevy _ GMC Trucks => 73-87 Chevy & GMC Trucks => Topic started by: winky on February 08, 2014, 08:16:38 pm
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looking at buying some led off road lights, look to be pretty freakin bright. the ones im looking at are aurora light bars. come with a 2 year warranty google them and check these bad boys out and give me your thoughts? ive seen plenty of other people test them that are in no way affiliated with this company and they seem to hold up very well. minimum order is 10 lights so im bout to put out a chunk of cash. would anyone else be interested in these lights? i don't need 10 lights and don't like emptying my pockets all at once :)
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I did the google test but there a thousand different ways to buy these things. A little more detail would help. No, I'm not interested in getting any, just curious as to how well leds work in an offroad situation. I can't see them being all that bright, to me most led light is subdued and cloudy looking. I was shown a small flashlight once that would shine a beam about 100fett and illuminate a lit florescent light bulb during the day. It was BRIGHT! AND it cost over a hundred bucks! But it was still a cloudy muddy looking beam regardless of how bright it was. Are they better these days?
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Yes WAAAAYYYY better in the last few years LEDs have come a LONG way. i should be getting all of mine in about 3 weeks when i do im going to preform my own test on them and post here, ill also take some pics of brightness compared to my car head lights. also there are a thousand different way to buy these but the main thing is getting one that is quality made. i did a lot of research before buying because a friend bought a $300 light bar for $180 on ebay and when he hooked it up he was not impressed. it was bright but not as bright and didn't throw light as far as he had expected
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I've been out of the hunt so long the hot pick of my day was a KC Hilighter. Hooked straight to the battery with a solenoid operated switch (read modified starter type) in line as a contactor and they were BRIGHT!
A buddy of mine that had a GTO put two aircraft landing beam bulbs in the high beam spot back in the seventies. He could get about 45 seconds of driving time with them on before his circuit breaker tripped and took out all the lights in the outside of the car. They lit up about two miles in front of the car. At least it seemed that way LOL.
Back in those days two spots and two floods (by KC Lights with the Yellow smiley covers) on a bed mounted rollbar-style light bar was the hot ticket. So was a 300 amp alternator. LOL! But that also helped with the onboard welders of the day.
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around here kc lights were the big thing up until about two years ago tons of people still use them (i still have some on my roll bar behind the house)
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So I'm not all that far behind the times I guess? :o Hahahaha
No, I really am.... ???
It's hard wiggling out from under the rock I live under, it silts in every spring and fall.... :(
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Also, on a side note, i think Trucklite has regular on road led headlights available but they are expensive:
Trucklite is high quality though:
http://www.truck-lite.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=10001&productId=92027
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got cheaPER pair of 4" lights in today... pretty impressed with the light out put for the size of them. these are the flood style. my phone isnt worth a dang at night so theses pics do NO justice to how bright the light really is. i may be buying a new camera this week lol past due for one.
(oh yeah photo bucket is acting up again so ill try to fix it later)
first is my truck head lights on dim then ONE of the led lights
(http://i1269.photobucket.com/albums/jj582/josh_brooks2/IMG_20140217_191545_810.jpg) (http://s1269.photobucket.com/user/josh_brooks2/media/IMG_20140217_191545_810.jpg.html)
(http://i1269.photobucket.com/albums/jj582/josh_brooks2/IMG_20140217_183417_982.jpg) (http://s1269.photobucket.com/user/josh_brooks2/media/IMG_20140217_183417_982.jpg.html)
(http://i1269.photobucket.com/albums/jj582/josh_brooks2/IMG_20140217_183336_167.jpg) (http://s1269.photobucket.com/user/josh_brooks2/media/IMG_20140217_183336_167.jpg.html)
(http://i1269.photobucket.com/albums/jj582/josh_brooks2/IMG_20140217_183431_117.jpg) (http://s1269.photobucket.com/user/josh_brooks2/media/IMG_20140217_183431_117.jpg.html)
dvd case so you can get a better idea of the size
(http://i1269.photobucket.com/albums/jj582/josh_brooks2/IMG_20140217_191838_179.jpg) (http://s1269.photobucket.com/user/josh_brooks2/media/IMG_20140217_191838_179.jpg.html)
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Better pictures of light out put
Truck headlights on dim:
(http://i1269.photobucket.com/albums/jj582/josh_brooks2/DSCF0005.jpg) (http://s1269.photobucket.com/user/josh_brooks2/media/DSCF0005.jpg.html)
ONE of the 4" led Lights:
(http://i1269.photobucket.com/albums/jj582/josh_brooks2/DSCF0006.jpg) (http://s1269.photobucket.com/user/josh_brooks2/media/DSCF0006.jpg.html)
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Big difference. What brand and what did you have to give for them?
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to be honest im not sure on brand i talked to so many manufactures about sample lights. I would have to find my paper work. After shipping i have about ~$70 in them (the set), Thats whole sale cost. i believe they retail for around $120 a set through these are CHEAP compared to rigid lights etc. i should have a order of lights from Aurora in the next week or so. They are military grade lights, Built in breathers, submersible, and supposedly overall stronger.
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Where are the pics that show them mounted on the truck ?
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i just held them up where the head lights are. haven't decided if i want to put them on the back or front of my mud truck yet. waiting on the 6" light bar to come in.
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the aurora led lights came in! they are AMAZING uploading pics now
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pictures still dont do these lights justice.
2" Flood
(http://i1269.photobucket.com/albums/jj582/josh_brooks2/DSCF00211.jpg) (http://s1269.photobucket.com/user/josh_brooks2/media/DSCF00211.jpg.html)
6"
(http://i1269.photobucket.com/albums/jj582/josh_brooks2/DSCF00161.jpg) (http://s1269.photobucket.com/user/josh_brooks2/media/DSCF00161.jpg.html)
6"
(http://i1269.photobucket.com/albums/jj582/josh_brooks2/DSCF00171.jpg) (http://s1269.photobucket.com/user/josh_brooks2/media/DSCF00171.jpg.html)
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I picked up a $150 dollar one from amazon. Its a dual row and I think its 30". I love this light, I even took my HIDs out and went with halogens because the light bar is plenty offroad
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That's pretty good stuff right there. I want one now.
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I picked up a $150 dollar one from amazon. Its a dual row and I think its 30". I love this light, I even took my HIDs out and went with halogens because the light bar is plenty offroad
its funny that you posted that pic. i was thinking about doing the same thing on my truck. do you have any pics of it on ?
That's pretty good stuff right there. I want one now.
i have a few ;)
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I will take a few pictures tonight and post them up either tonight or in the morning
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Heres some pictures.
First one is behind the steering wheel with halogens.
Second picture is in the cab with just the light bar.
Third and fourth pictures are self explanatory.
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Sweet im gonna start mounting some next week.