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Old Feb 18, 2012 | 04:14 PM
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Today I installed some blue glow mini off-road lights from harbor freight.
http://www.harborfreight.com/blue-gl...hts-46908.html
Here's a couple pics of the lights, will have some more pics later when its dark out.
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Old Feb 18, 2012 | 04:20 PM
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How much light do they add? Did you connect them to fog light connectors?
 
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Old Feb 18, 2012 | 05:03 PM
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Pretty good amount of light, will really see when it's dark, and will post pics later. I just ran another switch.
 
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Old Feb 18, 2012 | 06:48 PM
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More pics:
just low beams
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only low beams
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Old Feb 18, 2012 | 06:51 PM
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Not bad for a $20 set of lights. Though their add was interesting - advertised as off road lights, then state "won't blind oncoming drivers." Is oncoming fdrivers a big issue off-roading? lol


They appear to d a good job providing additiaonl light. I may pick up a couple sets of those.
 
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Old Feb 18, 2012 | 06:59 PM
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They are surprisingly bright, but man they get hot! Don't last too long either though. I have a set on my fishing rig and if you leave them on for the better part of a nights fishing you'll lose a bulb, if not both. I think I've replaced a bulb three times now in less than a year...

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Old Feb 18, 2012 | 07:37 PM
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I drove with them and my low beams on for a while, and no one I passed flashed me to turn them off. Around here there is no street lights and I only passed 3 people in 15 minutes.

Also about their ad, they are called "blue glow" and you could see from the pics, they are more yellow glow then blue.
 
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Old Feb 18, 2012 | 07:41 PM
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Geeez, Hammer - that looks like some serious fishing has been going on! Lakes areound here are just now starting to fill back up after severe drought!

Can bulbs be replaced with longer lasting bulbs?
 
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Old Feb 18, 2012 | 08:13 PM
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I had some on my wrangler and they only lasted a month. Bulbs kept going like hammer said so I ditched them
 
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Geeez, Hammer - that looks like some serious fishing has been going on! Lakes areound here are just now starting to fill back up after severe drought!

Can bulbs be replaced with longer lasting bulbs?
I originally built that for night catfishing the sand bars in south Georgia, but since my mom got ill and I've had to spend a lot of my time in Florida I've found it does great fishing both the intercoastal for redfish and even surf fishing. Really works nice on the beach this time of year when it's not too hot yet and you can sit in the nice plush seats with all the windows and sunroof open and wait for a pole to bend over...
 
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