Any of you got a light bar? Or off road lights?
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+1 to the relays and alternator. My experience with roof racks is that if there's a low branch somewhere on the trail, the rack will drive the truck through it. 
Or is it the tree walking over and wacking the rack. Either way, a roof rack is not it's cracked up to be(no pun intended).
At the same time, its always best to descover that yourself. Have fun!
Or is it the tree walking over and wacking the rack. Either way, a roof rack is not it's cracked up to be(no pun intended).At the same time, its always best to descover that yourself. Have fun!
Honestly, I'd mount the lights at bumper height, and here's why.
My buddy has a Ranger Pre-Runner. Very similar to Camburg's Ranger. He has 4 roof mounted and 2 bumper mounted HID's. He said about 80% of the time he can't see what the roof lights are illuminating, because the light gets aimed up into the sky with bumps. While at the same time, his bumper lights don't stray far from the road because they are mounted far lower.
In short, lights mounted at grille height seem to be a very ideal place.
My buddy has a Ranger Pre-Runner. Very similar to Camburg's Ranger. He has 4 roof mounted and 2 bumper mounted HID's. He said about 80% of the time he can't see what the roof lights are illuminating, because the light gets aimed up into the sky with bumps. While at the same time, his bumper lights don't stray far from the road because they are mounted far lower.
In short, lights mounted at grille height seem to be a very ideal place.
+2 on the relays...I have 2 sets of 150 Watt off-road lights I need to install still, thank God I didn't install it prior to my bumper crash! 
Each set requires a relay, I think mine are 50 amps each then another 30 amp for my backup lights...55 watts. Oh I might just put the 120 watts in the back..overkill I know!
As for the canopy...depends what color your truck is?!? Mine is silver and my canopy is dark gray. I think it looks good but to each their own taste! I had a dark purple one time and that looked good to me also. Go to the link below to see the canopy, WARNING: large image as I am just too lazy to shrink!
http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/l...7/7cc80f59.jpg
Each set requires a relay, I think mine are 50 amps each then another 30 amp for my backup lights...55 watts. Oh I might just put the 120 watts in the back..overkill I know!As for the canopy...depends what color your truck is?!? Mine is silver and my canopy is dark gray. I think it looks good but to each their own taste! I had a dark purple one time and that looked good to me also. Go to the link below to see the canopy, WARNING: large image as I am just too lazy to shrink!
http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/l...7/7cc80f59.jpg
The color of the cap is similar to this color:
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I just got 2 hella 500FF lights for X-mas... plan on getting 4 more... total of 6... I want to mount 4 of them at bumper height and one on each side of the cab at mirror hieght.. like by the pillar... thoughts?
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Below is a picture of the lights similar to what I have. I am mounting those on a roll/light bar that mounts on the bed.. I had it mounted on my F150 I used to have, but it's a better fit on this bed.. now, when I had it on the F150, I just had those direct wired to a switch on the dash, and never had a problem.. But then These are larger lights than what I had on the F150, I took those lights off, and got these, because the others looked their age..
I have 4 of these:
I have 4 of these:
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I've never understood lights mounted on top unless you have a Jeep or a Volunteer Firefighter or something. But just my thoughts.
Black truck that blue canopy....I don't know if that look good...usually lighter body darker canopy is okay but reverse that and it might look odd.
My buddy has that color blue pickup...look good on his!
Black truck that blue canopy....I don't know if that look good...usually lighter body darker canopy is okay but reverse that and it might look odd.
My buddy has that color blue pickup...look good on his!
