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Old Jan 7, 2012 | 09:36 PM
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Anyone else have any Strobes or Aux Lighting on their trucks?

I had a single round strobe beacon on my backrack and am in the mist of upgrading it to 140 LED Panel strobes (70 White, 70 Amber per panel).
I installed half of them today (Rear facing ones) and they are ALOT brighter then I thought they would be for $35ish a set.
I bought 2 sets, I put on set on my backrack, plan to install the other behind the grill once I replace my rad support this summer.

Ill get some pictures of them installed tomorrow, I currently have them wired into my Cargo Lamp so I didnt have to install another switch had my beacon wired into it to with a quick disconnect so it was a easy switch today.

Im planing to run both the front and rear Strobes off the Cargo Lamp and adding a fuse at the 3rd brake light (where they are connected) just incase. But since they are LEDs I cant see them being a problem also changed the Lamps to LEDs to.

Im putting a relay in for floods on the backrack and running I think 10 or 12 gauge for them, and 16 or 18 to the switch. With fuses on the Batter feed and feed to the lights and maybe one on the switch feed.

Video of the same lights, except mine are White/Amber not Red/Blue
http://www.youtube.com/embed/yjd5sMPFIXQ
 
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Old Jan 7, 2012 | 10:25 PM
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I think that's an awesome mod. I have been contemplating building my own lightbar since I started dinkin around with LEDs this summer. Looking forward to the pics.
 
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Old Jan 8, 2012 | 11:59 AM
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Where did you get those?
 
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Those are cool man. I would get them but I just have no excuse to run them :/ FrencicX, just noticed your sig pic. Those wheels/tires looks awsome on your truck!
 
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Old Jan 8, 2012 | 07:26 PM
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Bought them on Ebay, Shipping was the biggest cost lol, They were 9.99 (a set) or something before shipping.
Didnt get any pics today was busy all day.

Heres the seller/Ad
http://www.ebay.ca/itm/250826331250?...84.m1497.l2649

^Also the cheapest I found them on Ebay


I Dont overly have a NEED for them, but there has been a few times they are useful I took the strobe off to also help lower the overall height since it stuck up 5 inches lol
 

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WOO HOO Strobes in the front grille would be awesome. Flash em on the highway and everyone would pull over for you to pass. lol
 
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Originally Posted by SamuraiDak
WOO HOO Strobes in the front grille would be awesome. Flash em on the highway and everyone would pull over for you to pass. lol
I thought about getting All white ones for the front, but they where more $$ lol
 
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Originally Posted by SamuraiDak
WOO HOO Strobes in the front grille would be awesome. Flash em on the highway and everyone would pull over for you to pass. lol
not to mention....slightly illegal.....
 
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Originally Posted by 06Dak4.7Silver
Those are cool man. I would get them but I just have no excuse to run them :/ FrencicX, just noticed your sig pic. Those wheels/tires looks awsome on your truck!
Thanks man! I just need a fancy backdrop like yours. I'm contemplating whether to actually drop the front down like I wanted to. It looks pretty sweet like this, and the wheel sticks out a bit and I wouldn't want to rub when articulating. If I drop I might go less than 2", maybe 1.5 or just 1. Much more mods to come though!

I wonder if they sell these LEDs on amazon for a similar price.
 
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Originally Posted by jkeaton
not to mention....slightly illegal.....
School buses roll around with White strobes on the roof all day long lol, altho driving with any strobe on is illegal here, altho they are very relaxed on it
 
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