I just mounted my new Hella 500s yesterday! I'm connecting them this weekend when I get in my new relays for the switches I want to get the Hella 550s for the top lights when I go to upgrade, but not just yet. so what do yall think?!



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Wow, looks kickass! Prolly looks like a freight train when passing :-P

 

You're a madman! Looks mean! Are the bracketsdrilled into the bumper's reinforcement bar? And the grille clears them too, huh?

 

yep the grille kind of clears them, just barely, has to touch them a little while opening and closing it, but after that they're a good 2" from the grille. they're drilled into the reinforcement, and are mounted on a 1/8" thick steelbar I bought at Lowes, then painted black. I can't wait to take it off roading! Next week i'm going out to the desert to go camping with some friends, so we'll get in some shots then!

 

I don't want to be coming in the opposite direction of you when you turn those on.[sm=sick.gif]

 

Sweet!
Looks great, just like the rest of the truck!

 

haha yeah no kidding huh, I had them connected one evening on the last lightbar I built, but it was too flimsy, and these things lit up everything!
Thanks guys for the comments!

 

Jim, I would consider mounting them so that the beam is cast over a huge 180 degree spread.. instead of havin them all shoot forward

 

thats is actually nice looking. will you be able to run the frt and back one together or will it be to much of a drain? and do they recommend and alternate battery source for added supply?

 

Na, I've run them before while running the truck off road. They draw approx 4.8amps for light, and with all the lights on that's about 60amps. last time I ran my truck off road at night with all 8 lights on I had no problems over the course of about 2 hours. I think our alternators can handle 250 amps...not sure, but our trucks can handle it. But if my truck explodes in the middle of the desert I'll let ya know! Oh, I'm also able to run a 400w power inverter at the same time too lol