I am looking for a set of good qualty driving lights to install in a custom bumper I am making. Who has good luck with what, keep in mind I do not want to be turning them on and off each time a car passes so they need to be very similar to a headlight but with good quality light

 

Most driving lights don't meet those criteria, they're too bright and for use only with high beams. Hella used to sell an auxiliary low beam that was pretty good, but they quit offering them a few years ago. You might find a used or NOS pair on eBay, maybe. They were called "Hella XL."

 

So I may have to hook them into the high beam circut with relay I guess. So if I go that way what is a good light then.

 

Look in to the 140 or 170 light force lights not cheap but herd all good no bad . Planing on a set in the mouth or so.

 

Lightforce, plain and simple.

Hey Jason, I should make a quick trip up to your place some night and show you how to turn night into day.



Jeff

 

Cool Lights HomeStead ! Do they come with a set of Ray-Bans !

 

No Ray-Bans but they will turn off street lights as your coming down the road.

Jeff

 

I wondered why the sky is always bright down south , holy - - - - those are big, when did those go on?

Jason

 

They got mounted up back in December sometime.

Worth every penny if you do a lot of nighttime driving.

Jeff

 

I like my PIAA driving lights, but they will turn the interior of a car 100 yards in front of me from night into day. I use them sparingly, but they are fantastic on a dark road or interstate.

 

They look like they'll be great for collecting gravel off the road too.

 

I have had the 170's and now the 240 Lightforces on my truck. I know they have been hit hard by rocks...not one indication of damage on them anywhere.
I saw a video a long time ago of one taking a hit from a 22 cal rifle.

I have a pair of PIAA 510 Ion Crystal Fog and a pair of 510 Super whites along with the Lightforce 240's. I also have the diffused, blue and amber lens' for the 240's. Plus I have the factory driving lights. I also had a pair of 1400's on the back but one fell off and the other one failed. I might put a pair of tractor lamps on the back...for those occasions when I need to remind someone they have their hi beams on or when I need to see what I am backing into...I mean up to.

My 510 Super whites are mounted low off the bottom valance and wide. So far no road rash. I have the 510 fogs and the 240's mounted on a Desert Racing Concepts bumper bar that is mounted where the tow hooks would go.

I do need to get out to a remote area one night and align them a bit better.
Is it best to have the fogs up a bit and the driving lights lower to the road? So far that set up is giving me the best results. Any other suggestions?

One thing for sure...the blue lens on the 240's makes driving in snow...real easy. I will see what it does for rain, when we get some.

Scotty

 

Scotty Its raining in beautiful sunny Alberta today so it be in scratchyurown by tommorrow, you'll be able to give me the full report then

 

Thats what the weatherman says. We still have a lot of snow but a good rain would help get rid of some of this.
Scratchyerown got more snow then most of Oilberta eh?

 

With depraved with my little Hella 450 100W moose lights on the front now I gotta go get some higher HP lights to keep up to you guys. PK