OEM Roof Offroad Lights...brightness?

[SedonaBound]

The OEM twin roof light fixture with the two rectangular lights...are they any good for illumination, or just for cosmetics? Has anyone found a way to fit decent LEDs in the mount?

 

[ABNTROOP]

I have them. Love the look but otherwise drive me nuts, they put wayy too much light on the hood. I use my LED lights mounted on my Gobi more. Last year running part of the trail at Trask was an eye opener for how distracting they are when you are concentrating on the trail. If I could do it again I would not have mounted them and would have instead installed a curved LED bar. Much more practical. Just my .02

 

[ABNTROOP]

I have played around with the idea of making wedge shaped deflectors that could be removeable and clip into the face of the housing to deflect the light up and forward away from the hood.

 

[High Five H2]

I have them too and I 2nd what ABNTROOP said. i don't have other off road lights so I can't compare their effectiveness, though. these ones seem to make 2 bright spots and that's it. the problem with the hood is pretty bad, though. i think someone put a matte hood sticker on to reflect less light. Hunner, maybe?

 

[ABNTROOP]

Yeah, Hunner did it, but really it's a moot point. The minute you run dusty trails it coats your hood and reflects like crazy. I'll get around to fabbing up deflectors at some point and then see how I feel about them, otherwise I think they were a neat idea theoretically, not terribly practical. Certainly not worth the price they go for these days, but they look cool. Plus the wind noise is more with them. And God help you if you have to replace your windshield like I did. Rather than sitting nice and snug against the windshield, mine now have a 1/8" overhang gap due to the sealant thickness behind the windshield. More wind noise. Sucks. I would not do them again..

 

[High Five H2]

yeah I wouldn't have bothered either had I known about roof racks.

 

[Clwnshu99]

I recently installed them on mine. I love the look but strongly dislike the output. What I mean by that is they are two spot lights, so they project two spot of light which isnt very usable or practical. I have 6000k 55w HIDs in my HI/LOW and fogs and I also have a 30" led bar in my lower grill. The halogens look and act inferior to the others so Ive had it planned since before the install to replace the oem lamps and housings with led bar/pods. I ordered a set of flood beam led pods, they came in too small in the wrong size. I will be re-ordering them and fitting them when they come in. The hood glare doesnt really bother me, maybe because its red (IDK?) and as far as wind noise is concerned, mine is the updated set with the foam (to reduce the noise) so I dont have much..which was a very pleasant surprise! TBH I wanted them because they looked cool and flowed with the truck, however they go for way too much, which is why I HAD to buy this brand new in the box set for $160

 

[SedonaBound]

Thanks for the input; you guys saved me $300!

 

[High Five H2]

that and you have to drill the roof to install them. I had roof marker lights before and I thought they were pointless so I put these on. I'll probably put some real roof rack lights on and piggy back off the factory on/off switch.

 

[Renagade132]

Roof rack with all lighting mounted on it is the way to go I think, versatility and you can add as much or as little as you want!