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    Beer Meister DFBrews's Avatar
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    Looking at installing some driving lights on a Thule roof rack.
    Planning on 3 round 5 inch lights. Recommendations on good ones budget is about 120 out the door.

    second what are colorados laws regarding them I looked at the crs and it is Greek to me. I understand I can't run around town with them on. But are there height restrictions on lights? Does it have to have an even number of lights?
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    Don't know the laws but hella makes one of the most affordable lights out there. You can buy two sets and mount one aiming back as a reverse. I have a set of 5" on my truck rack and they are bright!

    As off road lights I don't think you need to following road laws. I've seen rigs with overkills of lights
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    Default Re: Questions for the off roaders

    What kind of a vehicle ? I took some old kc lights and converted them to HID's I have also done some HID head light conversions . DDM tunning makes a good kit for a very fare price!

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    Quote Originally Posted by EKJ View Post
    What kind of a vehicle ? I took some old kc lights and converted them to HID's I have also done some HID head light conversions . DDM tunning makes a good kit for a very fare price!

    As you giggle when you read this.... 03 outback. I car camp quite a bit in this and have taken it where no one said I could go. All about finesse and approach angles and junk. Planning on pulling the head liner and running the wires into the factory roof racks


    some places they would have come in handy Indian creek Moab and the back roads of the San Juan mountains
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    I have a Yakima rack with factory light mounts.
    The lights are Hella. Moral of the picture Is don't forget the back.
    Backing up is way harder in the dark, plus its handy for car camping.
    The front has a custom bumper with way too many lights in it.
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    Hella, KC, Lightforce are all good. PIAA are my preference for standard (non-LED) lighting.
    If you want to spend an extra couple pennies to get the lighting you want without making your Subie look all kinds of rediculous, check out LED bars... Rigid Industries E-Series are great, check out their website and look at their gallery for what they look like and how holy-mother-of-God bright they are. I've heard good things about Baja Designs' offerings but I don't have any experience with them.

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    Man if you had posted this two days ago I would have given you some Hella's, had a truck in the shop that got traded in and went to auction, I could have snagged them for you. I'll keep my eye out.

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    Legally, you can not run more than 4 lights on any Fed, State, County or city maintained road unless they are the DOT approved lights and in compliance with the height restrictions.

    Go here: http://www.liftlaws.com/colorado_lift_laws.htm and look in about the middle of the page.

    It is kind of dicey as headlights are also under Federal regulation and there are some conflicts. Some law enforcement say you have to have non-legal lights covered, other don't.
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    Go with LED for sure you can now get LED just as bright as the rest, they use WAY less power, and they are smaller and out of the airstream, saving you fuel. If your interested I can get you some links to very affordable LED lights.

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    I'm interested in the LEDs those led light bars are sick

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