Auxiliary Lighting
 

I am sort of confused right now. I am looking around and really liking the KC lights, both square and round. I was thinking of searching for the best prices, but they seem to have about a billion products.
Fog
Long range
Driving
and then there were some various all season kits.

I am looking to possibly mount 4 up front (up top) and then 2 or 4 out back.

The configuration idea would be to have the front four each on their own switch, with the 2/4 in the back attached to the reverse lights.

Here is an ebay link to the ones that I found to my liking although its hard to determine if the round lights would be better.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/KC-Hi...#ht_567wt_1060

In the end it boils down to the cost. I obviously would not like to spend 1000's for the lights. but those above are 100ish for 2, making the investment on initial parts only around 300 dollars.

Also any input of personal experience of round versus square are encouraged. I am still googling and researching.

Personally, I like the rectangular lights better. They fit the shape of the truck. But it boils down to personal taste.

As for switching, I'd wire them up in pairs with each pair it's own switch & relay. Take care to use the correct gauge wiring & power directly off the battery with an online fuse.

My tuppence worth! LOL

Is there any distance advantage to the shape?

you would have to compare individual lights to get into range changes...
too much variation...

as for me, i bought 2 caged circular lights for the brush guard, 4 rectangular front facing roof lights, and 2 rectangular rear lights.

I agree with the kiwi on the rectangle fits the vehicle. If you are planning a roof rack light bar, i think they look better than round up there... (imho)

i plan on running a 4 switch system:
1 = brush guard lights
2 = 12 o'clock roof lights
3 = 11 o'clock and 1 o'clock roof lights (flood the trails!)
4 = 6 o'clock roof lights


if you rock 4 front lights on seperate switches, you will just be creating more of a hassle than anything. You can run 2 switches to do the same job and just wire em in left and right, or inside and outside. It will take less switch space and lead to less install issues. Plus when will you ever need just lights 1, 3, and 4.... etc. :icon_twocents:

also you may want to re-think the roof reverses wired into the the reverse lights. while it sounds good on paper, you dont want flood the lot each time you back into/out of a parking stall. you dont want to juice the neighbors every time you move the truck at night.... plus it will wear your lights out faster AND might not even be legal at that height (i dunno). Consider a third switch :icon_shrug:

I also like the rectanglular lights for the roof like I have now. I have them wired so that the center 2 are on one switch and the outer 2 are on another switch. Once I get a safari rack I plan on putting 2 or maybe 4 in the rear like you are planning on doing.

This is all in speculation, assuming i get a third member and have the fiancee's father create some custom mounts....

custom mounts? just un bolt it, pop it open, and slid the third member in :p

for the lights :icon_doh:

:icon_hide: OOoOOOHHHh :icon_doh:

I like the look of rectangle lights, but if you're just putting them on stock roof bars I'd say go with round ones so that you don't notice them not all being the same level across.