Need help choosing off-road lights!

[Dzine07]

As the title reads i'm considering a replacement set off-road lights to replace my IPF's on the bumper.

I've down selected to the ARB AR21's and the Rigid R2-46 rigid driving/spot comb (which look awesome to me).

I'm looking for something with great optics, can take a beating and fit's proportionally inside the AEV Premium bumper bull bar, the AR32's are too big for example. I do want something bright with range to compliment my JW Speaker Evo's and fog lights.

I was holding out for the JW off road lights but i've sent JW 3 emails in the last 3 months to get more info and no response which is a shame. Moving on!

What would you guys recommend?

Looks bad ***.
http://www.rigidindustries.com/led-lighting/83361

SALE!
http://ok4wd.com/shop-by-vendor/arb/...led-spot-light

 

[ak_cowboy]

I would choose the Rigid.

 

[Cascade Wanderer]

Rigid is good.

I went with Vision X this time. Quite a light. I got the little ones, but the 4.5" "light cannons" are BRIGHT with excellent lenses...

CW

 

[kojackJKU]

If you want something with range, go HID, not LED. Well besides the canons. If you want to spend the cash, get the 6" light canon. That will give you range. My friend has 2 20" dual row rigids on his f150 and we tested side by side the other night, My HID converted hella 500s went much much further down the road, his lit up the sides of the road a bit better, we were on a 4 lane road, mine still lit both ditches to the tree line but his lit up more of the tops of the trees. Down the road it was no contest, mine just punched way past his. That's 2 20" bars not the little cubes and r series like you are looking at. I have no experience with the arb lights. The Vision X will punch down the road like HID tho. the bigger the better with those as well.

 

[verdesardog]

The best bang for your money is still halogen driving lights. You can get anywhere from 55 to 150 watt stainless steel for less than $50.00 and they will out distance ANY LED's. they might not look like what everyone else is running or be sexy but they will light your way! My truck has two 100W driving lights for long distance illumination and two 55W fogs to illuminate the sides of the trails:

 

[kojackJKU]

Wait till you toss a 55w HID kit into your 100w halogens. I had 130w bulbs in my Hellas, and then converted them to 55w HID and they HID were a great deal brighter again!

 

[rammland]

You should also take a look at some of the new offerings from KC hilites. I have seen the gravity lights in person and walked away very impressed.

 

[verdesardog]

I was talking about the least expensive lights available... I know there are brighter lights available but for a budget minded person Halogens work fine. I'm talking less the $200 for all the lights on the front of my truck! And these do just fine doing 75+mph down a dark highway.

 

[kojackJKU]

Mine are budget. 90 bucks for the hella 500 driving beams and then 40 bucks for the hid system. Cheap and super effective.

 

[kojackJKU]

I drive more miles in the night than most people drive in a year...I trust this setup.

 

[rammland]

To answer the op question both the ARB and Rigid lights are fantastic. Both are built by rigid so you really can't go wrong. There are a number of great lights that will meet all of your needs. Just don't skimp on quality if you want to get any distance out of them.

 

[Dzine07]

To answer the op question both the ARB and Rigid lights are fantastic. Both are built by rigid so you really can't go wrong. There are a number of great lights that will meet all of your needs. Just don't skimp on quality if you want to get any distance out of them.

Right they're both Rigid. one of the reasons I'm so torn between the ARB and R2-46's is because they come from the same company. Wondering what the advantages/disadvantages of Rigid R2-46 vs ARB models are. More importantly I'm wondering how the optics on the Rigid's look like and what their range is.

Another option is Baja XL pro's and obviously Vision X, considering those as well now that a member pointed those out. Honestly leaning to Rigid products because I do have experience with their equipment, all good so far.

Some things I'm looking for are size (less than 6" diameter), optics (reach 500m down the road, prefer flood/pencil beam pattern or combo) and durability through -40 and 110 degree cycles.

Appreciative any insight here, thanks again everyone.


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[rammland]

The ARB lights use the spector optics. If you look at the photo-metrics listed on Rigid's website for the comparable amount of led light bar, then you will get a good idea in the same format. The 10in E series would not be exact but really close.

 

[kojackJKU]

sounds like my setup to a T. except the 500m part. They go way past that.

 

[Alphonse]

I just bought some Baja designs XL80 4" pods for my a pillars. Waiting on arrival but they are supposed to put out about 10k lumens per pod which makes 2 pods about as bright as a 50" light bar.

They aren't cheap at like $790 MSRP (I paid $610 delivered on a Black Friday special) but they are extremely high quality lights and significantly cheaper than a similar quality 50" light bar from rigid or Baja Designs, or vision X. They do come in a 6* spot pattern also.