I would just use my goto. Hella 500s with 4300k 55w HID installed. Cheap, and works great with a nice beam pattern. They outshine the led bars by a lot, has a better light color, and I just love the entire setup. I am getting them again for my patriot and suburban.
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Hilldweller
SE Expedition Society
I have a set of JW Speaker 8700-J headlights and 6145-J foglights; very capable lights, legal, will last as long as the Jeep. On-road requires performance, compliance, dependability, safety.
For offroad, I believe in cheap-&-stinky if you're on a budget. There are lots of LED lights that work well enough. I use a pair of 3" cubes in a flood pattern that are rated at 1400lm and a pair of 4" HID burners that I tinted to selective yellow. Not much money but prodigious amounts of light.
There are a couple of dirt roads that I commute on in the wee hours and big lights make it a bit safer.
One of the few exceptions is the kit made by SMS: http://www.rallylights.com/90mm-bi-...tory-h13-2007-jeep-jk-wrangler-headlamps.html
To be legal it has to be a complete assembly retrofit of a unit that's been tested and assayed to meet the criteria of FMVSS-108
To be quality, it has to be, ummm, quality.
http://store.candlepower.com/90h4hbxtpo.html
http://store.candlepower.com/64205.html
For offroad, I believe in cheap-&-stinky if you're on a budget. There are lots of LED lights that work well enough. I use a pair of 3" cubes in a flood pattern that are rated at 1400lm and a pair of 4" HID burners that I tinted to selective yellow. Not much money but prodigious amounts of light.
There are a couple of dirt roads that I commute on in the wee hours and big lights make it a bit safer.
Most HID conversions are illegally done and marketed as "proper"...
One of the few exceptions is the kit made by SMS: http://www.rallylights.com/90mm-bi-...tory-h13-2007-jeep-jk-wrangler-headlamps.html
To be legal it has to be a complete assembly retrofit of a unit that's been tested and assayed to meet the criteria of FMVSS-108
To be quality, it has to be, ummm, quality.
Quite true.
Very good solution but I'd pass on the Hella bulbs; they don't make their own. I'd go with Philips or Vosla:
http://store.candlepower.com/90h4hbxtpo.html
http://store.candlepower.com/64205.html
rlgrace2011
Observer
I have spent most of my driving career behind the headlights of a 2002 Dodge Ram 3500 so the factory headlights on our 2015 JKU are more than acceptable. If you are looking for just some off road lights and want to stay under 100ish, I would suggest the Rough Country 2inch cubes. I put them on the Rough Country windshield mounts a while back and they work great. I do a lot of night time cattle hunting and feeding (especially during the winter) so they make things way easier. They aren't DOT legal but I flip them on as long as there is no one else on the road.
Since this seems to no longer be a budget light thread I'll share my experience. I started off with some cheap Amazon Chinese led's and they leaked and were a hassle. So I went the other way and spent more than I ever thought I would on lighting. In retrospect I have no regrets!
JW headlights and fog lights and Baja Designs off-road lights. My headlights are brighter and more useful than any other car I have driven in. My off-road lights are simply amazing these 2 cubes on my windshield are about 19,000 lumens so equivalent to a 50" light bar without the top flapping and wind noise. And all has strong warranty support from US companies!
JW headlights and fog lights and Baja Designs off-road lights. My headlights are brighter and more useful than any other car I have driven in. My off-road lights are simply amazing these 2 cubes on my windshield are about 19,000 lumens so equivalent to a 50" light bar without the top flapping and wind noise. And all has strong warranty support from US companies!
