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Found these in the garage and..

ions

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'01 Explorer Sport Trac
looking for the best way to set them up on my truck without having to spend 200$ on a safari bar+adapter.

thanks.

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PS: these are probably pretty old from the looks of the package and i didnt even realize i had them (ha) and also the glass looks vert foggy is that normal? they have not been used and have been sitting in the garage for probably atleast 5yrs.
 



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Make a bracket so you can mount them on to your bumper. Then again I doubt you'll be using them anytime soon since they are 100 watts and not DOT approved for onroad use.
 






I noticed mine will fog up after they get wet. They should dry up once you turn them on.

I've been debating on what to do with mine. I'm not allowed to drill hold in the top of the bumper, which would look awsome. And I don't want to try and put my brush gaurd on, so that leaves a safari bar. I've also though about one of the small ones that are similar to what are on police cars. Right now they're on my work bench doing nothing too :p
 






Yeah they're not legal for onroad use, but if you only use em with your high beams what does it matter... you don't use your high's when there are cars coming at you, hell I use my 150W KC's everytime I have my highbeams on b/c the stock high beams suck...

IAmTodd said:
I noticed mine will fog up after they get wet. They should dry up once you turn them on.

I've been debating on what to do with mine. I'm not allowed to drill hold in the top of the bumper, which would look awsome. And I don't want to try and put my brush gaurd on, so that leaves a safari bar. I've also though about one of the small ones that are similar to what are on police cars. Right now they're on my work bench doing nothing too :p

Todd, make some brackets like I did..

Here's what it looked like with 2 lights and here's how it kinda looks now (the 2nd pic is a photocrop)
 

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Take a few pics of your brackets if you can. I'd be interested. I had mine wired up with the highs too. Sure made is nice on the back roads in the middle of the nite! I tried not to use them on main roads though.
 






Thanks for the replies! i would only be using them when i needed high beams cause i noticed there is no differene between my highs and my lows and my girlfriend lives in the backwoods and there is hardly any light so i thought these would be better than fog lights cause i would'nt have to fork out the $150+ for the OEM set or get crappy cheap ones.
 






ions said:
Thanks for the replies! i would only be using them when i needed high beams cause i noticed there is no differene between my highs and my lows and my girlfriend lives in the backwoods and there is hardly any light so i thought these would be better than fog lights cause i would'nt have to fork out the $150+ for the OEM set or get crappy cheap ones.

These will be excellent then. They shine waaaay down the road. Just make sure they're properly aimed and you don't leave them on when traffic passes ;)
 






Dang!

Why can't I find a pair of them lying around my garage? I already have one pair on my truck and I can assure you they are awesome. They shine SO far down the road. I live out in the sticks and use them nightly! Actually with those two lamps, my 100w Xenon headlamps, and the four aftermarket fog lights mounted on my roofrack, I can see for at least a half a mile. One time I was going down a country road at night with all 8 lights on. I forgot I had them all on and another car was approaching. He actually pulled of the road and started madly flashing his lights on and off. Then I realized that I had the "nightblaster" system on. I felt really stupid, I was super thankful it wasn' cop!
 






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