My front bumper had a slot for a light bar and while I didn’t really think I needed additional lights, I thought I would fill the gap. The bumper is so low profile that it is not possible to mount any of the new style round lights up there. Then I thought about how the Rigid lights on the side wings of the bumper really are not appropriate for fog lights since they aim outward. So I then decided to add some amber fog lights. And then I decided I needed a slick solution for mounting the light switches.
So I started thinking I didn't need any lights and ended up with more than I ever thought I would have... I guess I should be use to this by now, I constantly say that the truck is finished and then I go and find more s*** to do to it. I want to say that in general I think excessive lighting is almost as stupid as roof top tents, and I didn't want to make my LX look like some jacked up GMC with light bars all over, so hopefully I did this tastefully.... The lights are tucked into the bumper nicely, looks like they are supposed to be there, Im happy with how it turned out.
Lights: When it comes to lights its pretty clear to me that the pecking order is Baja Designs, then other expensive brands like Rigid, then medium price brands that are identical to the cheapest brands and then there is the unapologetic, cheap Chinese lights. For the light bar, I went with the cheap Chinese light off Amazon and it is perfect. I just didn't want to spend a grand on a nice Baja light and everything else out there is the same as a $50 Chinese light IMO.
I bought a Nilight 30inch, single row bar, and the Nilight wiring harness. The wiring harness is way better than the one rigid supplied with their lights, it was so nice that I ordered another one to replace the cheap, and way to short Rigid wiring harness that didn't even include a relay.
The fog lights are the Baja Amber squadron sport. They are high quality and impressive. Way, way nicer and brighter than the Rigid lights.
Mounting the Lights: The light bar slot cut into the Dissent Bumper was for a Rigid light. I thought I would just roll the dice on a cheap Chinese light and fabricate some mounting hardware to fit into the threaded mounting holes in the dissent. And I guess I got lucky, The supplied mounts nearly fit out of the box. I ended up having to grind away a tiny amount of metal off the sides and top of the mounting tab and then hit it with a blast of black spray paint and the entire thing fit into the bumper as it they were designed for each other. I was stoked on how easy it was.
The Baja's were even easier. The Baja lights have a swivel mount on the bottom and all I had to do was drill a hole into the angled part of the bumper near the hole cut out. This was aluminum so it drilled very easy. The lights are tucked away into the bumper but still have a great angles to shoot light out. I think it came out great.
