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[yoter100]

Thanks for the detailed review Loud!


I dont know about you guys, but the stock hundy fog lights are VERY weak in my opinion....

 

[1loudLX]

The stock LX ones were great...i miss them. I may sell my IPF foglights...and put HID projector housings in ....................of course thats a dream since those cost over 1000 dollars!

The IPFs arent bad, I sure like having them over the two weeks I didnt have them, one of those weeks not even having a bumper! heh

 

[yoter100]

Could you make them fit?? Let me know if you do!

 

[1loudLX]

Could you make them fit?? Let me know if you do!

Ive got two extra LX foglight housings you could buy and try yourself!

 

[yoter100]

Uhhhhhhhhh Ill pass. You first!

 

[ginericLC]

I'm running some cheap Hella Optilux 4" lights in mine. I swapped out the 35w bulbs for 55w bulbs and they are working very nicely. These have a spring adjustment bolt on them to adjust them up and down. It is sort of a neat feature.

PIAAs are nice lights but they are spendy. I've got a cheap set of the Costco 968 IPFs and they work pretty well. I like them better than the Pro Comp Hella rip offs I have. But neither are as good as the Hella Rallye 3000s I had on my first 80 or even the Maxtell 9"ers I had on my last 80 or the Bosch 8.75" Rallye lights I had on my 60. Granted all of those had huge reflectors compared to all of the lights I'm running on the 100. I installed a set of the IPF HID lights on a Jeep and wow those are some amazing lights. This particular jeep had 10 auxillary forward facing lights. 8 IPF 968s with 100 watt bulbs and then the pair of HIDs. The HIDs outshined all of the 968s combined.

I guess my point is that when you are dealing with at 3.5-4" reflector you can't expect huge benefits if you've become accustom to big lights.

 

[yoter100]

Very true. Thanks gineric.


Just picked up a pair of the new PIAA 520 atp's and those are some powerful lights with a great pattern!

 

[Utahfj62]

First time I called ARB they told me the 100 Sahara Bar Fog Kit came with PIAA lights - called again they said IPF this time. When I talked to my local ARB dealer Cruiser Outfitters - they told me IPF. I bet they simply misspoke when they told me PIAA the first time.

I just can't bring myself to fork over another $350 on top of the approximately $1200 I paid for the Sahara Bar. I piggy backed on an order of $12 buck OEM pigtails - Thanks Trunk Monkey - and picked up a pair of 55 watt Hella Optilux 2500 4 inch light kit online for $58 bucks. I'll fab my own mount and for $70 bucks total I have lights in the Sahara bumper and able to use the stock switch on the stick.

A savings over $250 bucks - don't tell my wife - she will have it spent before I finish telling her. I'm saving it for one of Mr. Slee's rear bumpers.

Yes - not the high quality IPF lights - but my factory fogs sucked ass anyway- the Optilux put out more light.

I'll post up picks of my fab and install when the lights arrive.

 

[yoter100]

Please do.

 

[LandCruisers4Life]

First time I called ARB they told me the 100 Sahara Bar Fog Kit came with PIAA lights - called again they said IPF this time.

I remember ARB stating that the bumpers used PIAA lamps, but that was a good while back. Might have been PIAA at first, then changed to IPF.

 

[dclee]

The 100 series lights come with an elaborate bracket kit that allows all kinds of adjustment using screws and it has a spring setup to stop vibrations I believe.

Yes. The adjustments make it very easy to aim the lamps, and the screws are spring-loaded to cushion vibrations. And as Loud said, the pattern is actually pretty nice. Good cutoff (as you can see in his video) and a nice wide pattern. In this case you sort of get what you pay for.

BTW (shameless plug) I'm selling my bumper which has the IPF foglight kit, check the Classifieds...