Roof Rack Lights?

[Brad Rumph]

What type of lights would you guys run on your roof rack? I would like to have four small ones. Mostly for work. I am a plantation manager and find myself working on equipment at night more than I would like to.I just know you guys will have some great ideas!

 

[Augie]

Hella/Bosch marine/backup flood unit for working outside the truck. There are a lot for sale on ebay. I would not put driving light since the reflection on the hood would produce a lot of glare to the driver. Spot might be OK if you want to see very far but still require somekind of a deflector under the light.

 

[Landpimp]

I'll 2nd that, the Hella work lights are great, get a pair that are fixed and a pair that rotate.

 

[Kaderabek]

Roof rack lights would last about 5 minutes on the trail around here.

TJK

 

[macneill]

Roof rack lights would last about 5 minutes on the trail around here.

TJK

Roof rack lights would last about 5 minutes in an indoor parking garage around here.

 

[Kaderabek]

Good point. Can't recall the last time I parked in an enclosed garage.

TJK

 

[macneill]

Good point. Can't recall the last time I parked in an enclosed garage.

TJK

It blows. Especially when they charge ya $500 a month.

 

[Kaderabek]

I actually do have enclosed (and free) parking at work but the ceiling is a good 50' high (breezeway of an old REO dealership).

TJK

 

[Brad Rumph]

Poor guys!I have not had to park in garage in years I guess I am lucky. 375,000 acres of protected land around my house so I guess ( and you can see why I might need lights).My neighbors house is app 13 miles away Anyway thanks for the info!

 

[brownbear]

Roof rack lights would last about 5 minutes in an indoor parking garage around here.

Are you saying they would get stolen? Or are the ceilings too low? Being NYC I was thinking it was stealing thief thing. Fancy expensive lights gone!

 

[Kaderabek]

Too low.

TJK

 

[r3run33]

hey i was going to install something like this on my arb roof rack in the spring and have it either fold into the rack or outside to cut down on the clearance

 

[r3run33]

hey my picture would not post because its to big??? anybody know how to shrink it? its 137kb and the max it says is 89kb?

 

[macneill]

hey my picture would not post because its to big??? anybody know how to shrink it? its 137kb and the max it says is 89kb?

If you have Photoshop, you can rez it down in that app. Not sure about others though.

I'd like to see the folding thing.

 

[Kaderabek]

Make it 640x480. Then choose Save for Web. Presto.

TJK

 

[r3run33]

ok sorry ti took so long but i will try to post the pics again now these are from a tundra with a roll bar; i spoke to the guy and he said it can be applied to a roof rack and either have it folding inside or outside. he is in calif and said around $400

 

[r3run33]

sorry here is the 2nd pic (i am new to this sort of stuff=

 

[harveya]

What type of lights would you guys run on your roof rack? I would like to have four small ones. Mostly for work. I am a plantation manager and find myself working on equipment at night more than I would like to.I just know you guys will have some great ideas!

I would use the smallest and cheapest rectangular ones you can get and mount them underneath the roof bar if you have clearance, that way the bar protects them. Plus if you are using them for work rather than looks then cheap will be fine and if they get broken then it is cheap to fix.

Her are the lights fitted on my 4Runner - can't fit any on the roof of my Cruiser cos it's already close to the highest it can get to fit in the local parking garages.

 

[Landpimp]

neat set up. I always thought the way the Baja trucks used to mount the lights so they would fold down into the roof was a slick set up, wouldnt work in a Cruiser however.

sorry here is the 2nd pic (i am new to this sort of stuff=

 

[Landpimp]

these are Hella work light mounted on the rear of my 80, they light up a very wide area.

John Deere makes some great tractor work lights also, many different beam patterns, they are pretty cheap also, I run these on my boat.