Let there be light!

[dirtdug]

What is the brightest, easiest, most affordable way to get enough light to see where the heck Im going? I have a 76 CJ5 i am just wrapping up, its really nice, but I live in deer country here in MI and these lights really suck when I compare to our new vehicles as could be expected.

Some of you guys must have found a decent solution, Im open to tips

 

[johnnyreb]

do an H4 coversion. But you need to wire in relays. You should be able to get the info through the search function.

 

[Barry2]

I use a pair of aircraft landing lights, good for a looooooong ways.
They only will come on with the high beams and of course run them from a relay or your headlight switch will yell"Geronimo" and bail out.

 

[BusaDave9]

Years ago they made a law that the high beams could be no more than 65 watts. New technology has made much brighter lights that are still no more than 65 watts. Hallogen, Xenon or HID bulbs will do this. Actually I installed 100 watt high beams in my Jeep when I lived in Minnesota. They were as bright as Xenon and when I aimed them right and switched to low beam when someone was coming no one ever noticed. Worked the same as high tech bulbs but with low technology. But you didn't hear it from me.
I would drive out on backroads that I would almost never see anyone. I had off road lights mounted on my windshield. They were wired up with a 3 way switch. They could be off, on, or connected to the high beams with a relay. When set like that I would have the high beams on and the off-road lights on at the same time. When I hit the dimmer switch the off road lights would go off too. One last thing: this setup is for off-road use only.

 

[hole]

Try contacting Daniel Stern at Daniel Stern Lighting Consultancy and Supply

 

[tinhorn]

While on the topic of headlights, I've wondered what the differences might be in driving lights mounted high (roll bar), mid (cowl), or low (bumper). Seems like bar-mounted lights would create too much glare on the windshield.

(I hope this is an appropriate thread to ask this--not trying to highjack.)

 

[BusaDave9]

While on the topic of headlights, I've wondered what the differences might be in driving lights mounted high (roll bar), mid (cowl), or low (bumper). Seems like bar-mounted lights would create too much glare on the windshield.

(I hope this is an appropriate thread to ask this--not trying to highjack.)

If the headlights are above the windshield it's good to have them back a ways so they don't shine down on the windshield. It's even good if they don't shine on the hood. An extremely bright hood is distracting.
When the lights are high like that they illuminate the road ahead very well. Almost too well. I have found that when bright lights are mounted that high it makes the path ahead very low contrast. If the lights are mounted on the bumper then any dip in the road or trail is more like a shadow. You know when you are about to hit a dip.