I have been looking at different lighting options and here on the east caost I think a LED light might be better than your normal halogen or hid because there is no galss to break and they are waterproof. I know some of the newer generation of LED lights are bright as hell but most of my experience with LEDs is on emergency vehicles and they flash. ANyone know of or use a steady burning LED light for off road vehicles?

I have been reading up on them and some of the newer, brighter LED emergency lights do have a constant on as well as flashing patterns. I wonder if they would equal a 35w halogen in the constant on mode. A bonus is that they are vibration and weather resistant.

Found these...they're a little pricey but well worth it I think.
XMITTER BARS (Patent Pending) - LED SERIES - VISION X OFFROAD

They are using them out west now on a lot of the desert race vehicles. These LED lights are bad @ss man put out more light then HID and use about 1/2 the power of the HID. There is a company called Vision X offroad selling them and also Holder Offroad is selling them. There is also a video on Youtube of a guy holding two of these LED light bars designed for offroad use and is smacking them together as hard as he can with out breaking them or damaging them pretty cool and innovative stuff but a little bit pricey.

I wonder if there is a difference between say a whelen LED light and one of these xmitter or other brands that are marketed towards the off raod community.

Check out Holder off road. Love the light bars.

These are the holder lights, two ten inch..These things are very bright and sturdy. I do like them they emmit a very white light, compared to hid's which have a yellow tint to them.

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I like the idea of LED driving lights but I just can't afford $500 for them. LEDs are cheap to manufacture so when they drop to $100 I'll bite. Seeing how quickly HID dropped from $300/set to $75/set (and even less), I don't think I will have to wait that long.

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Aren't these little fuse-size bulbs for your dome light?

USMCSKI...I just got in a set of 4 9" LED's this past Thursday from a guy that owed me $$$ and I just happened to find him...Not the way I wanted to collect, but better than nothing. After doing a "Quick-Rig" last night to try them out next to my new HID setup and they are UNBELIEVABLE!!!

I got a total of Four 9" sets and just wired up a set of two. They are actually brighter than the HID's that I installed and that was just two. There is also not any noticeable power drop visually and very minimal on the meter.

I was thinking of setting them up in a low-profile lightbar, but something with a brush guard to protect them. The housings are all metal and these things are very well built. I would say they are definitely worth the money and I'm sure the price will come down, but I don't know if I would have pulled the money out of my pocket to buy them. I just knew I had to get what I could right then or lose everything.

These are the XMitter brand...He did have a set of the 22" and one 42", but I wanted to have a little more options with the 9" separates. I didn't get a change to run them at night because I would have had to give up riding the next day and I wouldn't have had a good mount.

I've been wanting to start on my "Project RZR-Electric Diet" and now I'm a lot closer. I want to see just how much power I can recover/save over stock and the normal upgrade paths that we all have currently.

I'll report back with pictures when I get it done...Supposedly the XMitter brand is the brightest LED available for this class of LED. They use them on a lot of the high-end Trophy-Trucks from what I've seen so far.

I found a new source for the high power LED lights that I'm waiting on them to deliver before I speak. From what I've seen so far the new place really knows high-powered lighting. If all goes well I'll get setup as a dealer and anyone can try a set at whatever my cost may be and passed on to you. They are claiming 1600 lumens with a much broader field of cover.

Hopefully by Wednesday or Thursday. The Xmitter's are still running great.

RZRarmy....be sure to keep us posted!!!!!

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2008 RZR
Bimini top,full windshield,Warn winch w/remote,custom gas cans,under dash bag,
shoulder bag,Rubberdown lift,Custom Graphics,
Under dash block off,14" ITP Beadlocks, 26" Bighorns, Headache net, Lock and ride rack, Highlifter springs (painted OD)

It would appear that the manufacturers of these lights are taking the individual lumen rating of each LED in the light and adding them together and using that as there "lumen" rating, rather than measuring the lumen output of the bar as a single unit, which could be a little misleading. I could be wrong and either way.....they appear to be very bright. A lot of what makes the newer LEDs more effective is a coupling with a good reflector and lens. We use these at work and they are very bright with a single LED. In my off the cuff comparison, these are much brighter than the stock RZR headlights.

Streamlight - Stinger® Series - Stinger DS™ LED

I have thought about running a few of these off the main electrical system hidden in strategic spots to turn night in to day. At $60 a piece, I could run 4 or 6 pretty cheaply and I think they might look cool "ganged" up. The Whelen TIR6 has been rated by some at 600 lumen which is about 100 lumen per LED if measured the same way, so it appears that the LEDs being used by Whelen are of the same output as those used by these "Offroad" folks for a lot less $$, though there may be some difference in the reflector or lens combination that could result in different overall output. Just my $.02

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I found these after reading the post... they appear to be the same 3watt LED bulbs that Xmitter uses, but you get twice as many for the same price 8 on the xmitter vs. 16 on these, plus they come with pre programmed flash patterns, might be fun if they are easy to switch between.

SIRENNET.COM - Sound Off Predator II Dual Side-by-Side Surface Mount

Anyone have any input...Pro's or Con's?

Well I actually received the lights this morning and just did a quick crude test to switch between the two. These lights are much different than the Xmitter lights in a Good way. They illuminate in a different way. These are better balanced all the way across the beam. I think this is because of the way the lens is setup. The claim is 1600 Lumen @1.8amp. I came up with 2.0 amps, but don't intend on trying to calculate the lumen. I'm just going to set them up side by side and turn them on and get pictures of the result since that's what everyone will want to see.

They are just as impressive as the Xmitter if not a little more...

Just FYI to everyone...you really can't measure/compare the output of LED to HID or Halogen the normal ways. The LED is a totally different type of light in the way that it's focused and amplified. A lower lumen rating on an LED can actually provide more viewing light than the HID or Halogen. It's all in the way the lights are assembled.

This is all new to me so I'm just trying to keep it simple for us all. I should have a good test rig setup for the weekend and get some pictures posted.

One Word of Caution!!! These lights are stepping into a different level of light and are ALWAYS BRIGHT. You can do serious or permanent damage to your eyes and others if not used with care.

Just thought I would mention that.