Ideas for lights for my new ride

[SanTan38]

Looks good.
I like those Oracle Back-up lights! I got mine with their flush mount tail lights (THAT is another story!) and I like how much light they put out, for as small as they are. They work with the Stock JT tail lights, and that is how I have them now. You have yours wired in on a switch? DO you use them as back-up lights also?

lol. I did the same as you and got the back up lights with the flush mount tail lights. Went back to the stock tail lights. Had issues. lol.
But I’ll use the orical lights as a back up if I need more light.
Or if there is some stupid driver tailgating me I might light em up.
No….. I don’t do that.
Really……… I don’t………….. lol.

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[WambliSka]

Thanks for all the replies and pictures. I thought I had this all figured out until I went to my Jeep and started measuring things when it occurred to me, shit what about the trail cam?!?!?!? It was late and I was in my garage and I didn't feel like screwing around with things last night but my plan is to get some objects that are roughly the size of the lights I'm thinking off and see how they affect the field of view on the camera.

Do any of you run bumper mounted lights with a trail cam? Any issues, especially at night when the lights are on?

My biggest concern really is not night driving on trails since I don't like taking on very challenging terrain in the dark. But there are trails I go on that have some interesting steep drops and I do need to take care of my line and it'd be great if the wife can stay in the Jeep with me instead of getting out and becoming my spotter, so making sure I lose no visibility is the most important issue for me.

 

[Bandit’s Lair]

As long as you can get a gist of what’s in front of you you’ll be fine. To get an idea just throw your brights on and see what you can see.

 

[Stoly]

Snipped for brevity...

I'm a big fan of cardboard, painters tape, and zip ties to make templates. A couple of measurements to assist you on your quest.

'25 Rubicon w/ 1.5" Tereflex level kit on the front and completely stock suspension otherwise. I'm also running old school lights that are larger in diameter than most of the modern lights so hopefully their 'bulk' will give you some ideas on the worst case scenario side of the sliding scale.

Ground to top center of the plastic bumper = 29.5"
Ground to the center of the trail camera = 42.5"
From the grill indentation to the outer edge of the lights = 5"
Ground to the top of the lights = 38"
Top of the bumper to the top of the light = 8"

The above combo looks like this in my trail camera -

Grill indentation to outer edge of light -

Lastly, I spent quite a bit of time in this thread - https://www.jeepgladiatorforum.com/forum/threads/the-definitive-front-bumper-thread.51743/

The question of the trail camera comes up a few times and I was always surprised to see how much bulk i.e. winch can be out there and not block as much of the camera as I would have guessed just by looking at the set-up.

Good luck!

 

[VA6489]

Thanks for all the replies and pictures. I thought I had this all figured out until I went to my Jeep and started measuring things when it occurred to me, shit what about the trail cam?!?!?!? It was late and I was in my garage and I didn't feel like screwing around with things last night but my plan is to get some objects that are roughly the size of the lights I'm thinking off and see how they affect the field of view on the camera.

Do any of you run bumper mounted lights with a trail cam? Any issues, especially at night when the lights are on?

My biggest concern really is not night driving on trails since I don't like taking on very challenging terrain in the dark. But there are trails I go on that have some interesting steep drops and I do need to take care of my line and it'd be great if the wife can stay in the Jeep with me instead of getting out and becoming my spotter, so making sure I lose no visibility is the most important issue for me.

I have to say I am not a fan of the forward facing trail cam. It is a good crutch to start to learn the boundaries of you rig and get the feeling of where you tires are. Big drops and "black holes" at nights I would much rather put eyes on.

I am a huge fan of CAD ( Carboard Aided Design) some carboard and duct tape and you can simulate just about anything.

 

[WambliSka]

I'm a big fan of cardboard, painters tape, and zip ties to make templates. A couple of measurements to assist you on your quest.

'25 Rubicon w/ 1.5" Tereflex level kit on the front and completely stock suspension otherwise. I'm also running old school lights that are larger in diameter than most of the modern lights so hopefully their 'bulk' will give you some ideas on the worst case scenario side of the sliding scale.

Ground to top center of the plastic bumper = 29.5"
Ground to the center of the trail camera = 42.5"
From the grill indentation to the outer edge of the lights = 5"
Ground to the top of the lights = 38"
Top of the bumper to the top of the light = 8"

The above combo looks like this in my trail camera -

Grill indentation to outer edge of light -

Lastly, I spent quite a bit of time in this thread - https://www.jeepgladiatorforum.com/forum/threads/the-definitive-front-bumper-thread.51743/

The question of the trail camera comes up a few times and I was always surprised to see how much bulk i.e. winch can be out there and not block as much of the camera as I would have guessed just by looking at the set-up.

Good luck!

Thank you! Exactly the info I needed!!!

 

[WambliSka]

Update...

After a lot of thinking, reading, shopping and studying I decided to keep it extra simple. Nilight a brand that I have used in my old Gladiator with very good success has this tiny 300 W 12" LED bar that does not intrude in any way with my forward facing camera!!! I think it was all of $30 delivered overnight from Amazon and it's built rather nice. The last set of Nilight lights I bought lasted for years of lots of use (I often lose track of time and end up wheeling at night to get home) on my old Gladiator so I don't think I'm too worried about these ones not working as advertised. And as a bonus they come in orange with goes very nicely with the badging of my Mojave X!

Installed them tonight by drilling and mounting them straight on to the bumper winch cover plate and ran the harness to the right AUX 1 lead. I was done in 30 mins. THEN I had to fuck around with the whole setup because my light would not stay on only to finally find out about the freaking "LATCHING" setting!!!!! Son of a bitch!!! But everything is working well now so I'll go out tomorrow to test them off-road and report back. They also come in red for the Rubicon owners.

Anyway, here it is...

Now this weekend I'm installing these and I'm DONE!!! The Mojave will be EXACTLY the way I need it!

 

[trlwspr]

I've been very lucky and have had an incredible experience with Bent Motorsports and Lakebed Innovations. Baja Designs lights all around. He's the list:
LP6 DOT headlights
(2) S2 IR lights
(2) Squadron Sports
(5) S1 in the grill from Lakebed Innovations
(2) S1 rear bumper lights
(10) Red Rock lights
(1) Red done light
(2) SAE dog lights

They are incredible lights and I've been very happy with their performance. The LP6 headlights aren't as bright as the stock led lights but they are good.

Led's always look different in pictures but here are some shots. You can see better pics in some of my other posts.

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