Instead we perched each LED light bar on a dedicated mounting system on the Land Cruiser that was for stationary use. To pick a winner, we had to fit the LED light bar illegally on the test vehicle, as it simply couldn’t be done legally. Still a no, as that’s legally too high to be used on road.ĭura Vision – Tornado 26 LED single row barĭura Vision – Tornado 12 LED single row bar That leaves up on the roof racks or under the windscreen. How about down lower and protruding from the bar work? Not legal either as that doesn’t fit within the vehicle (or bar work) lines. That leaves a spot above the bullbar which isn’t legal as it can obscure vision and (in some cases) be positioned too high. I’ll wager not many bullbars have uprights spaced far enough apart to slot a one-metre-plus light in between. LED bars are not cheap, but the varying prices on test, combined with their performances, shows you get what you pay for – quality counts.įitting such long light bars can be a little tricky. They can also be waterproof and vibration resistant. There are, however, a few benefits of running with LED lighting over traditional forms most excel in lower currant draw, have no warm up time, have a massive (most say over 50,000 hours) life span and can offer a spread in both horizontal and vertical planes. Sure, there are a couple on test that cast a medium length beam at decent Lux readings, but they fall well short compared to the round versions. LED light bars have, and still are, (mostly) regarded as a wide-beam-only lighting system, with little long distance penetration. They did, however, offer plenty for the ‘slow is the go’ mob who relish low range crawling on rocks, ruts and gravel-rash-inspiring terrain. My initial disappointment of LED light bars, when compared to the results of the round versions, was from a touring point of view the bars simply didn’t cut it for medium to high speed driving on the open road. Given our last light test focused on round LED driving lights, we were eager to see if light bars could match them with their wide angle spread combined with pure outright reach. So technically, according to some, that is also illegal as there are more than four additional forward facing white lights. There are, however, (in many cases) 20 or more little lights (LEDs) in each long light casing. For instance one long light bar has an uneven number of lights (you are supposedly meant to be fitting additional forward facing lights in pairs with a maximum of four). There’s also the varying state regulatory systems that can’t comprehend technical advancements, nor agree with one another from state to state as to whether light bars are legal. We did meet a few hiccups along the way wiring irregularity issues that you should be aware of when purchasing, we also tussled with the mechanics of fitting such long light bars to a standard bullbar – again, another logistical issue you need to be aware of before handing over your hard-earned. While there are many variables in the lights available – mainly the bars at varying lengths – we requested each company supply us with their biggest and best efforts, most of which measure in at about the one metre mark in length. Yet another LED light test has us spending many nights out on the tracks of our test paddock loaded with reflectors and test gear this time we’re looking at light bars – both single row and double stacked to see if length and wattage really matters.
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