Ok, new lighting idea...

[Original_Ranger84]

It really depends. I think for trails you would be better off with the driving lights because they throw a wider beam and you really aren't going to run into too many 1/2 mile long straight stretchs on trails. Long range lights definately come in handy with highway and desert running cause they go way down the road.

 

[doyouquaxu]

from everything i've been told from those in the desert scene, it is a foolish idea to put a light bar on the roof of your truck without a roll cage to mount it to. otherwise, you're going to rip the sheetmetal on the roof from the movement of the light bar and the weight of the lights.

i saw one on a ranger at my school that had cut into his a pillar a little bit and then welded in a tab for his light bar, with an adjustable linkage that runs to the 3rd brake light i believe.

thats the only pic i have of it, if you search around on dezertrangers.com and race-dezert.com there will be a lot of pics of light bars and how to mount them.

 

[Original_Ranger84]

Its never a good Idea to mount something like lights to the roof or anything to any sheet metal anywhere on your truck.

I will hopefully be making a rack for my other lights this next week cause its spring break.