led light bar

[Massacre-77]

looking to ditch old kc lights. what size light bar for the roof or who makes a kit for 74chevy truck.
thanks

 

[sweetk30]

in my opinion a full bar is a huge waste unless racing .

I have installed a few 20" 2 row units for people and WOW that's a lot of light . also blends in better on the front end .

lots of pics and ideas . also few specific pics on post 54 you need to see. https://ck5.com/forums/threads/led-light-bars.306089/

 

[1975Jimmy]

Or you can replace the KC lights with round LED lights and retain your current wiring and switches.
These NiLight 7" round LEDs on Amazon are pretty sweet. I have them on my truck and they are seriously bright!

 

[rpcraft]

I have a black powder coated grill for my 85 and I was going to put some mesh behind that in order to attach the blinker lights and also figure out a way to mount some length of light bars behind the mesh. That way the would be protected from road debris and gravel as well as prevent them from becoming giant bug catchers. I figure the mesh would also give me a way to attach the blinker's if the grill doesn't have provisions for it (Have not taken it out of the box to keep it protected yet, lol)

Looks like this once installed

 

[Massacre-77]

thanks for the help!

 

[natemc]

I have a 20" spot bar with a 12" flood bar on each side of that. All three bars are mounted on the roof rack. They are single row with 10w leds and are ridiculously bright. I do a lot of logging roads at speed and am very happy with them. The spot and flood argument takes some experience to be a part of. Either a racer or someone who puts a serious amount of miles in the situation where they are needed. The flood patterns are the best for the general population. You will not be able to out drive a good flood pattern of 120w of leds unless you've got a serious amount of suspension. I recently installed Led headlights in my high beam location last week. The following two days I didn't even use my light bars. They won't replace the light bars when on the single lane roads, but they sure did the job on the two lanes and highway.
The other thing about LED lighting is that, due to the vibrant bright white color. You won't need as many watts. Without getting into the details, you are better off being able to have multiple levels of light that one great big bar that is on or off.