Then in awhile maybe it's full buggy time.
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One Piece at a Time: My 1985 Diesel Suburban
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Started making a light bar.
The 8XL will be radiused to the windshield, so I made a tube to match.
David
The 8XL will be radiused to the windshield, so I made a tube to match.
David
Final fit before paint.
It sits lower than a lot of light bars that find their way on our trucks. Mostly, I just wanted it out of the way of branches and trail things. Maybe there’s an aero benefit, but who am I kidding?
David
It sits lower than a lot of light bars that find their way on our trucks. Mostly, I just wanted it out of the way of branches and trail things. Maybe there’s an aero benefit, but who am I kidding?
David
Looks really good
My only concern is if you need to change the windshield it might be too tight.
An inch further would have helped
Will the lights cause weird issues with dust and just general glare in through the windshield with them mounted right there? Just curious.
The whole thing will come off in that case (which will happen later this year). It's not a lot of hardware and it has a delphi connector, so easy on/off. Also, the bar and light weigh exactly 24 lbs, so man-handlable.
It's possible. I just don't know, yet. Dust has only been a problem when we're in a convoy, and I try to hang back pretty far to avoid clogging my air filter, so for me it's secondary to the risk of hood glare. BD says their lenses throw something like 95% of the light past the depth of the hood at this height, but we'll just have to see.
I have a sketch half done for lower reflector panel should I need it.
David
Very nice looking setup! I've always wondered about light spill over and glare off the hood with that mounting location.
I've dreamed about getting the KC version so I could get the Daylighter smiley face covers all the way across.
I've dreamed about getting the KC version so I could get the Daylighter smiley face covers all the way across.
I imagine you’ll make smiling duck covers, and it will be worth the price of admission.
David
Done. Just need to power it from the switch pro.
The new Seymour 316 black is pretty nice. It’s funny how it lays down almost as a battleship gray, but cures to that not-too-flat satin trim black. I’m proud to have had a hand in helping them hit that shade, so if no one like it, you can (partly) blame me. It will come out soon.
David
The new Seymour 316 black is pretty nice. It’s funny how it lays down almost as a battleship gray, but cures to that not-too-flat satin trim black. I’m proud to have had a hand in helping them hit that shade, so if no one like it, you can (partly) blame me. It will come out soon.
David
performance test please, want to total darkness turned into blinding light 
also the hood reflection and if any glare on windshield
looks really good. Send cut send ? on those parts
also the hood reflection and if any glare on windshieldlooks really good. Send cut send ? on those parts
Looks good!
Dust and glare with overhead lights is a real thing, BD has done a good job with getting the light past the hood etc. so that's minimized. In dusty conditions overhead lights are nearly useless, at least in my experiences. Dust is just like Fog or Snow, any type of lighting needs to be as far below the users eyes as possible
I'm so jealous of your light game.
I'm so jealous of your light game.
When is the test to see if you can out run the lights?
Even the LP9s on high beam get some glare running in the dust. Low beams have the diffuser lens and do really well in the dust, especially with the yellow covers. I have some S1s in yellow that I will mount below the bumper just as you outlined above, but it's a later project.
Step 1: ditch this head cold or flu or whatever. Step 2: let the rain pass today. Step 3: golden hour b-roll tomorrow, and night shots to wrap it all up.
I did a basic function check before paint, but a real test is set for this weekend.
David
When we were racing, the green covers for the lights seemed to help out a ton over amber.
The video is rendering, and it will show how the lights only touch the last ~6” of hood, which is sloped away and not really reflective back to the driver.
David
David
City tested.
David
Great video, I like the tips and tricks comments.
