Aux driving lights

[Jayken]

Guys help with the lights, confused a little bit.

Gmtmoto mounts by the front turn signal and PIAA 1100X, or the Martin Fabrication's multi-fit bracket with PIAA 1100X with a front fender mount.

The question , fender mount is better or the Signal light mount?

http://www.cyclegadgets.com/Products/Li ... t=MFL-15C3
http://gmtmoto.com/lightmount1150.php



regards
Jay

[taosports]

I'd go with the lower fender mount. Gives you a triangle light pattern with your headlight, making you more visible.

[riceburner]

I'd go with the lower fender mount. Gives you a triangle light pattern with your headlight, making you more visible.

Only if they're looking....

[awagnon]

I think the higher you mount them, the better they throw light down the road. On the other hand, I agree with the "triangle" of light improves people seeing you. My PIAA 1100X's are mounted low on a Wunderlich engine bar. Note: Put dielectric grease on the two pins of the PIAA 1100 bulbs. They tend to corrode and break off if you don't.

[NAIAD]

Another "free" opinion...

I'd go with the lower mount for the triangulation affect. Carefully aimed lights (at least Hella FF50's mounted under the cooler shrouds) can pretty much be left on all the time. I've passed on coming State troopers at night on two lane roads with my aux. lamps on and never had them "ask" me to dim them. High mount lights might work like that too, but only if they're aimed pretty low. Especially true if you're using true driving lamps that throw a narrower beam far down the road vs fog pattern lights that have a sharp cutoff and concentrate light closer to the vehicle.

At least that's my story and I'm stickin' to it!

Good luck with whatever you decide...more light is always a GOOD thing...

Ciao! BJ

[Jayken]

I will do the driving light first ,I am going with the PIAA 1100X PLatinums . These PIAA's will mount high with either a RCU mount or the GMTmoto mount (can't decide between the two).
I will mount the Motolights on the caliper few months down the road. Any more free opinions for the mounts????

regards

[philbytx]

I live in "deer country" in the TX hills and have PIAA1100's on Martin Fab brackets on my RT. They work very, very well and, of course, they are very "aimable' and also steer with you.

[johnnyjs1]

I fabbed up a set of bracket that mount to where the engine guard bolt to on the frame. The final result is the light sit just under the cooler covers. I'll get pics up in a bit

[johnnyjs1]

might be hard to see, but here ya go. The lights are free to pivot up/down. And only one bolt is used to mount em to the bracket so they can can be adjusted outward/inward easily. I just used some galvinized steel for these(was in a hurry to mount em and thats all i had available at the time), going to make another set out of alum or stainless in the very near future

[Airman]

I think the higher you mount them, the better they throw light down the road. On the other hand, I agree with the "triangle" of light improves people seeing you. My PIAA 1100X's are mounted low on a Wunderlich engine bar. Note: Put dielectric grease on the two pins of the PIAA 1100 bulbs. They tend to corrode and break off if you don't.

Al,
I see the comment about the triangle of light and people seeing you better a lot. That's not the way I see driving lights, or fog lights for that matter. I want to see deer by the side of the road a thousand yards out. (only a slight exaggeration) And never overdrive my lights, like 85 at night in the rain, something I think we all do on occasion, I just have more rain to play with then most of you. And I don't get as much real fog as some of you, but I've had it so thick in the winter I was concerned about being hit ffrom behind and couldn't see forward much. So for me it's the PIAA 910's.

I've got the power run for it. I need to buy the RCU brackets and the lights yet. I think if I was looking for a really cost effective setup I'd buy the RCU brackets and the Hella FF50's. I am not positive what I want to do with the switching. I see the Autoswitch installations. What's the advantage to doing that as opposed to just switching the light relay with the high beam switch ?

[awagnon]

Al,
I see the comment about the triangle of light and people seeing you better a lot. That's not the way I see driving lights, or fog lights for that matter.

I was hit head-on by a car who "didn't see me". My regular light was on bright at the time. I've since added the extra lights which I generally leave on during the day for better conspicuousness. I vaguely remember a study quoted as saying the triangular arrangement of the lights helps. I don't "out ride" my lights at night and I slow down anyway in deer country.