I ordered you one for Christmas


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I know its early, but I ordered you something too

 

 

Proper rallye lights would look better

But the new technology is hard to beat

If the bar were black it would look better

 

Have you seen an RS with proper rally lights yet? I haven't and I'm interested in seeing what it would look like.

 

he may need the lighting, you never know.

 

Someone from Tasmania went way too far with this mod - Sorry if you're on here..but I think this is hideous. Ruins that gorgeous front end with that tacky SuperCheap Auto spotlight bar..its just wrong. Please remove and put it on a 4x4

Personally I don't think it looks all that bad. Probably not something I'd put on my car, but its definitely not something I'd feel the need to open a completely new thread about to bash someones car. Its their car and they can do what they want.

 

Someone from Tasmania went way too far with this mod - Sorry if you're on here..but I think this is hideous. Ruins that gorgeous front end with that tacky SuperCheap Auto spotlight bar..its just wrong. Please remove and put it on a 4x4

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NSW plates, you sure they're from Tassie?

Also, the light bars doesn't look bad at all. As for functionality, have you seen the number of roadkill in Tassie? I'd rather have a light bar on my grill than a wallaby - haha.

he may need the lighting, you never know.

If it really is Tassie, then definitely! Last time I planned a week-long trip down there, I had it all planned out so that I would be warm at home before the sun went down. That is how dark it gets - and with all the wildlife around the area - you just won't want to risk it.

 

Light bars dont do anything helpful for highway driving. Some rally lights would work infinitely better. Light bars are for messing around at off road speeds, not RS highway speeds.

 

Restricting the airflow to the radiator, too, but it's his car and if that's what he wants... I agree, at least paint the bar black.

Jim

 

Here in Alaska, light bars are a necessity. I'll be putting a slim 20" black Rigid LED bar on my RS later this week. I've got the same bar on my truck and real world illumination is easily 1500ft+. I've used KC, PIAA, and Hella in the past and I would say a pair of those put out less than 25% of the LED bars. However, there are a lot of cheap LED bars that don't offer focus or distance.

I live 60 miles from the nearest town down a 2 lane, often snow covered, highway with a 65mph speed limit. When you have 19+ hours of darkness, good lighting is an absolute necessity.

Don't forget about the 1500lb moose that hang out along the highway because the snow is not as deep...

 

I'll be putting a slim 20" black Rigid LED bar on my RS later this week.

Pics or it didn't happen [emoji4]

 

looks like crap on the RS and on most trucks rolling around in NA...jmho

 

Guessing a lot of city folk........If we could Kull Roos we wouldn't need addons like this.......
Those light bars are crazy, if you haven't had a roo cross your path you'd never understand why you'd want them till 300+kg of Roo hit your car like a boulder remember they can match your speed at over 80k/h, try driving at dusk/night/dawn between Bendigo and Denniliquinn and you might be wanting one, I've done it for ayear at one stage, dodging roos was not a once in a while thing it was every trip and you'd be glad if you counted them on the one hand for the day. I'm glad my commute is within town now, as on those two roads you can see accidents with each trip each way each day, with many a car destroyed by a roo.

 

Someone from Tasmania went way too far with this mod - Sorry if you're on here..but I think this is hideous. Ruins that gorgeous front end with that tacky SuperCheap Auto spotlight bar..its just wrong. Please remove and put it on a 4x4

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Awww, you're gonna make me cry...
http://www.focusrs.org/forum/32-focus-rs-lighting/2572-aux-driving-lights.html
i still don't have my car yet but this mod will probably be put on hold indefinitely. I don't need the aux lighting and i definitely do not want to drill in to the bumper yet.

Restricting the airflow to the radiator, too, but it's his car and if that's what he wants... I agree, at least paint the bar black.

Jim

I have to agree, don't block the radiator if possible. it doesn't look like he has a choice though. Those license plates don't really fit anywhere else.

 

Here's a 20" single row light bar I mounted on the RS.

 

Now you've got me interested. Any details on this? Who makes it? How much $$$?

 

Once a year my autocross club does a night event. There are street lights but you need something beyond headlights to cut through the pitch black of the track.

Be great to have this especially if it were removable. Would bum some competitors right out to see this come out of the trunk at night!

 

This light is a cheaper Speed Demon light. I just installed it and do not have it wired up yet. Picture is not great but I made a bracket out of some flat bar and mounted it with two bolts. It would only take two minutes to remove it.

 

This is the mounting points I used.

 

Well thats a whole lot neater than the example the thread started with Don't mind yours at all

 

It tucks in nice. I think a curved light bar might look better yet.

 

If you could get it out closer to being flush with the bumper lines, it would look super awesome, but it is definitely not bad as is.

 

Purchased A Hella 350 driving beam. Plan to mount it a bit inboard in the same location

 

Hopefully RIGID makes the new ADAPT in a 20":

Adapt Series - Rigid Industries LED Light Bar - Marine, Offroad, Truck