AverageOutdoorsman Posted April 5, 2022 Share Posted April 5, 2022 Hey all. I have owned this HD8 for a few years now and added a few modifications here and there. I finally decided this last month to move forward with auxiliary LED lighting, I wanted it previously but was hesitant because I didn’t know exactly what I needed. For context, I hunt - a lot. This machine is used a couple of times a week at least while chasing coyotes, pigs, white tail, turkey, elk, pronghorn … you name it. After a lot of use, I determined that I needed quite a bit of additional lighting up front. I frequently fly down turnrows, unpaved county roads, caliche roads, two tracks, and fields and have struggled with lighting up front. I didn’t want a light bar because they are fixed, so I narrowed it down to the cube style lights. Reverse lights were a no-brainer for gates, backing up, and cleaning animals. Side lighting was something I knew I wanted, but didn’t know exactly what to do about it. All that said, I decided I wanted to focus most of my attention on the front but also make sure that I took care of back & side lighting. Here’s what I came up with: - (2) Rigid D-SS Spot lights on a-pillars - (2) Rigid D series flood lights mounted to bumper - (2) 7” Auxbeam bars mounted to the custom bed rack - (2) 4” Auxbeam “side shooter” lights mounted to custom bed rack I went with Auxbeam to save cash because I wasn’t sure how much light was needed, but knew I could probably accomplish it without shelling out Rigid dollars. I mounted everything and hooked them up to 4 switches in the dash. Spots, front floods, side bars, reverse lights. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wu tang Posted April 6, 2022 Share Posted April 6, 2022 Well that’s bright Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjohnston Posted April 8, 2022 Share Posted April 8, 2022 where did you get that rack? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AverageOutdoorsman Posted April 11, 2022 Author Share Posted April 11, 2022 On 4/8/2022 at 3:28 PM, cjohnston said: where did you get that rack? A buddy and I built it out of aluminum. He’s got a CNC machine and hooked me up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjohnston Posted April 17, 2022 Share Posted April 17, 2022 On 4/10/2022 at 6:13 PM, AverageOutdoorsman said: A buddy and I built it out of aluminum. He’s got a CNC machine and hooked me up! That’s the best looking rack I’ve seen so far! Heck of a job!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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