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<blockquote data-quote="Ryan C" data-source="post: 1870936" data-attributes="member: 37209"><p>Two more things to consider. </p><p></p><p>First is the location of the lights. If you want light that is more evenly spread, and is more usable further away from truck, getting the lights up higher makes a big difference. Lights in the fog area aren't great on this metric, whereas lights up on the a pillars do great. Lights on the roof are better yet, but beware glare on the windshield, added noise and of course height clearance.</p><p></p><p>Second, consider both lumens and candela. The former is total light output, and the latter is the measurement of the amount of light in a focused area. Lights like Baja Designs XL tend to have higher candela than Squadrons, presumably due to the design of the optics. </p><p></p><p>Together, these two factors can be quite significant. For example, I had two sets of squadron pros in the fog area, and one set of XL80s on a pillar mounts. The optics were the same (driving combo) on all the lights. When the XL80s were on, they vastly outperformed the Squadrons. </p><p></p><p>This is presumably why Baja racers tend to like lights higher up, and also prefer the XL80 or Onx6 optics over those of smaller lights like the squadrons.</p><p></p><p>Hope this helps.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ryan C, post: 1870936, member: 37209"] Two more things to consider. First is the location of the lights. If you want light that is more evenly spread, and is more usable further away from truck, getting the lights up higher makes a big difference. Lights in the fog area aren't great on this metric, whereas lights up on the a pillars do great. Lights on the roof are better yet, but beware glare on the windshield, added noise and of course height clearance. Second, consider both lumens and candela. The former is total light output, and the latter is the measurement of the amount of light in a focused area. Lights like Baja Designs XL tend to have higher candela than Squadrons, presumably due to the design of the optics. Together, these two factors can be quite significant. For example, I had two sets of squadron pros in the fog area, and one set of XL80s on a pillar mounts. The optics were the same (driving combo) on all the lights. When the XL80s were on, they vastly outperformed the Squadrons. This is presumably why Baja racers tend to like lights higher up, and also prefer the XL80 or Onx6 optics over those of smaller lights like the squadrons. Hope this helps. [/QUOTE]
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