Rigid Industries DOT fog lights/spot lights install/review

Wow thats just cruel

Bulletnjm said:

Wow thats just cruel

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Dude extremely cruel. Thousands of dollars of tools that I cant get to and a beautiful siberian husky puppy that I can't have now.

Mine took a lab last year... cruel

I'm gonna have to make a trip up there soon when I get a break from these exams

DOT duallys ONLY. no headlights or anything.

Raptor Embroidery said:

Dude extremely cruel. Thousands of dollars of tools that I cant get to and a beautiful siberian husky puppy that I can't have now.

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At least she just has the keys and not the tools. You may find as your relationships get more involved, the amount of shit they take when they leave increases.

Prybar said:

At least she just has the keys and not the tools. You may find as your relationships get more involved, the amount of shit they take when they leave increases.

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Oh definitely!

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Little update, I have received everything finally!

-Rigid industries dually spots and DOT fog lights, Rigid industries raptor fog light mounting kit
-Motorcraft pigtail to wire up the new headlight switch.

I used one of the harnesses rigid sent (the one you would use if you are connecting straight to the battery and running a switch to the interior) and temporarily wired up the duallys. After doing that, I turned on my headlights which are projector headlights with 5000k hid bulbs.

The spot duallys have a very tight and intense focus beam and throw extremely far. At about 30' from the front of my raptor to my garage wall, the beam was still narrow. I wouldn't call it a pencil beam but more like a medium size spot. Compared to the light cannons I have mounted next to the windshield, they are not as intense but still very bright and focused.

I used my headlights to compare the DOT rigid fog lights. The headlight beam is a well spread, sharp cut off beam. Now, I have no idea how rigid did it, but the fog light beam (even without a projector) is very intense yet it produces a wide and very slim (top to bottom) beam with very sharp cutoffs on each edge of the beam. The science they used behind these optics has worked flawlessly and they perform incredibly. I turned the fog light away from the wall (I was holding it and have not yet mounted them) to find they throw an incredible distance and still maintain a great cutoff that will not only perform outstandingly in fog but also enhance my daily night time driving by adding a bit of distance as well as brightness to my low beam driving light.

These will be wired to stay on with my high beams (which I always turn off when there is oncoming traffic) to provide additional lighting while the high beams are on. Also, I will be wiring the high beams in my headlights to stay on with my low beams.

Stay tuned guys, these lights are incredible and I'm amazed with the attention to detail that rigid possesses right down to the packaging and the hardware they send with the lights.

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QTX said:

DOT duallys ONLY. no headlights or anything.

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Thank you very much for the picture! That is very very impressive. Man I can't wait to get these things mounted and wired up!!!

Maybe a stupid question but what makes these DOT legal vs. the non DOT legal ones?

MikeHem510 said:

Maybe a stupid question but what makes these DOT legal vs. the non DOT legal ones?

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They have the DOT rating.

Looking good!

MikeHem510 said:

Maybe a stupid question but what makes these DOT legal vs. the non DOT legal ones?

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DOT legal fog lights must past safety tests by the U.S. Department of Transportation. This means that the regular duallys are not street legal because the beams of light they produce are un-covered LEDs and reflectors. They are way too bright for the street and will blind oncoming drivers. The DOT Duallys have specialized optics that project the light in a flatter beam so the light doesn't spill upwards into the eyes of oncoming drivers.

There are many many people out there that buy Rigid Dually Flood or diffused lights for "fog lights" and run them on the road. I pass people like that all the time and it blinds me every single time.