Balancing Amber vs. White

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smurfslayer

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I have only 3 pods in each side of bumper….2 are amber and 1 white.

How are you configured here?

My squadrons are contributing zero when I fire up the bigger off road lights. Right now I have spot/combo/SAE all white. I’m going to reconfigure
probably ditching the spots as I don’t use them for distance so much as in close.

Thinking either
combo white/combo amber/SAE
or
wide corner white/combo amber/sae

in either case, I’m going to aim the combos to be less offensive to any potential on coming drivers- won’t be using them as fogs, but I will use them on dark roads with no oncoming traffic once in a while and don’t really need distance lighting in the corners.

Fog is legit where I’m at so definitely want something that might get some extra visibility.
 

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Here ya go Smurfslayer. Inners are combos outer is a spread. BD’s. All the light I want. If I was night time desert running I might have more. I do not typically have a use for these on street as the factory lights are fine with me. These are non DOT.

If I’m out in the boonies at night I will use them when needed and am super quick to flick ‘em off if oncoming traffic is observed.
I decided to not bother with sae since they’re weaker and Im happy with the setup


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For me the Baja Designs lights are so bright that when I would drive extended periods offroad and had all my lights on that the white lights would make my eyes hurt. Im sure it was just me being a ***** but I swapped them to all Ambers. I love it. Still has so much output that I can see for a long ways but much easier on my eyes. So Amber in everything now except for 1 S2 in my GJ motorsports 3rd brake light.
I have now put the SAE fogs with a wide cornering lens in amber and I really like the output . Have them in my SVC bumper with a little bit of an angle out.
 

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So I got my new squadron pros mounted, now have SAE/amber combo/white combo per side. I also re-aimed them down a bit except for the SAE.

I re-tasked my old sq/pro spots to my RMAX.
 

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For me the Baja Designs lights are so bright that when I would drive extended periods offroad and had all my lights on that the white lights would make my eyes hurt. Im sure it was just me being a ***** but I swapped them to all Ambers. I love it. Still has so much output that I can see for a long ways but much easier on my eyes. So Amber in everything now except for 1 S2 in my GJ motorsports 3rd brake light.
I have now put the SAE fogs with a wide cornering lens in amber and I really like the output . Have them in my SVC bumper with a little bit of an angle out.
nice
 
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So I got my new squadron pros mounted, now have SAE/amber combo/white combo per side. I also re-aimed them down a bit except for the SAE.

I re-tasked my old sq/pro spots to my RMAX.

I forgot to mention when I posted this.

If you’re thinking about mounting your brand spanking new lights and don’t have a tube of anti-seize compound handy,

STOP. Do not pass go. Do not collect $200. Do not mount those lights.

Wait for the anti-seize to arrive. Apply GENEROUSLY to those accursed hex head screws that secure the squadron lights, or the normal bolts for LP/XL series lights.

Because if you ever have designs about aiming them differently or removing them / retasking them, they will laugh at you loudly. The good news is, after about a year of weathering, you don’t need anti-theft screws, God will definitely protect your B/D lights from theft ;-)

I don’t even want to think about the other 4 lights mounted in the fog pockets.
 
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