The Stovebolt Site Forums The Shop Area General Truck Talk Have any of y'all added "driving" lights to your truck?

If you have...what kind do you have? I'm thinkin'
about gettin' a pair for my daily driver. Where I live is rural, outside of town anyway, and for most of the Fall & Winter months the substandard roadways that we have usually have a coat of mud on 'em, many with no shoulder, just pave to a ditch on each side and poorly marked.
I'm lookin' at a set that's used on semi's, mounted above the bumper and are made out of stainless and have louvres inside, pointing a little downward.
Any opinions or thoughts?

My wife has a '99 Pontiac Grand Am GT with the driving lights built in to the lower bumper. They point slightly outward and do a nice job of illuminating the edges of the road. They dont make much of a difference in viewing distance but they definitely improve overall visibility.
You could say the difference is "night and day". :rolleyes:

Just be a nice guy and connect the relay to a dimmer switch. People that run them all the time burn me.

They are nice,but please adjust them right.A lot of people around here use them,they can see just fine,but they blind everyone else on the road.

Thanks for the responses. If I get 'em I'll use a lighted switch w/relay and only use 'em to keep my my truck from being an "off road" vehicle, LOL. The kind I looked at were on a retired semi driver's p/u. Even though they're made for semi's they look good and let you see good, according to the old trucker friend.

i know the type of lights you are talking about. for a more antique type look you might consider the housings from unity manufacturing. they were at one time just about the only us manufacturer of auxillary lights, and made just about all of the spotlights in the us. they are a very old company. the housings are usually chrome, so ya gotta wax them, and i suggest you paint the inside of them so rust can't get a start from the inside. if you have a 12 volts system a 4509 bulb goes into the housing very well. if you use the 4509, i REALLY suggest wiring with a relay into the high beam system, as a 4509 is a 100 watt aircraft landing light. total amp draw for 2 bulbs is about 14 amps, but you can lights up the road, remove paint and melt snow with them.

have ya figured out that i've been there done that?

Good advice, KK...thanks. I forgot about Unity...I'll check 'em out.
BTW, in case anybody's interested ,on Ebay I urned up a pair each or 6v & 12v nos what they called, firetruck/bus lights, red lens on one side & amber on the other. They look like after market turning signal lamps. They don't appear to be glass lens nor do they have the arrow in the lens but they might be good for someone here.
I found them by looking at a retailers web site and noticed the N.O.S button which took me to ebay.
Thanks Koolkar, Jacques

Yep i have used them. here is a little something that mite be of use to ya.

On/Off/Automatic Driving lights & Installing Fog Lights .

Some of the better Lights I have used are the Per-Lux 200 series lights.

Thanks, Jolly.
Per-Lux is the brand that my friend has. I couldn't remember the name and was going to call him for the name again. It doesn't matter but I'll be putting them on my '86 daily driver rather than on the '46, but I'm startin' to imagine them on the '46, too! My friend told me he bought his at a truck stop in Wyoming and said that they're hard to find. Thanks again, Jacques