Lighting stockpiled for build. What's everyone else running?

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BD 10" Onyx6 full laser.
BD 10" Onyx6 high speed spot.
(Will mod the Speed bumper to stack the Onx6s) similar the Magnum's design.
Assault industries night Hawk mirrors w/ BD squadron sport wide cornering.
BD RTL-B.
(We'll be cutting the rear edge of the roof off and fabbing something because the Speed RTL design changed from 30" to 18" or something like that.)
I'll see what gaps I have between the headlights and the high speed spot and address at that time.
Dual whips + maintenance/interior light package.
Everything will be wired to an SP9100
 
I went with all of the Speed UTV accessories, what I was able to see up close at a few shows looked solid, and having it all prewired sounded appealing but your setup sounds great. I'm sure you could use most of the harness Speed provides and just cut off a few ends.
 
I have curved bars for the top, front and rear bumpers in standby, will have to fab mounting brackets.
Rear Chase bar, also will need mounting adaptation.
Two RGB whips.
Rock lights.
 
I went with a number of speed accy, but have stock piled a BD top light bar, BD pod lights for on the mirrors, and hopefully make a front bumper that will hold a fee pods as well. Also have a pci comms setup ready to go, new rock zillas for rock crawling, and sandcraft paddles for dunes. Also plan on running a switch pros to get rid of all the toggles.
 
I went with Baja Designs Onyx 6 20" for the front bumper and the lit Speed side mirrors along with the rear chase bar. May add more later if needed. Also added the Speed rock lights for some flare. Never ran them before so I don't really know if they help while driving...

On my current sxs, I rarely use the light bar on the roof unless I'm by myself as it just seems to reflect off of the dust too much and actually makes it harder to see. Anyone have the same issues?
 
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I went with Baja Designs Onyx 6 20" for the front bumper and the lit Speed side mirrors along with the rear chase bar. May add more later 8f needed.

On my current sxs, I rarely use the light bar on the roof unless I'm by myself as it just seems to reflect off of the dust too much and actually makes it harder to see. Anyone have the same issues?
Yes, on my old rhino I ran a 40" rigid e series on the roof and my old rzr had a 40" rigid SR on the roof. I did not run any roof mounted lights on my x3 because of the dust glare.
 
Yes, on my old rhino I ran a 40" rigid e series on the roof and my old rzr had a 40" rigid SR on the roof. I did not run any roof mounted lights on my x3 because of the dust glare.
Ive had similar experiences with roof mounted lights on a few vehicles. I was wondering if running amber lights or a combo of amber and white on the roof would be worth it or just skip roof lights altogether. I have found a roof light pointed slightly up to be helpful for duning at night. It improves your ability to read transitions.
 
Ive had similar experiences with roof mounted lights on a few vehicles. I was wondering if running amber lights or a combo of amber and white on the roof would be worth it or just skip roof lights altogether. I have found a roof light pointed slightly up to be helpful for duning at night. It improves your ability to read transitions.
Yeah, I have always been interested in real world and real racing application of lower mounted lights, pillar and no roof mounted. Trying to decide what way I want to go on lights for the Speed. My truck I have lower mounted bars Amber and white as well as pillar mounted Spots in white with yellow covers available. Even those seem to glare off the hood a bit much.
 
Amazon specials if I keep my car, that way everything will be designed, produced, assembled and shipped from China.
This is exactly what I will be doing. I went Scooby Do detective and was able to locate the manufacturer for most of Speeds in-house accessories (hint: the exact same OEM version is about 3-5x cheaper). Speed has always had tremendously massively ridiculous margins on accessories.
 
Yeah, I have always been interested in real world and real racing application of lower mounted lights, pillar and no roof mounted. Trying to decide what way I want to go on lights for the Speed. My truck I have lower mounted bars Amber and white as well as pillar mounted Spots in white with yellow covers available. Even those seem to glare off the hood a bit much.
My X3 had a dual mode BD combo Onx6 10" on the shock tower, 6 BD S1's for headlights 2 high speed spots, 2 driving, and 2 wide cornering, and a pair of combo BD squadron sport on the front bulkhead, pointing out at an angle. It was glorious
 

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This is exactly what I will be doing. I went Scooby Do detective and was able to locate the manufacturer for most of Speeds in-house accessories (hint: the exact same OEM version is about 3-5x cheaper). Speed has always had tremendously massively ridiculous margins on accessories.
Care to PM me the source? I might go that route as well.
 
I would like the info too, please. I was in contact with them last May, but their IG is gone.
 

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I will publicly post the sources later (need to get back to my laptop). This way, if I’m wrong, you can call me out. If I’m right, everyone gets to save some change and avoid middle man markups.

The only differences I can see is that Speed might have modified wiring ends for the car (maybe).
 
I went with Baja Designs Onyx 6 20" for the front bumper and the lit Speed side mirrors along with the rear chase bar. May add more later if needed. Also added the Speed rock lights for some flare. Never ran them before so I don't really know if they help while driving...

On my current sxs, I rarely use the light bar on the roof unless I'm by myself as it just seems to reflect off of the dust too much and actually makes it harder to see. Anyone have the same issues?
I agree...and have had the same experience, ... my current ride, has a 40" light bar on the roof, and I never use it driving, glare everywhere!
The 3 times I have used it, was to light up a recovery after the dude turned his utv into a 3 wheeler,... then an all night, front end rebuild, after the driver ran out of talent on the back side of sand mountain,.... and then to hang and skin a royal wapiti...lol.
I just run a BD OnX6+ 10" Amber, and two squadron pro's on the front bumper, no probs, and at 80+ topped out, I have never out run them.
I will do the same on the speed, and just run lights on the front end, mabey on the mirrors for ditch/dunes light, but facing 45 out,.... and of course chase light & whips.
 
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Yeah, I have always been interested in real world and real racing application of lower mounted lights, pillar and no roof mounted. Trying to decide what way I want to go on lights for the Speed. My truck I have lower mounted bars Amber and white as well as pillar mounted Spots in white with yellow covers available. Even those seem to glare off the hood a bit much.
Here are some pics of low mounted light coverage. First pic is everything on. One is 6 BD S1's and the BD 10" ONX6. The other is 6 S1s and BD Squadron sports on the bulkhead. One is 4 LED cubes on the frame rail and kc cyclones in the mirror. The wheel well lights shine is and back really well. I'll add some light coverage pics from my toyota using two amber BD LP9 pros and and two amber BD squadron pros. FYI, The LP9 Pros on high drop my voltage gauge while moving. They will likely be too much for a UTV alternator/battery. I'll also add some from my dually with two combo driving squadron sports and two wide cornering squadron sports. The combo on my RAM is killer but it's lacking in far distance. I'll add a 30" curved S8. Pics need to be resized. I'll try later
 

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