I really want to mount three long range lights on the front of my 2007 Fit Sport (see link). I drive a lot of miles on deserted roads at 75 mph in pronghorn, mule deer and elk country and want to be able to see them...

Thanks for your advice!

http://support.kchilites.com/index.p...t&attach_id=16

 

Don't stop with three... put four!

Rally Light Pods

 

Wow, I'm sure you're serious about this. Scary thought though. @ 75, hitting even an average coyote or dog would be disastrous on a Fit. And even with long range lights, sometimes they jump at you from the side bushes. Bam!

Might have to upgrade your electricals, starting with that itty bitty battery. A Fit with light pods... that would be a sight. How about one of those ultrasonic transmitters instead of a light pod? Might be more practical and less cumbersome.

In Australia, most common are bumper guards called Roo-bars - about 3 in. type pipes angled so the kangaroos don't fly into your windshields when you hit them.

 

I haven't hit a deer in 16 years but I did play chicken with one hell of a big buck when on my Goldwing one night.... Loud pipes freak them out and keeps them off of the pavement pretty well.

 

I lived in Alaska for 19 years and saw the ultrasonic transmitters get installed on friends vehicles but never knew if they actually worked or not (knock wood, none of us hit a moose: they're 1,200 pounds!). Gotta say I'm skeptical. Got hit on the drivers door by a caribou and narrowly missed getting hit broadside by a moose. Seems like they're out to get me.

The idea is that with three 100w long range lights I'd have one down the middle of the road, and one lighting up each side of the road.

I was wondering about electricals...300w seemed like a stretch, and 400w seemed like over the line (but fun!)

Anybody know if the alternator will take a 300w extra load?

I'll google the Roo Bars. Hard to imagine where they'd attach on the Fit...its all plastic up there!

 

got these fogs for $10 at harbor freight

 

That's a killer amount of light. A front roof rack bar would take them. Some one over in I.C.E. are putting 1200W sub amps in somehow.

Go for it - a great DIY!

 

totally off topic, but whats up with the scion badge?

 

hahahaha solbrothers FTMFW once again

 

*takes a bow*

 

sorry to bring this puppy back from the dead but Solbrothers what did you mount those fog lights to? Do they vibrate a lot? Did you just tie into the fogs or run a separate relay and switch?

 

About 8 months ago I installed two 130 watt, pencil beam, stainless steel, KC Hilites on a Light Force Unibar mounted to the front of my Fit. I drilled four 1" holes through the plastic and foam of the "bumper" until I got to solid metal. I drilled 1/4" holes in the steel and cut some 3/8" pipe to use as spacers for the Unibar. Then I through bolted from the Fit steel, through the pipe spacers, to the Unibar. I'd planned to fill the space between the spacer and the surrounding foam with spray foam but haven't got there yet. Be sure to feel behind the bumper (between the radiator and the bumper) for solid flat steel - there are some ridges and wiggles you want to avoid trying to mount the Unibar to. Solid installation, no vibration, held up through slushy snow and 25,000 miles of driving so far.

EXCELLENT LIGHT!

Way too bright for use anywhere near traffic (I turn them off as soon as I see a car way in the distance, like over a mile away), but in my morning commute I drive 80 miles and pass 5 vehicles. I routinely see pronghorn, elk, mule deer and coyotes, and now I can see them a lot sooner.

No noticeable impact on the electrical system with the lights on (260 watts).

 

^^pics please!

 

Lightforce Unibar Light Bar - Lightforce UNIBARCHROME - Truck Customizers

On a Fit, this looks like a pretty good, and good looking, solution. Congrats to the OP- nice work (would like to actually see YOUR car, but the linked ad suffices to show how easily this bar would work).

On one of my SUV's I used a light bracket that bolted behind the license plate with two arms that arched out to the sides to hold accessory lights. I still have the bracket, but never found the need to try it on my Fit. Deer and coyotes are a hazard here too, but the mountain roads are so twisty that really long reaching bright lights would still not find the animals until too late because of the curves. And I wouldn't be able to prevent blinding other drivers.

 

I don't know why, but I'm not allowed to attach photos...I even checked the FAQs.

 

You have to use a photo hosting site, like ImageShack® - Online Photo and Video Hosting and then post a link for your photos from the hosting site. Up load your photos from the pictures album on your computer to the hosting site. It's a PITA and takes a long time, but that is what is necessary on the forums.

Just curious- where in CO do you have to drive? I lived in Grand Junction for a couple of years (miss it a lot) and drove all over the four corners states in my job in the mining industry. In the hundreds of highways that I travelled in the Inter-mountain states, it is easy to imagine your commute and its hazards.

 

Thanks for the tutorial Triskelion. I drive from Salida to Alamosa most days a week. Long, straight stretches of highway with little traffic and great mountains all around.

Photos are here:

http://imageshack.us/a/img443/7808/photobuj.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img203/4763/photo1xa.jpg

 

Wow! That looks spectacular! If I had the same long deserted stretches as you do to drive, I would copy your setup in a second. That light bar is perfect!

Around here, that setup would just make the shadows in the turns so deep that I would be upon the deer too soon to avoid them. And there is always so much traffic, I could never use the lights without causing harm to other drivers.

You did a great job with the perfect solution to your lighting requirements.

 

Here you go

Second link doesn't work, not sure why

I like it, added this to my "may possibly use on some project parts list" in my brain.

 

Thanks Wanderer!

I've edited my description to add some more details...