Lightbar Clibration

callaway · **Posted:** Mon Jul 24, 2006 9:02 am

I calibrated up my lightbar as per the instructions (front bumper 25 feet from a wall, center of the light from bar ~ 8 feet off the ground), but it seems rather high. When pointing down a street I mostly illuminate the trees.

How do those of you with a lightbar have it set?

Se7enLC · **Posted:** Mon Jul 24, 2006 10:30 am

callaway wrote:

I calibrated up my lightbar as per the instructions (front bumper 25 feet from a wall, center of the light from bar ~ 8 feet off the ground), but it seems rather high. When pointing down a street I mostly illuminate the trees.

How do those of you with a lightbar have it set?

It's an offroad lightbar, I don't think you're supposed to use it on the street :-P

callaway · **Posted:** Mon Jul 24, 2006 11:02 am

Quote:

It's an offroad lightbar, I don't think you're supposed to use it on the street :-P

i know that

it just seems aimed rather high even for an offraod bar

FL RENNY · **Joined:** Mon Nov 07, 2005 4:30 pm **Posts:** 458

callaway wrote:

Quote:

It's an offroad lightbar, I don't think you're supposed to use it on the street :-P

i know that

it just seems aimed rather high even for an offraod bar

I was thinking the same thing...good topic. How would you adjust it anyway?

swyszomirski · **Joined:** Sat Oct 01, 2005 2:59 am **Posts:** 286

There are four holes on the back of the bar that you stick a torx driver into and adjust one way to go higher and the other of lower. Since I drive on twisty roads in the Santa Cruz mountains, I have my set lower so they begin where my high beams end.

callaway · **Posted:** Mon Jul 24, 2006 12:39 pm

swyszomirski wrote:

I have my set lower so they begin where my high beams end.

thats what i was thinking about doing...

how low can they actually be set?

illuminating the treetops is too high for my taste but how low is 'too low'?

swyszomirski · **Joined:** Sat Oct 01, 2005 2:59 am **Posts:** 286

I bought a set of torx drivers that are in a pocket knife setup so I could change things on the fly. Just find a stretch of road that you can test on and play with the settings until you get what you like.

Cacher123 · **Posted:** Tue Jul 25, 2006 3:20 pm

My stock ones are adjusted so they basically eliminate the need for my high beams (no diff when I turn the HBs on) and illuminate a little further down the road. (or down the runway at work!) :wink:

Jeep Dawg · **Posted:** Tue Jul 25, 2006 7:04 pm

Hey callaway;

How long did it take you t odo the install?
Did you happen to take any pictures along the way?

I am about to tackel mine this friday.
Any tips?

callaway · **Posted:** Wed Aug 23, 2006 7:59 pm

Jeep Dawg wrote:

Hey callaway;

How long did it take you t odo the install?
Did you happen to take any pictures along the way?

I am about to tackel mine this friday.
Any tips?

i completely forgot about this thread...

it took me some 5 hours (but i'm not a car guy andhad to go out a few times to get tools)

various pics can be found here: http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/raw4986@a ... FBcmfVeO_f[/url]

Jeep Dawg · **Posted:** Wed Aug 23, 2006 9:08 pm

looks nice man.
I did mine lastweekend and it took me about 3 hours to do it from strat to the last RVT sealent bead.
I have my lights pointing more upwards then my HB's. I will post pics. I did not take any while doing the job because I was too busy trying to get it done correctly.

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