Light Bars??

[RangerRaptor]

You're talking about mechanical vibration noise, not wind noise. Any turbulence on the leading edge of the truck can cause wind noise. My Ranger had a poor/rough molded edge in part of the driver's mirror from the factory that whistled in the wind. Drove me crazy trying to find it. Ended up filing it down and now it's quiet.

Interesting, I’ve never had wind noise from changes on the leading edge of the truck.

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[Jackson84]

Its easy to mount one up there. I dont have ACC so no worry. You use the bolts that come with the light bar and for round punched backplate bar behind the grill to secure the light bar to the lower portion of the grill. No drilling or cutting required. Done this on last 3 F150's

What bar setup is it? Do you have a link?

 

[tivct]

Interesting, I’ve never had wind noise from changes on the leading edge of the truck.

*can, not *will

 

[Desertranger19]

Ok so I just read this entire post.. So I contacted Rough Country and they told me their light bar that goes in the bumper section WONT work for Rangers that have Adaptive Cruise Control (which makes obvious sense since its right in the middle of the opening) but also told it WONT work if I have AEB (automatic emergency Braking) cause it has sensors in there by the brackets.. I do have AEB on mine. I have the front 4 sensors mounted in the front bumper. Can anyone confirm this, that has the same features I do before I buy this? Im thinking they are just referring to adaptive cruise but should still work with AEB feature.

 

[Desertranger19]

 

[tivct]

Ok so I just read this entire post.. So I contacted Rough Country and they told me their light bar that goes in the bumper section WONT work for Rangers that have Adaptive Cruise Control (which makes obvious sense since its right in the middle of the opening) but also told it WONT work if I have AEB (automatic emergency Braking) cause it has sensors in there by the brackets.. I do have AEB on mine. I have the front 4 sensors mounted in the front bumper. Can anyone confirm this, that has the same features I do before I buy this? Im thinking they are just referring to adaptive cruise but should still work with AEB feature.

The sensors in the bumper are just for park distance warning. AEB uses the camera behind the mirror only.

 

[Desertranger19]

Any of you guys with the Rough Country 20" light bar installed willing to share pics of how bright it is? Worth it or buying something else?

 

[Deleted member 1634]

I'm curious, how many of you with light bars or pods or anything else use them regularly? I would always love to have more light facing forward, but with most not being road legal that doesn't help. I don't do much, if any, off-road driving in the dark. Where I really want the extra light is the rural roads in the spring/fall/winter to spot animals and other road hazards. But non road legal lights don't really help there, unless you're quick enough to turn them off when someone comes and don't get caught using them.

Just interested in hearing everyone's experiences and practices.

 

[RangerRaptor]

I'm curious, how many of you with light bars or pods or anything else use them regularly? I would always love to have more light facing forward, but with most not being road legal that doesn't help. I don't do much, if any, off-road driving in the dark. Where I really want the extra light is the rural roads in the spring/fall/winter to spot animals and other road hazards. But non road legal lights don't really help there, unless you're quick enough to turn them off when someone comes and don't get caught using them.

Just interested in hearing everyone's experiences and practices.

The best approach is to have lights you can use daily, plus lights for off-road only. I run my aftermarket fog lights and daytime running lights 100% of the time I drive my truck, but I only use my 30” Rigid and Vision X ditch lights when off-road. You can buy SAE-compliant aux lighting, but it won’t be as bright as off-road lights.

 

[PatrickM]

I'm curious, how many of you with light bars or pods or anything else use them regularly? I would always love to have more light facing forward, but with most not being road legal that doesn't help. I don't do much, if any, off-road driving in the dark. Where I really want the extra light is the rural roads in the spring/fall/winter to spot animals and other road hazards. But non road legal lights don't really help there, unless you're quick enough to turn them off when someone comes and don't get caught using them.

Just interested in hearing everyone's experiences and practices.

I’ve owned the ranger since January of last year, when they first arrived, I learned that I needed a higher output light while outdoors. I do a lot of off-roading here in the Las Vegas desert area, since I do night/astro photography, I tend to be out during the evening.
I’ve been running the rigid D-SS pro spot pod lights, very bright and narrow stream.
I’m working on adding a barlight, should be done this week.
But the lights are a great addition for me.

 

[thaigh32]

Anyone mounted lights on their ranger yet? Too scared/ don’t want to deal with the wind noise of a roof top light bar but I’m thinking about ditch lights, a small light bar in the lower fender area, and reverse flood lights.

I have a rough country one in my bumper. I went with the thin sleek design so there would be no air flow blockage to my intercooler.
The link is below

https://www.roughcountry.com/ford-20in-led-bumper-kit-70814c.html?find=2019-ford-ranger-4wd-568427

 

[Deleted member 1634]

The best approach is to have lights you can use daily, plus lights for off-road only. I run my aftermarket fog lights and daytime running lights 100% of the time I drive my truck, but I only use my 30” Rigid and Vision X ditch lights when off-road. You can buy SAE-compliant aux lighting, but it won’t be as bright as off-road lights.

I’ve owned the ranger since January of last year, when they first arrived, I learned that I needed a higher output light while outdoors. I do a lot of off-roading here in the Las Vegas desert area, since I do night/astro photography, I tend to be out during the evening.
I’ve been running the rigid D-SS pro spot pod lights, very bright and narrow stream.
I’m working on adding a barlight, should be done this week.
But the lights are a great addition for me.

I have upgraded my fogs and high beams to LEDs, and they are much brighter. So that does help with the anemic stock output. I have yet to upgrade my lows until I'm sure there's a set out there that won't blind oncoming drivers. It still would be nice to have a set of SAE-compliant ditch lights. And I suppose I could get a set and just wire them in with the high beams, since those are never on with oncoming traffic anyways. I think in the end I want something that can't be done, and that's slightly frustrating.

Either way, thanks for the feedback guys, I appreciate it!

 

[Desertranger19]

I have a rough country one in my bumper. I went with the thin sleek design so there would be no air flow blockage to my intercooler.
The link is below

https://www.roughcountry.com/ford-20in-led-bumper-kit-70814c.html?find=2019-ford-ranger-4wd-568427

That’s the same light I was thinking about buying but haven’t seen many pictures of them.. was wondering how bright they really are. Any pics of it at night?

 

[thaigh32]

That’s the same light I was thinking about buying but haven’t seen many pictures of them.. was wondering how bright they really are. Any pics of it at night?

Both headlights & fog lights are off. This picture is light bar only. Pictures don't do this little 20" bar justice it is VERY bright.

 

[Patmadd1982]

I make and sell the bumper light bar brackets for 20” light bars that bolt to factory steel bumper bolts for strength. $40 on the website. www.fordrangerlifts.com

Ordered a set of my mans brackets and slapped one on my ranger application went smooth cant go wrong with fordrangerlifts.com

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