My wiring was more involved because I did the wiring for the bar at the same time as a lot of other wiring in the car, and I was going for an OEM-style setup with a fuse box and everything. The wiring for the light bar itself, though, isn’t complicated. Light bar is on its own relay circuit, which draws power from the…

In fairness, added light won’t always help. I used to live in NJ, which also seemed like the deer capital of the world. Everyone in my family (mom, dad, brother, sister, me) has hit a deer, and most of my friends have as well. One friend totaled his car hitting one, then ran over another one two months later. My dad…

Heh, yeah the photos aren’t the best. The light bar does light up the road surface more as well, but in person I actually like it because being so low-mounted, it adds a kind of “HDR” effect to the road surface, which makes it much easier to see imperfections (or obstacles) on the roadway. Quite useful in a slightly…

Well as I said at the very start of my OP, those people can suck a duck. It’s not my fault that 90% of the people with light bars have no idea what they’re doing. I can see why you might be skeptical, though. It’s also not my fault that 90% of Toyobaru owners are morons who don’t know how to drive. Doesn’t mean I…

You’re making a lot of assumptions here, and a lot of it seems to do with your having poor vision. Let me correct some things you said:

1. I have absolutely no issue seeing incoming scattered light from vehicles before they are in view. You aren’t the first person to claim that this would be an issue, but I suspect…

“I spent years driving around on all-seasons tires in the snow and never hit anything. Winter tires are just for idiots who can’t drive.”

Your guess would be completely incorrect. It isn’t difficult at ALL to see oncoming traffic coming. And as for curvy roads, even if you don’t see them (which again, hasn’t been my experience in any way), the light bar has more of a spot beam pattern, so they won’t get blinded until they are basically directly ahead of…

Interesting! Didn’t know that, but I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought this made the most sense!

I have a write-up that has a wiring diagram. Just keep in mind this was a much more complicated setup wiring a lot of other stuff, and I was going for full OEM style stuff, with a dedicated fuse box and whatnot, so don’t freak out when you see the photos and diagram, but you can look at JUST the light bar portion of…

Thats exactly what I did :)

The wiring wasn’t all that complicated. The light bar is powered by a standard relay circuit. To trigger the relay, I just piggy-backed off of the high beam fuse, and ran that wire through a toggle switch in the cabin first. So turning the toggle switch on closes that circuit, which simply allows the high beam circuit…

Are you saying the situations I described are comparable to driving around with my light bar on all the time? I’ve flashed like four people in a month of having this bar on my car, which equates to about 0.000000001% of my time behind the wheel...

And believe it or not, I only live 15 miles outside of Chicago. We just happen to back up against a pretty big forest preserve, so the roads in two directions from out house are dark, unlit, tree-filled, animal-ridden roads at night.
Though I actually first got addicted to driving lights back when I lived in rural…

I don’t think there is any need to get offended by his post. I certainly know city folk who simply have no understanding of what it’s like driving on a dark, twisty, wildlife-filled road in the middle of nowhere. It can definitely get dark anywhere in the right circumstances, though. Hell, I only live 15 miles outside…

I just wanna get in ahead of the shitposting:

I despise, as much as the next guy, those assholes who drive around with their light bars on all the time, blinding everyone. Those people suck.

Having said that, a light bar (or any auxiliary light) can be a fantastic tool on a dark, unlit road at night when used properly…

I'm looking to buy a new mid-sized truck soon, but they're all very dated so I'm waiting for the refreshes to show up.

I read that far. By that logic, my research paper can also be considered art.

I know there are a handful of larger global issues, but I really do feel like we, as a planet, need to have a big, long talk about the definition of the words “art” and “performance.”

I’ve always been of the opinion that vehicles used as Taxis/UBERs/whatevers should have a quota of 3-5 seconds of total honk time per 24 hours. If you need to use more than that, you’re doing it wrong. It would be a relatively easy thing to implement (at least for dedicated taxi vehicles), and problem solved for…

The Miata is better suited as a weekend car, but the Toyobaru twins are more practical as an only vehicle. That’s the main reason I went with a BRZ. Well that and also back in 2014 the new Miata hadn’t come out yet, so the BRZ was just a better-equipped, more modern vehicle than the Miata at the time.