I tried that same setup but the light bar I got kept blowing the circuit. I ended up giving it's own harness and switch.
I tried that same setup but the light bar I got kept blowing the circuit. I ended up giving it's own harness and switch.My 21 grizzly has high/low in the fenders and the handlebar light comes on with high beam. I to have a front bag or a gun rack depending on the season so I installed a 8" single row LED light on the front of my rack on the bottom of rack and tied it into the handlebar light with proper plugs so on high beam my fener lights are on and the light bar. Huge difference and no glare from handlebar light. Very simple job and it all looks very clean and I can go back to handlebar light if I ever want to just plug and play.
Posted a few pics over on my threadForget the headlights, let's see those tracks!
Add a light bar or pods and tie them to your high beam wire. That way you still have a high beam and low beam function. If you just swap out the lights for round LEDs from rigid you only going to have one beam pattern, mind you it will be bright lolProbably not a very reasonable solution, but I had been looking at pulling the headlights out and mounting some round LEDs from Rigid in their place. Would require a bit of custom mounting though. Light bar would be the easiest solution and I’m sure would function very well.
Hey FYI before you buy a bar check the depth. I found that the foward rack supports will get in the way of most bars. I had to find a real thin bar (about 1.5in depth) in order to fit the space and even that one I needed to notch out the cooling fins. Luckily I didn't have to notch all the way down to the case.Does anyone know how many watts you can run? I was thinking of mounting one from the reflector brackets which is about 28 and a half inches. Most of the 28 inch lights I've seen are 120-180 watts. I will use a relay with a direct power source from the battery with my disconnected handlebar headlight wiring for the exciter wire so it will only work on high beam setting.
I recall that the 12V ACC plug has a 10A fuse so you should be safe adding aftermarket electrical items to at least 10a. As for lighting, quality over quantity. There is no real need for a 28" light bar. I know CK700 didn't seem to be a fan of DiodeDynamics but I am very pleased with the light bar I have. I have a DiodeDynamics Stage Series 6" SAE/DOT White Light Bar (SAE DOT Driving) and it puts out great light and much better than a recommended 12" dual row cree LED light bar I got off of amazon. In the following pictures, I do also have two cheap 3" fog lamps directed towards the sides to fill in side lighting but only used them because I already had them otherwise I wouldn't have bothered. The DD 6" light I have puts out excellent light for riding at night.Does anyone know how many watts you can run? I was thinking of mounting one from the reflector brackets which is about 28 and a half inches. Most of the 28 inch lights I've seen are 120-180 watts. I will use a relay with a direct power source from the battery with my disconnected handlebar headlight wiring for the exciter wire so it will only work on high beam setting.