Baja Designs LP4 Ditch Lights

[Sarynnus]

I've been looking for a light bar for a while now since I live in rural country, but haven't been able to decide on a mounting system that doesn't involve drilling into my truck.

I don't want to mount one behind the grille due to the active shutters, nor do I want to drill into my bumper or my roof.

I decided to try ditch lights since the brackets mount to your hood hinges and doesn't involve any drilling. I went with the Baja Designs LP4's, since they advertised higher lumens then most of the competitors, and I wanted to see if I can get enough light output out of them to not need a designated light bar.

So far, highly impressed with them. These things really output an immense amount of light despite being the smallest of the LP series. If anyone else was thinking about them, I highly recommend them.

Photos below with headlights on versus the LP4's turned on.

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[Lricaud81]

Dang those are pretty bright for being so small. Ive been thinking light bar myself but like you can't figure out a decent mounting option. I might have to look into these

 

[Ezdaddy]

How did you wire these in? Looks like you may have an aftermarket switch pod, how about the "running" lights.

Any issues with glare coming off of the lights on the side? I was looking on SDHQ and saw they offer a block off plate for the side lights.

 

[SpaceWhiteF150]

I have a bracket that’s about to be finished!

 

[Sarynnus]

How did you wire these in? Looks like you may have an aftermarket switch pod, how about the "running" lights.

Any issues with glare coming off of the lights on the side? I was looking on SDHQ and saw they offer a block off plate for the side lights.

I have them wired to a sPod switch panel. As for the side lights, Baja Designs sells block off plates for the side shooters on the LP4. I have them installed and there’s no glare aside from a little bit on the end of the hood.

 

[Ezdaddy]

I have them wired to a sPod switch panel. As for the side lights, Baja Designs sells block off plates for the side shooters on the LP4. I have them installed and there’s no glare aside from a little bit on the end of the hood.

Right on! I couldn't tell if you had the block off plates installed or not. How did you go about wiring in the amber backlight? is that going to the sPod as well? I am bouncing back and forth between the XL80 and the LP4.

 

[Sarynnus]

The LP4’s come with a bunch of additional wiring doodads to be able to change the wiring harness to how it suits your needs. As I already have a switch panel, I didn’t need the relay and switch that comes with the original wiring harness.

So I cut off the relay and switch, and wired both lights together. Both lights have 3 wires (On/Positive, Amber Backlight and Ground). So I just spliced both lights together so I can control them together as opposed to individually, and connected the positive wire for example to Switch 1, the Amber backlight wire to Switch 2, and connected the ground.

Switch 1 then turns on both lights, and Switch 2 turns on just the amber backlight, independent of whether Switch 1 is turned on or not.

Hopefully that makes sense.

 

[GMans 5.0]

What brackets do you have these bad boys on?

 

[KTM753]

Love Baja Designs stuff! Man those LP4s throw a ton of light...

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