Posted: Oct 04 2010 at 10:35pm | IP Logged

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<rough moderator voice>... Let's not get carried away boys. </rough moderator voice>.

 Perhaps Spiffy1 only intends to blind some of those drivers that deserve to be blinded! The bad is when blinded the moth effect might happen and they will swerve and crash head-on into Spiffy1... God forbid!!!!! 

Play nice and have a good one!.. Don S..

Posted: Dec 02 2010 at 8:50pm | IP Logged

I have not had a chance to outfit my new Fronty but on my old Toyota I ran a similar setup.  Two 130w Procomp lights and 80w/100w headlights.  That is 460w on high beam.  The driving lights were wired into the high beams so that the dimmer killed both at the same time.  I am very good about being quick to dim them for oncoming traffic at great distances so there is no hazard to others.  Up here in BC it is legal to have two 55w auxiliary lights (even on high beam) so clearly my setup was illegal.  That said I did a lot of remote highway driving at night and these lights saved me from more collisions with four legged pylons then I can count. When I read a post stating that someone needs more light I assume that the personal risk to the poster of NOT having that lighting is far greater than their hazard to others.  Unlike HID users aux lights are easily shut off and their presence alone does not equate to a negligent driver.

To answer the original question I ran that 460w as well as two stereo amps off the dinky 60amp alt without any issues.  I believe that Frontier's is 80amp.  Not the best scenario, true, and if you are looking to cut some wattage the 85w in the tiny stock auxiliary lights will definitely have the least output vs wattage.  The bulb just doesnt make much difference in a reflector that small.