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A Can of Chew and alot of cuss words! Need some help with a decision!!!!!!

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Old Apr 19, 2009 | 08:52 PM
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Default A Can of Chew and alot of cuss words! Need some help with a decision!!!!!!

I finally got around to putting my light bar on my bumper this weekend...to say the least it turned out to be much more of a project then what I expected...there is soo much crap and metal under the jeep that i can not get my hands to the bumper to bolt down the bar. So i get to take the bumper off and the plastic. Took me forever to find the star bits that seemed to have disappeared! Wufta!!! Well here is where the question comes into play, Should I keep the hella lights that i have on there now!? or should i buy some square baja lights to put underneath the bar???? I will provide pictures with the Hella Lights and provide a picture of the bar on a jeep with the baja lights underneath. Help would be greatly appreciated!!!!
MY JEEP with hella's







Some other Jeep with baja lights






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Old Apr 19, 2009 | 08:53 PM
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Oh the hella's are not hooked up yet either. I put them on just to see what they would look like
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Old Apr 19, 2009 | 08:56 PM
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I like the Hellas, but the only concern I would have is airflow to the radiator. That light bar being that close to the grill and the size of the Hellas covers a good size area of the grills opening.
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Old Apr 19, 2009 | 09:00 PM
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I have the Baja light's mounted on the bumper (no light bar) and they are great i would go with the Baja light's if i were you.......
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Old Apr 19, 2009 | 09:05 PM
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its really up to you man..... its not gunna affect your air flow to your radiator. lol i have mine there and there is nothing different. hella is a great brand and they are tough and last a long time. if you want something cheap go with baja's otherwise i would say stay with the hellas! you will be happy with them.
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Old Apr 19, 2009 | 09:24 PM
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I actually just bought the hellas last night and I also have a set of baja's from my ol bronco but the baja's are missing the mounts to put on the light bar.....i wanted to see what the hellas looked like on there and I dont know which one i like better. I think the hellas are a much better light but they seem to be pretty big. About the air getting to the radiator, I drove around for more than an hour today and i watched my temp., I witnessed no difference in temp with or without the hellas on there. I like the hellas and I think im going to take off the white covers and buy a grille cover kit that hella makes for them so i dont have to jack around with covers when i need to use the lights. Thanks for all the input!!! keep it coming!
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Old Apr 19, 2009 | 09:31 PM
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Personally I like the hellas the best.
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Old Apr 19, 2009 | 09:35 PM
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I think the bajas match the jeep better IMHO.
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Old Apr 19, 2009 | 09:41 PM
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stick with the hella's they are a great light and if you have an issue withcooling then move them (use your imagination and fab somthing up if you have to, it will be fun)
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Old Apr 20, 2009 | 09:54 AM
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Im gonna stick with the hellas i think. But i have been lookin all over the place for light covers that are like the kind with bars..i have the stone covers on right now.....just wondering if someone knows where i could find them?????? been looking all over the place!
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Old Apr 20, 2009 | 10:30 AM
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stick with the hellas they look much better then the baja's IMO
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Old Apr 20, 2009 | 10:31 AM
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also how much did the light bar and lights cost? im looking to get either a light bar and lights on my bumper or a light rack for the top of my jeep
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Old Apr 20, 2009 | 04:33 PM
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the light bar on the bumper was like $60 i think, im not positvie though...somewhere around $60...i bought it from RC Fabrications. Ill give you the link if you are interested. The lights I simply got from wal mart. I went in to buy those baja's and I was like "I wonder what the hellas would look like?" The hella's were like $60 for two. They are the 500FF lights. As for the light bar on the roof, Quadratec has a pretty good deal for one. It is made by CARR and they are $90 for black, $100 for the polished and steel colors. http://www.quadratec.com/products/72112_10X_PG.htm
Im actually lookin into gettin one of those or a roof rack, ill prolly jus go with the roof rack and put lights on it
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Old Apr 20, 2009 | 04:41 PM
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yeah i def. like the Hella's. you found them at walmart? wow, even for $60 is cheap to.
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Old Apr 20, 2009 | 07:45 PM
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i say Hell Yeah to the Hella's
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