Rivian Blue
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Ever since I got my R1S, I've always wanted to get some extra lighting especially since I plan to go on some trips this year that would require me to have more light up front. And by more, I mean height, width and reach.
Came across a photo online and I liked what some a Rivian owner did with mounting a wide light bar in front of a stock crossbar because it addressed the vehicle attachment challenge, offers the possibility of easy removal and keeps the whole thing relatively low profile for aero, using the roof rack and bling purposes. After measuring his vehicle, he determined that he was looking for a single row bar no more than 40" wide.
Checking around the net, I found conflicting reviews of whether "high end" light bars (Rigid, Baja Designs, Diode Dynamics, etc.) threw a significantly better beam than cheap (<$200) ones. From his post, he said he ordered a Rough Country 40" single row bar and a Baja Designs 40" ONX6 with the wide+driving combo beam figuring that one would go back.
Seems the rough Country bar threw a decent amount of light, but evenly everywhere so that far/center objects didn't get noticeably brighter and glare off near objects made visibility worse overall. While the ONX6 had less vertical scatter in close and spread the beam well with a very intense peak near the middle. It throws a truly crazy amount of light. Pics show high beams versus light bar on.
I learnt the brackets included with the ONX6 only work for mounting on or under a surface, not in front. He first tried an adapter to hang them from but by the time he got the height right, that looked kludgy and the bar jittered driving over bumps. So he made a set of stainless brackets to get them at the right height, sufficiently stiff and with some vertical beam adjustment range.
I hope this inspires my next project and I can't wait to get started.
Came across a photo online and I liked what some a Rivian owner did with mounting a wide light bar in front of a stock crossbar because it addressed the vehicle attachment challenge, offers the possibility of easy removal and keeps the whole thing relatively low profile for aero, using the roof rack and bling purposes. After measuring his vehicle, he determined that he was looking for a single row bar no more than 40" wide.
Checking around the net, I found conflicting reviews of whether "high end" light bars (Rigid, Baja Designs, Diode Dynamics, etc.) threw a significantly better beam than cheap (<$200) ones. From his post, he said he ordered a Rough Country 40" single row bar and a Baja Designs 40" ONX6 with the wide+driving combo beam figuring that one would go back.
Seems the rough Country bar threw a decent amount of light, but evenly everywhere so that far/center objects didn't get noticeably brighter and glare off near objects made visibility worse overall. While the ONX6 had less vertical scatter in close and spread the beam well with a very intense peak near the middle. It throws a truly crazy amount of light. Pics show high beams versus light bar on.
I learnt the brackets included with the ONX6 only work for mounting on or under a surface, not in front. He first tried an adapter to hang them from but by the time he got the height right, that looked kludgy and the bar jittered driving over bumps. So he made a set of stainless brackets to get them at the right height, sufficiently stiff and with some vertical beam adjustment range.
I hope this inspires my next project and I can't wait to get started.
