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 Light bar
#8006880
10/12/20 02:21 PM
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Sidebuster
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Has anybody put a light bar on their Polaris mid-size Ranger? If so, what size light bar and what type of brackets did you use. I know Amazon has so many to pick from. Seems like a 30" light bar would do fine.
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Re: Light bar
[Re: Sidebuster]
#8006900
10/12/20 02:32 PM
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Joined: Apr 2007
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BOBO the Clown
kind of a big deal
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kind of a big deal
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I have 30” rough country on my mule and have been pleased, brackets, switch all complete set
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Re: Light bar
[Re: Sidebuster]
#8006912
10/12/20 02:37 PM
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Ol Thumper
THF Trophy Hunter
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Just get a curved one with the spot/flood combo. I had a straight spot on ours originally and it worked fine but I wanted more of a broad beam and after swapping over to the curved spot/flood combo I like it a lot better. It gives better overall visibility.
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Re: Light bar
[Re: Sidebuster]
#8006960
10/12/20 02:55 PM
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DocHorton
THF Trophy Hunter
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Re: Light bar
[Re: Sidebuster]
#8007350
10/12/20 07:34 PM
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Joined: Nov 2005
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huntingag01
Pro Tracker
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It depends on your mounts, to you have a round cage or that polaris proprietary one?
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Re: Light bar
[Re: huntingag01]
#8007506
10/12/20 09:57 PM
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Sidebuster
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It's not a round cage, it's that odd shaped one.
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Re: Light bar
[Re: Sidebuster]
#8007979
10/13/20 03:37 AM
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Pupjoint
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I bought mine from rough country, 20” light bar and mounted it on the front bar of my Polaris, it puts out something like 8k plus lunes, it definitely lites the night up.
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Re: Light bar
[Re: Sidebuster]
#8008383
10/13/20 05:07 PM
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Joined: May 2011
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skinnerback
THF Celebrity Chef
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BIL has a 30" Rough Country on his and it works pretty good. I bought three 6" Rigid light bars to go along with the other Rigid lights for my electric buggy, but haven't put them on yet.
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Re: Light bar
[Re: Sidebuster]
#8009848
10/14/20 05:52 PM
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Sidebuster
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Thanks for all the suggestions
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Re: Light bar
[Re: DocHorton]
#8012406
10/16/20 02:58 PM
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Joined: Aug 2009
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BigPig
THF Celebrity
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THF Celebrity
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No leaking or moisture build up inside?
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Re: Light bar
[Re: Sidebuster]
#8012515
10/16/20 04:24 PM
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Joined: May 2011
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Texas Bohunk
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I have a 13" and a 30" on my 2014 Ranger 800 XP. The only problem I have seen is when the cooling fan comes on and my 30" bar is on my voltage drops to 11.6 -11.7 volts. This could cause a starting problem is you had to run a long distance at this voltage. Other than that wire it up and turn it on.
2014 Polaris Ranger 800XP
Winchester 70 lightweight 270cal. DPMS ATACS 308 2.5-10X44 Vortex ViperHS with PEPR mount
Back-up New Frontier Lower SOTA arms upper in 6.8SPC 4-14X44 Vortex Crossfier II PEPR mount
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Re: Light bar
[Re: Sidebuster]
#8012516
10/16/20 04:24 PM
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Joined: May 2011
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Texas Bohunk
Outdoorsman
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Outdoorsman
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I have a 13" and a 30" on my 2014 Ranger 800 XP. The only problem I have seen is when the cooling fan comes on and my 30" bar is on my voltage drops to 11.6 -11.7 volts. This could cause a starting problem is you had to run a long distance at this voltage. Other than that wire it up and turn it on.
2014 Polaris Ranger 800XP
Winchester 70 lightweight 270cal. DPMS ATACS 308 2.5-10X44 Vortex ViperHS with PEPR mount
Back-up New Frontier Lower SOTA arms upper in 6.8SPC 4-14X44 Vortex Crossfier II PEPR mount
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Re: Light bar
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#8012564
10/16/20 04:54 PM
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Joined: Oct 2013
Posts: 3,414
ZK-315
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Veteran Tracker
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I've started using just the cheap amazon light bars. No need to spend $800 on Rigid or OnX bars when you can replace the cheap ones for $50 or so. I have the Mictuning 50" curved bar on my Defender and it hasn't missed a beat. I got mine over a year ago and it was around $60 back then. I see it's gone up, unfortunately.
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Re: Light bar
[Re: BigPig]
#8015760
10/19/20 05:04 PM
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Joined: Dec 2010
Posts: 8,841
DocHorton
THF Trophy Hunter
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THF Trophy Hunter
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No leaking or moisture build up inside? None. Have one on my truck for 5+ years and 70k miles. Have them on my BadBoy Buggy for 3 years also. Just put more on my Pioneer.... Read the reviews...over 1000 reviews at 4.5 stars.
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