Hey all,

I have the full safari roof rack with 4 off road lights on the build in brackets on the front. I have been looking for ways to keep the glare off of the windshield.
I have made up individual plastic visors that I attach underneath each light with zap straps (plastic ties) for temporary applications. This works fairly well but I find it to be a hastle as I have to remove them before highway driving & they don't look very good.
Any suggestions? Do they make propervisors for this problem?

Tony

 

Is your glare reflecting off the hood and then onto the glass?

 

You most likely need a hood blackout decal to minimize glare.

A picture of your vehicle with the set-up you're talking about would help us with ideas.

 

Yeah X2 on that. I was going to say the same thing if that was his problem. There usually arent to many situations where lights on the top refeclt straight onto the window. In most cases it hits the hood and glares right into your eyes. A hood blackout will solve that right away. Check out Vigg Designs (www.viggdesigns.com) they have the best, I just got one.

 

Ditto,
They can be bought on line and some times on E-Bay, and are made from good quality 3M vinyl that is cut to fit your truck.

 

Wow, you guys are fast with your responses, thank you!!

The light glare comes right from the lenses themselves onto the windshield. The temporary visors that I fabricated fixed the problem right away so I knew that fact. Usually I use these lights after a long day of traditional bowhunting for the drive back to camp. Most trips in late November, early December in the B.C. interiorthere are several feet of snow and the hood is totally covered.

The matt finished hood covers...are they a permanent fixture or are they more like a removeable decal?
Having one of those might also help to fix the problem.

Thanks again,

Tony

 

They are pretty permanent and can be removed if necessary.
You may change lens to better focus the light beams, you might also consider having your windshield poilish out if it is olds and pitted, sometimes that will help.

 

Thanks Mike,

The lenses on these lights are spot as well as fairly wide & deep beam, therefore they do hit the glass a bit. I have oval lights in two sizes as you can now see in the photo.
My windshield was just replaced last November so it isn't pitted at all.

Cheers,

Tony

 

i have seen someone fabricate a long metal visor for the windscreen that sits below the lights before, it seemed to solve his problem, i cant recall where i found it though

 

Just go with permanant visors. They've been on the market for that very purpose for over 30 years.

Paint is a heck of a lot cheaper that a vinyl decal. If you leave the decal on for a long time you're going to need to repaint the bonnet anyway if you remove the decal, which is the biggest argument people have against painting a blackout panel.