Off Road Hid Lights

2011 Mopar Ram Runner - Short Take Road Test

Building on its rich history of street machines and wheel-standing drag cars, Chrysler’s Mopar group is now entering the mud-spattered off-roading arena with this, its answer to Ford’s F-150 SVT Raptor . True to the brand’s character, the Mopar Ram Runner package for the Ram 1500 is to the unpaved realm what the Dodge Challenger Drag Pak is to the quarter-mile.

Unlike the Raptor ($42,930 base price), the Ram Runner is a not a regular-production vehicle. Instead, it is a collection of  bits available from Mopar that can be fitted to any current-gen Ram 1500 4x4 with a six-foot-four-inch bed. Co-developed with Kroeker Off-Road Engineering, the Ram Runner’s Stage 2 package ($13,270) leverages the latest Ram’s all-coil-spring suspension for maximum off-road potency.

It’s a serious upgrade over Mopar’s bolt-on Stage 1 kit ($3129), with Stage 2 adding lengthened and reinforced front control arms, heavy-duty tie-rods and ball joints, and fat, 3.0-inch Fox internal-bypass front and rear shocks. Those monster dampers support 14 inches of wheel travel at both ends, with the truck’s overall height rising 3.5 inches (to 79.2) with the recommended 35-inch-tall tires. Ground clearance gets a similar lift, to 13 inches.

Nearly $7000 in other Mopar parts makes up the full Ram Runner package and further transformed our $34,690 SLT 4x4 Quad Cab tester into a $61,863 desert truck: flared fiberglass fenders ($1020) and bed sides ($1350) that increase overall width by 6.0 inches to a driveway-choking 85.4, a gnarly tube front bumper and skid plate ($1250), a bed-mounted spare-tire carrier ($1010), an aluminum hood ($978), a cat-back exhaust system ($1135), and a set of all-weather floor mats ($70). The not-so-subtle Mopar vinyl wrap seen on our test vehicle might actually be added to the catalog, for those determined to assist Mopar’s marketing efforts.

Additional aftermarket bits include a pair of super-bright LED light bars ($1400) and HID auxiliary lights ($600), 17-inch Pro-Comp wheels ($940) with BFGoodrich Mud Terrains ($1500), a full roll cage ($1000), and Mastercraft front seats with five-point harnesses ($1200).

The Runner shined on the sand dunes of Michigan’s Silver Lake State Park, where the suspension’s initial stiffness gave way to a mechanical cushion that, at highway speeds, soaked up launches and knee-high obstacles. Thanks to the Hemi’s ample grunt and the truck’s limited-slip rear differential, it was easy to steer with the throttle, and the wider track and big tires helped plant the chassis during high-speed cornering. The overall look and feel is more feral than the Raptor’s and, indeed, the Ram Runner lacks the refinement of a factory-prepped vehicle.

Off-Road HID Lights | Off Road Vehicle

Off-road 4×4 trucks have always been very popular amongst the people from all walks of life, providing them the ultimate driving experience and thrill during a cross-country move. While driving through such tracks, what is the most important aspect one should cater for, no doubt it’s the visibility factor and the capability of your ride to facilitate you in clearing some very dangerous and difficult routes. Poor visibility in such areas can prove fatal causing serious accidents and avoiding these accidents can only be made possible by such a modification which not only improves your driving experience but also enhances the looks of your car. Yes! We are talking of none other than Off- Road HID lights, which provide you with an extraordinary drive during night, keeps you safe during any cross country move, works in any kind of weather conditions and last but not the least gives your car a new exotic face.

The prices of off -road Hid lights range in between 150$ – 1000$ depending upon there specification and the number of lights. Some of the products for off- road HID experience are: Off-Road HID 4 Inch Off-Road HID Lights Pair, Off-Road xenon 5 Inch Off-Road lights, Off-Road 6 Inch Lightning system, off-Road lights 7 Inch Off-Road Lightning system. Off-Road HID 7 inch spot Light, Off-Road HID 9 inch, off-road HID 24W 1400 lumens, Off-Road flash light 25 million and Off-Road HID flash light 6000k.

These HID kits are extremely durable and simple to fit onto your vehicle irrespective of the model you own, may it be an hummer, military humvees, Toyota 4×4, even an ATV, the entire is available at your door step just one click away. You don’t require any effort of going to some dealer and select the appropriate kit for your ride. It’s as simple as logging onto internet and buying the stuff you require from a particular web. You can select from a wide variety of lights having different features regarding there temperatures, colors and mountings. These lights can be used for the off-road racing purposes,to simply brighten up the track in front of you and can also be directed to specific dark spots.

Once you have got the HID kit and eager to check it out then the first step you should go for is its installation. Off-road kit installation is a very easy task and doesn’t take much of your time to get fixed on your ride. These kits come with all the necessary accessories required for an accurate fit. The item provided as a part of this kit are: a durable high impact housing, an anodized aluminum trim ring, tampered glass lens, protective lens cover made up of polycarbonate, wire harness and a 35W light beam. Now what all you got to do is to just fix those mountings change the old wiring harness with the one that supports and can resist the immense amount of heat produced by the xenon bulbs. Xenon bulbs are the gas filled bulbs and the gas they carry is, as the name suggests, xenon gas. They are three times brighter than the usual lamps and are very energy efficient.They use 40% less electric current than the custom factory fitted lamps in your truck, eventually resulting in less fuel consumption coz less current is extracted from the alternator.

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