Light Bar ??

**NYSpeedRacer** · 05-31-2017 02:02 AM

Anyone have a light bar installed on their Q?

I'm thinking about having a 20" bar installed behind my grill and bolted onto the steel crash support beam.

I'm finding my headlights are insufficient at night in rural areas.

Thoughts?

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**mmth_ski_bum** · 05-31-2017 03:55 AM

I've been thinking about doing the same thing. I've seen it done on a B8.5 allroad and it was super clean.

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**q5 dave** · 05-31-2017 05:53 AM

Originally Posted by NYSpeedRacer

Thoughts?

Cool!

https://www.audiworld.com/forums/q5-.../#post24705118

**BierJager** · 05-31-2017 06:13 AM

I can't say I agree there's insufficient light from the Q5 for rural areas. That's where I live and I think the Q has excellent lights.
It does look clean installed in that manner but this isn't something I'd install on my Q personally.
I feel light bars are all the rage now but seem more like a "Jeep thing" that I don't understand and don't care to because first of all Jeeps suck and second of all, mail order catalog add-ons like that belong on those types of vehicles.
The light bar also seems to have become the new irritant on the road for dentally challenged, Joe Dirt hooligans who think blinding everybody is great fun. It has supplanted the subwoofer and is vying for the title of "look at me everybody I'm a clueless douche" with modified domestic diesel trucks rolling coal with huge flags out back.
But that's just my opinion on light bars. Sorry for the rant.

**q5 dave** · 05-31-2017 06:59 AM

lolz. I doubt RJ would drive through Manhattan with an LED light bar on strobe mode.

**VroomVroom** · 05-31-2017 08:13 AM

Sorry if I'm asking the obvious here, but any chance you just need to adjust the beams a bit higher? When I lowered my SQ5, the first time I drove at night I thought both headlights were out. It was crazy. All back to normal after a few turns of the screwdriver. I don't drive regularly in rural areas, but I have done so on a couple of occasions without issue.

Total FWIW, but back in my GM full-size SUV days, there were folks who installed driving lights in the lower valance, between the tow hooks. Huge improvement, and a much better mod in lieu of trying to get value out of higher output fog lights. I can totally see this working on our machines.

**NYSpeedRacer** · 05-31-2017 08:15 AM

Originally Posted by BierJager

I can't say I agree there's insufficient light from the Q5 for rural areas. That's where I live and I think the Q has excellent lights.
It does look clean installed in that manner but this isn't something I'd install on my Q personally.
I feel light bars are all the rage now but seem more like a "Jeep thing" that I don't understand and don't care to because first of all Jeeps suck and second of all, mail order catalog add-ons like that belong on those types of vehicles.
The light bar also seems to have become the new irritant on the road for dentally challenged, Joe Dirt hooligans who think blinding everybody is great fun. It has supplanted the subwoofer and is vying for the title of "look at me everybody I'm a clueless douche" with modified domestic diesel trucks rolling coal with huge flags out back.
But that's just my opinion on light bars. Sorry for the rant.

Maybe my headlights needs adjusting? I was just in Maine and when it got dark with no lights illuminating the roads, my headlights just sucked, even with the high beams on. Heck, my fog lights which I swapped to LEDs provided better illumination.

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**NYSpeedRacer** · 05-31-2017 08:16 AM

Originally Posted by q5 dave

lolz. I doubt RJ would drive through Manhattan with an LED light bar on strobe mode.

Correct, it would tap into my high beams and only use it when I need my high beams....or to get the attention of the ladies....

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**NYSpeedRacer** · 05-31-2017 08:17 AM

Originally Posted by q5 dave

Cool!

https://www.audiworld.com/forums/q5-.../#post24705118

Any more details on your bar? What brand? Is it all spot or flood lights mixed in?

Do you have it connected to your high beams or a separate switch?

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**Cgoon009** · 05-31-2017 08:35 AM

If you want to do it right, find a way to get ARB fogs behind the grille. This is the sort of mod you have to right the first time, otherwise it wont look right.

**jomama229** · 05-31-2017 09:39 AM

Originally Posted by NYSpeedRacer

Correct, it would tap into my high beams and only use it when I need my high beams....or to get the attention of the ladies....

i'd be tempted to flash those lights at every idiot in CA that thinks the left lane is the cruising lane.

**SQive** · 05-31-2017 11:22 AM

Originally Posted by q5 dave

What's going on with your badge?
What the hell is a Q5S?

**Jimminez** · 05-31-2017 11:26 AM

Originally Posted by NYSpeedRacer

Maybe my headlights needs adjusting? I was just in Maine and when it got dark with no lights illuminating the roads, my headlights just sucked, even with the high beams on. Heck, my fog lights which I swapped to LEDs provided better illumination.

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Mine certainly needed adjusting after lowering. I live in rural area and definitely noticed a decrease in light on the road post lowering.

**NYSpeedRacer** · 05-31-2017 11:29 AM

Originally Posted by Cgoon009

If you want to do it right, find a way to get ARB fogs behind the grille. This is the sort of mod you have to right the first time, otherwise it wont look right.

I was thinking about doing exactly that, behind the grille, but with a Rigid E Series midnight series flood/spot combo. Midnight as in black, so it's not as visible during the day

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**NYSpeedRacer** · 05-31-2017 11:30 AM

Originally Posted by SQive

What's going on with your badge?
What the hell is a Q5S?

#covfefe

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**q5 dave** · 05-31-2017 12:25 PM

Originally Posted by NYSpeedRacer

Any more details on your bar? What brand? Is it all spot or flood lights mixed in?

Do you have it connected to your high beams or a separate switch?

Originally Posted by SQive

What's going on with your badge?
What the hell is a Q5S?

Originally Posted by NYSpeedRacer

#covfefe

lmao!! how do you guys not recognize my Q. I am offended

dat car- https://www.audiworld.com/forums/q5-.../#post24705118

my car

**NvrFollow25** · 05-31-2017 06:46 PM

Originally Posted by NYSpeedRacer

#covfefe

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LMFAO!!!!!!!!!

**riceboy22** · 06-01-2017 06:29 AM

Originally Posted by NYSpeedRacer

Maybe my headlights needs adjusting? I was just in Maine and when it got dark with no lights illuminating the roads, my headlights just sucked, even with the high beams on. Heck, my fog lights which I swapped to LEDs provided better illumination.

I'd definitely try adjusting them first. I found the lighting to be more than adequate out in the country here in VA the other night. I've got ecodes, so the cutoff is different, but I'm still using the stock bulbs. The adjustment is simple to do with just a phillips head: How to Properly Re-Calibrate and Adjust Adaptive Bi-Xenon Headlights

**NYSpeedRacer** · 06-01-2017 06:56 AM

Originally Posted by riceboy22

I'd definitely try adjusting them first. I found the lighting to be more than adequate out in the country here in VA the other night. I've got ecodes, so the cutoff is different, but I'm still using the stock bulbs. The adjustment is simple to do with just a phillips head: How to Properly Re-Calibrate and Adjust Adaptive Bi-Xenon Headlights

Thanks, I'll give it a shot!

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**soul strong** · 06-02-2017 07:27 PM

I thought about doing something like this

but would take away from the luxury of the q5

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