OffroadGorilla.com Aurora LED Fogs

 I had the distinct honor and privilege of being invited to test the performance of the 2" Aurora LEDs through a sponsorship orchestrated by the proprietor of OffroadGorilla.com.

I sent in some night photos of them installed. But I think many lights can seemingly appear bright when cast against a pitch black backdrop.

These lights; however, are bright no matter where you are when you engage them.

In the above photo and the few below, I took the truck on a solo expedition up to Drummond Island, Michigan and later headed into Canada and did a little more offroading with them. I had them installed prior to another run, but as we were primarily driving during the day time, I didn't have any footage of them illuminated.

 I wasn't very far into the trail before the dense cover of the canopy suggested (or mandated really) that it might not be a bad idea to provide some illumination to better see my surroundings and also alert any other users of the trail of my presence. It was only after I started reviewing the pictures later that I could really see how bright these are even in daylight.

 I particularly like that the mounts seem very sturdy and allow for some very controlled aiming and positioning. The housings were also very tough and substantial. There was one part of the trail where pranksters swapped out the designation signs that indicate the difference between OHV Trails (for ATVs and dirtbikes) versus OHV Routes (for full-size vehicles). Well, I ended up about 300 yards down an ATV trail where it became completely impassable for a truck of my size. I had some gnarly 17 point turns to do with less than minimal clearance. Although nature forcefully repositioned one of the fogs, it was no worse for wear. I think I can post another couple of pics below that will speak to their toughness.

 There were quite a bit of water crossings on the southerly portion of this trail. No fewer than 17 that I had to take, and a few more for which I found bypasses. Not a drop of water entered the housings.

Mettowee Offroad Extreme Park "Spring Fling" in April of 2014. You wouldn't know it was 'spring' by the 2+ feet of snow they had in some areas. 

By contrast, you can see in the lower passenger side of the bumper where the cheap-o auto shop fogs I had installed frequently were subject to water and mud infiltration into the lamp housing. They also put out inferior lighting compared to these.

Even in full daylight, still appear brighter than even my headlights.


As for the toughness of the construction, I think this photo demonstrates pretty well the peril that I expose my truck and its components to:

Anthracite Outdoor Adventure Area- May 2014

The water had been considerably less deep in other sections of this trail. The truck stayed submerged in this manner for about 15 minutes or so. It could have been longer. I actually  had to shimmy up and out of the driver side window, Dukes of Hazzard style, and then scramble over the top of the cab and into the truck bed before landing in this spot. Fortunately, the rear winch was semi-cooperative and I was able to pull the truck backwards out of this much. Not a drop of water in the housings.

And this is what they look like today on the truck. I didn't try to pretty them up or even clean them. This is how they will look on a truck that gets some  usage:

I spliced in the wiring harness that comes with these lights into the wire leads that come installed stock with this model Frontier. I had to source the Fog Light selector stem from "Jersey Parts" (aka Cherry Hill Nissan). They work well in this configuration.

-will

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