HOW TO OWN THE NIGHT

RIGID'S ON ANOTHER LEVEL!

- WORDS & PHOTOS BY KHAN MEDIA

During the dark times of longer nights and shorter days, people often don't get out on the trail enough. That lack of trail time is a serious shame, as multiple studies have shown it is a leading cause of seasonal depression. Okay, we made that last part up, as we have yet to find any legitimate studies showing that link. However, from personal experience, we know that a lack of time behind the wheel exploring the great outdoors thoroughly bums us out.

There is also absolutely no need for less wheeling activity now (or ever really). Yes, the nights are way longer, but modern LED off-road lighting technology is truly a wonder. Long gone are the days of struggling down a trail after dark with a couple of incandescent lights that produce fewer lumens than a bargain bin flashlight. However, properly illuminating the trail at night takes more thought than just strapping as many lights as you can onto your rig. There are multiple considerations to make your next night run more enjoyable. Let's look at how you can own the night with the proper lighting setup.

Your Truck Is Not A Trophy Truck

Bump-gobbling and horsepower-happy trophy trucks are amazing examples of American awesomeness. Nobody could ever truthfully claim to never have lusted for a trophy truck of their own. Sadly, most of our vehicles are nowhere near capable of generating the immense speeds that trophy trucks can in almost any terrain. We aren't saying this to cause overuse of sad-face Emojis, but we all have to be realistic about what speeds we are actually traveling at night. That speed combined with the type of terrain we are traveling over will heavily influence the type of lights we need. Not being realistic about our needs leads to mismatched lighting that is unsuitable for the application.