My major concern about LED driving and fog lights is that none of them appear to be DOT compliant. Therefore only legal off road. Check out www.rallylights.com for their Hella and PIAA halogens.

 

My major concern about LED driving and fog lights is that none of them appear to be DOT compliant...

Like 99.9% of most aftermarket accessories everyone else installs on their cars yet never get stopped by police.

 

Volvo has OEM driving lights for the XC60 internationally. It gets really dark in Sweden in the winter so many people have them. You can't install them with ACC though as they block the radar sender.

http://accessories.volvocars.com/en-de/XC60(-17)/Accessories/Document/VCC-490929/2012

 

LED light bars are the answer.

 

can you recommend any ?

 

Hi..Just check the following link....
https://vparts.se/se/led-ramp-till-volvo-xc60-09-13-med-monteringssats-lightsome.html

 

Thank you all for your replies. I was quite certain that traditional lights would block the radar and/or the parking sensors and my concerns have now been verified.

I don't have any experience with the led light bars but I agree that these are the way to go if I decide to move forward with this idea. Thank you Ocean Racer and zuperman for your suggestions.

Happy solstice and Merry Christmas everyone! Pete

 

The light bar across the lower front grill is not a good thing for those with a T6 engine as the intercooler sits right behind that grill and it will be blocked/restrict airflow to it.

 

Good point and not one that I had thought of. Adding lights to these cars is even more challenging than I anticipated.

 

https://www.tirerack.com/lighting/d...p?autoMake=Volvo&autoModel=XC60+T6&autoYear=2014&autoModClar=AWD&ID=2565&brand=

https://www.autoaccessoriesgarage.c...riving-Fog-Lights&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI16Hs3Laj2AIVR0sNCh3fNALtEAQYBSABEgJ-svD_BwE

Perhaps these where the light bar was?

 

Sorry to have not responded to your post earlier Princeton. Not bad options but mounting them still is a challenge. And if they extend too far in front of the grill, they will block the radar (most important to me) and the parking sensors. I don't care about the front parking sensors but I really like the functions of the radar so I do not want to compromise it's function.

 

Anyone look at a solution like this and then mount driving lights?

http://www.ltsauto.co.uk/index.php/categories/ltsauto-bull-bars/ltsauto-volvo-bull-bars

 

Thanks for the idea but I personally would not want a bull bar on my XC60. On my truck, yes. I also think that lights on a bull bar would probably still interfere with the front parking sensors and ACC radar.

 

Perhaps mount them below the license plate (where the LED bar went). I used double stick tape (provided in the kit) for the RAV4 I owned at one time.

 

Gents, LED light bars don't have to be mounted around the licence plate area.
A perfect alternative is on the cross bars along the roof. Thats where I'd put them.

 

Ocean Racer:
Volvos in the US don't come with cross bars - they are an option.

 

They're an aftersales / aftermarket option everywhere.