I found a set of lights today at walmart that are for offroad vehicles and racing... they are halogen and 55 watts (assume total, though maybe dual 55's, I can't tell yet). Nicely just $15 for the pair.

Anyway has anyone tried using lites like this or any other typical automotive lights like foglamps?

I like the size of em.. they were pretty small... yet would be plenty bright for a bike (and again, would look pretty dang nice at that). I don't want to get in any legal issues .. but they would be mounted like standard lights and not down low like foglights or for more offroad uses.

Just looking for feedback. The lightspread pattern on the box was pretty impressive.

Getting the 12 volts is another question all together but there are tons of rechargable options out there in the hardware department and so on to try out.

Also tail lights. Walmart had a lot of options. Some too utilitarian for my tastes... some were standard running/marker lights that were small. I don't mind having separate reflectors... but anyone use one of the walmart options? One decent one was just $6. And hey they had one that was a skull for mounting on hitches.

I'm considering a full lighting kit if I start to commute. Safety is paramount. But don't want to invest too much into it if possible. Nicely if I go for the walmart option I could keep em pretty good looking to test out and return em thanks to that return policy if they dont' turn out well.