One Coast, Two Builds: HIMA Lighting on a Wrangler and Tank 300
From Hornet and Radar on the Wrangler to Xplore and Orion on the Tank 300. A behind-the-scenes lighting photo journal from Yangjiang.
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Not one fixed build—and that was the point.
We brought a grey Jeep Wrangler and a blue-and-white Tank 300 to the Yangjiang coast with more lighting combinations than either vehicle could wear at once. Between photo sets, we swapped lights and captured the differences up close. The vehicles you see here were not running every pictured setup at the same time. Think of this as a field journal of real installations and design details, rather than a controlled lighting comparison.
Hornet: a rugged look on the Wrangler
The Wrangler wore a row of Hornet 5s with white bezels on its roof rack, plus a pair of Hornet 5s at the A-pillars. On the front bumper, two Hornet 9s took the center positions, with one Hornet 7 on each side. It's a modern, rugged look that works with the Wrangler's squared-off front end. The A-pillar Hornet 5s were photographed with carbon-fiber-pattern bezels under evaluation; those test bezels are not being presented as a retail option.
Same Wrangler. A more classic front end.
We also photographed the Wrangler with a Radar bumper setup: two Radar 9s in the center and a Radar 7 at either side. The round housings feel more classic, while the switchable white/amber DRLs change the look without changing the whole installation. Radar is designed for a more even, mid-range-oriented beam, while Hornet leans toward a more modern, rugged character. That's a product-design distinction, not a claim that we ran a controlled nighttime beam comparison on this trip.
Xplore and Orion, layered on the Tank 300
The blue-and-white Tank 300 gave us a different canvas. In one photographed configuration, a row of silver-bezel Xplore 4 lights ran across the roof. Orion 2 and Orion 4 sat together at the A-pillars. Along the front bar, a six-light Orion 2 arrangement was flanked by an Orion 4 on each end, while the fog-light positions housed two black-bezel Xplore 3 lights per side. Some other Tank 300 combinations in the wider photo set included lamps we don't plan to sell. We've deliberately left those out of the product story.
Orion 2 + Orion 4 on the sand
This night scene shows the Tank 300's A-pillar Orion 2 and Orion 4 lights working together with its factory low beams. The tire tracks and sand reveal the illuminated area as photographed—not the standalone output of one lamp. We didn't shoot equivalent Hornet or Radar beam results during this outing, so those are stories for another day.