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Time for some more lights
Jimbo:
Now that I've got my new winch bumper, I thought it time to improve the lighting - I'm a little restricted on space below the A bar (as the winch is a bit hooge), but I think lamps mounted above the A bar might look a bit naff........thoughts ?
The lamp mounting brackets on the A bar are at each end of the Defender badge on the grill. I've got a pair of Hella somethings in the garage (small, oval shaped 55w jobbies), and they would fit below the A bar.......or do I go for a monster pair of 8" somethings and mount them on top of the bar ?
Big Rich:
Mark Evens mounted his above in "A 4X4 is Born"
Looks good. I suppose it will depend in size and shape.
Rich
Jimbo:
--- Quote from: "Big Rich" ---Mark Evens mounted his above in "A 4X4 is Born"
Looks good. I suppose it will depend in size and shape.
Rich
--- End quote ---
Good point - guess I'll have to watch the DVD again !!
I was thinking that lights above the bar might be a bit vulnerable, but then if they're going to get broke it probably doesn't matter where they are mounted :roll:
Big Rich:
They should be okay. If there not your windscreen is ot far behind!
Also putting them intop they will have less chance of being drowned in water.
Rich
Litch:
The Hella's will be just fine, in fact I now run these on my A-bar instead of the old Wipac 8-inch 100W units and I find the Hella's are better illuminators despite being a lot smaller and 'only' 55W.
If they are FF50's you may find them a tad too small, I run these on my bike but on a LR they may look too small (still effective though). The FF100's are an excelent light while giving good penetration & spread. I have a pair of spots on the underside of the A-bar and a pair of fogs on the top of the bumper (all linked up to high-beam). The spots provide penetration and the fogs provide an excelent spread of light across the carriageway.
Of course another upside is that they match the Land-Rover oval!
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