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Light bar - fitting advise
Reggieroo:
The legal side of things seems a bit of mine field, I know that fog lights have to be at certain heights etc but driving lamps are allowed with main beam & can be fitted anywhere as long as they are fitted symmetrical but just not sure how many you can have on at any one time. When I think about it though I see lots of trucks with tons of roof lights & spots on the front, all lit up with what looks like main beam.
hairyasswelder:
--- Quote from: Reggieroo on December 29, 2008, 02:23:17 ---The legal side of things seems a bit of mine field, I know that fog lights have to be at certain heights etc but driving lamps are allowed with main beam & can be fitted anywhere as long as they are fitted symmetrical but just not sure how many you can have on at any one time. When I think about it though I see lots of trucks with tons of roof lights & spots on the front, all lit up with what looks like main beam.
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Thats why the extra switch ;)
For off road use officer :roll:
Saves the trip across the legal minefield. You turn the main beam off when other traffic is around anyway :?
Steve
Range Rover Blues:
My head is a mine of useless informataion. The law as I remeber it states 6 lamps at any one time, the reason the Mini was disqualified form the Monte was for using dip and main together in the headlight, the french interpeted the law as 6 filaments, but it's 6 lamps.
Max wattage is 99 watts, just making the Wipacs illegal :shock: I fitted HID in mine so they are 35 watts each.
Driving lights can be at any height as long as they are symetrical, apparently you can't have 3 as on the Italian Job mini :(
Fog lights can be above or below the bumper but I vaguely recall the height creeating some issue about when they can be used etc.
RING are one of the best suppliers in that they print the legal requirements on most of their boxes.
LiftedDisco:
Devon 4x4 do the Carling switches - (ON-OFF-ON)
I fitted a pair to actuate a pair of relays - this way I can have outside lights or inner pair (that way keeping the balance if only running one pair of roof mounted lights) as they have one switch per pair.
The on-off-on element allows me to keep them off for normal road use (my main beam also actuates a separate relay for the bumper mounted spots...), on with main beam ( [-X ) or on their own (no headlights at all) if I want to go wading as dunking hot head lights into cold water will blow the filament.
The Carling switches need a feed for the light - I took mine from the sidelight feed to the radio and the switches have been inserted into a blank switch plate that sits where the ash tray would be on a LHD Disco...
Hope this helps
Reggieroo:
Thanks guys for some useful info but haven't got round to it yet as now I have an LPG problem, may require another post :roll:
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