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Roof lights
pippy0:
--- Quote from: Disco Matt on October 04, 2010, 22:17:36 ---I just need to make a visor for the underside of mine, as at the moment they tend to reflect off the bonnet, wipers, dashboard... :lol:
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Ive just started the process of making up such articles... Fitting roof lights to the freelander proved completely pointless without them! Switch them on and you only blind yourself! -angle of the windscreen means the light bounces off it, off the dash etc etc.. Useless.
So far i've changed the roof lights to smaller versions + made some temporary guards to go underneath... Blocked 95% of the light entering the cabin , just need to re-work the design to block the rest.
Ok so like i said, they are in the design stages so not at all pretty.. but very functional!
Disco Matt:
I'm currently thinking in terms of making plastic U-shaped things which will use the same fixings as the lights. I remember working with polycarbonate-type stuff at school many years ago which was dead easy to handle (even with the rudimentary hand tools they were willing to let Year 8 loose with!). Armed with a jigsaw to cut the parts out and a heat gun to warm the stuff I should be able to bend it fairly accurately to fit around the lamp.
tack43:
Has anyone tried X-lites? They appear to have covered all the problems if their website is to be believed!
Rich
Disco Matt:
I've looked at them, but I can't believe the hoods on them are really long enough. I'm keeping my eyes open for a really good set of rectangular driving lamps which I can kit out with shades.
lee celtic:
I fitted 4 on the rack I made 2 years ago and have had no problems..
but as said I only use them with respect to other road users and have an isolator switch to seperate them from the main beam .. it also goes the other way so I can use them on there own.... :D
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