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Vehicle & Technical => Defender => Topic started by: Jimbo on October 08, 2007, 18:55:54

Title: Time for some more lights
Post by: Jimbo on October 08, 2007, 18:55:54: 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 ?

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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 ?
Title: Time for some more lights
Post by: Big Rich on October 08, 2007, 19:02:09: Mark Evens mounted his above in "A 4X4 is Born"

Looks good. I suppose it will depend in size and shape.

Rich
Title: Time for some more lights
Post by: Jimbo on October 08, 2007, 19:06:46: 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

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:
Title: Time for some more lights
Post by: Big Rich on October 08, 2007, 19:26:43: 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
Title: Time for some more lights
Post by: Litch on October 08, 2007, 20:21:26: 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!
Title: Time for some more lights
Post by: Big Rich on October 08, 2007, 21:27:43: I have 6 hella ff50's above my windscreen. Fantastic. Nice shape too. Not cheap but good lights.

Rich
Title: Time for some more lights
Post by: Jimbo on October 08, 2007, 21:42:09: Just looked in the garage - they are indeed FF50's.

I might do a trial run and see what they look like, before wiring them in......feel a need for some more lights coming on - how about the 50's above the A bar, and get pair of 100's for below !
Title: Time for some more lights
Post by: Jimbo on October 09, 2007, 13:21:48: Hmm, too wet to fit the lamps, so doing a spot of browsing - seems you can only get FF100's in 'Ivory'.........yet the 50's and 75's come in black :?
Title: Time for some more lights
Post by: Big Rich on October 09, 2007, 13:29:12: You could always resprey them. A set of 4 ff50's would look good and be bright enough. I have 4 forward facing and two to the side.

English weather :roll:

Rich
Title: Time for some more lights
Post by: Jimbo on October 09, 2007, 13:33:45: Quote from: "Big Rich"
You could always resprey them. A set of 4 ff50's would look good and be bright enough. I have 4 forward facing and two to the side.

English weather :roll:

Rich

I could.......but then I could just buy another pair of 50's - in black !

Doesn't the price vary from place to place :shock: , I've found one website who are ten quid cheaper per lamp than another site !, they seem to price per lamp for some odd reason, you get a slightly better deal buying in pairs.
Title: Time for some more lights
Post by: Big Rich on October 09, 2007, 13:35:46: It pays to shop around. Good old internet. :lol:

Only thing is you see other things you "could do with" :wink:

Rich
Title: Time for some more lights
Post by: Jimbo on October 09, 2007, 13:41:15: Quote from: "Big Rich"

Only thing is you see other things you "could do with" :wink:

Rich

Ah yes, called into Maplin this morning to pick up one waterproof box - came out with all sorts of extra stuff :roll:
Title: Time for some more lights
Post by: electricbluebadger on October 09, 2007, 14:19:30: Have to admit I think huge spots above the A Bar just make it look like you've run over Mickey Mouse :)

Cheers Steve
Title: Time for some more lights
Post by: Range Rover Blues on October 09, 2007, 14:39:47: A big spare of rectangular things above the A bar would look ok.
Title: Time for some more lights
Post by: Litch on October 09, 2007, 18:24:39: The best place for Hella's is AB Butt in Leicester.
Apart from mail-order, they do several of the LR shows and are very knowlegable about the lights they sell, they are also about the cheapest you will find.
Title: Time for some more lights
Post by: Jimbo on October 09, 2007, 19:28:21: Quote from: "Litch"
The best place for Hella's is AB Butt in Leicester.
Apart from mail-order, they do several of the LR shows and are very knowlegable about the lights they sell, they are also about the cheapest you will find.

I got the current pair of FF50's from them at a show a couple of years ago - they were destined for the Disco, but never made it :roll: