|
Rich,
I
think I need to clarify what is auxiliary lighting and what is head lighting. On
a 1600 or any car that has dual 4.75" lights mounted in the grill then all 4
lights are considered headlights and must have refracted glass set for dip
for whichever side of the road you drive on. Auxiliary lights are driving
lights i.e. mounted on a bull bar or bumper bar and to be legal they must not be
mounted above the centre line of the headlights.
Upgrades to QI lights for all 4 headlights is common from fairly
inexpensive made in china brands to Cibie, Hella etc. The standard bulbs for the
outers are 60/55w H4 and 55w inner H1. The standard relay and wiring in theory
can take this load as the draw is not much different from the OEM sealed
beams but as the standard wiring is fairly ordinary after 30 years I would still
recommend that a high beam relay is used as per my wiring instructions that's
posted from time to time. The standard 35 amp alternator can handle this load
also but if you upgrade to 100w inners then a 50-60 amp alternator is
recommended depending on how much night driving you do in one stint - any more
than 1 hour then the higher output alternator is required.
regards
Terry
So does this mean that If I change my outers to both
low/high beam lights and have those as driving lights then my car is perfectly
legal? because I could just say they are driving lights...
what other options for lights are there? without looking at
buying a new alternator (dunno how or when you need ot upgrade
this)
rich
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Sunday, November 26, 2000 11:30
PM
Subject: RE: aeroplane landing lights +
seats
Hey list,
There may have been a discussion on this topic. But I
was wondering if anyone knew anything about using the aeroplane landing
lights as inners?
AC lights are illegal when used as headlights on
road cars as you must used refracted glass, although they are legal as
auxiliary driving lights so work that out err like what's the
difference but that's the law. They are great lights, not sure how much
these days, they do suffer from vibration and have very low life when
compared to Cibie inserts. They come in 100w at auto stores and from
AC suppliers at airports you could get 130w in the 4.75" lights. We liked
these off road as they had twin 65w filaments and the idea was that you
would blow one and not the other and that was pretty much the case. They
first came on the scene in the early 70's so the idea has been around for
a while.
how much
are they? and what spec are they? I saw this on a guy at works 1600, he
reakons they are sensational. Just wondering if anyone has heard of this
type of thing before.
Also I got some SAAS sports seats for my b'day, I was
wondering which runners were the best to use, and how hard they are to get
to fit.
thanx in advance,
rich
--membersozdat-------------------------------------------------------
OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:-
Send (un)subscribe requests to
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Send submissions to
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
No unauthorised redistribution of this
email
http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm
http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html
http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
---------------------------------------------------------------------
--membersozdat-------------------------------------------------------
OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:-
Send (un)subscribe requests to
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Send submissions to
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
No unauthorised redistribution of this
email
http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm
http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html
http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
---------------------------------------------------------------------
--membersozdat-------------------------------------------------------
OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:-
Send (un)subscribe requests to
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Send submissions to
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
No unauthorised redistribution of this
email
http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm
http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html
http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
---------------------------------------------------------------------
--membersozdat-------------------------------------------------------
OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:-
Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
No unauthorised redistribution of this email
http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm
http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html
http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
--------------------------------------------------------------------- |
