Nick, I have the same setup described by Terry on my rally car. I have 4 Lucas 2020 200mm & 2 Hella 150mm flood lights pointing down & at an angle for cornering. It works really well & is easily detachable. Only about 5 minutes to put on or take off.
I havn't used the Xenon type bulbs on the spots but do have a pair on my road car. They have whiter light which is supposed to give a better/longer lit area. Here(NZ) you can get std, Ice Blue, & Xenon bulbs. The Xenon bulbs only have a Xenon filament instead of halogen which gives the whiter light. To get proper gas discharge lights you are looking at $1200 per light. Regards -- Ritchie Williams Manager - Design Technology Vertex Pacific Limited 696 Te Rapa Rd Private Bag HN3044 Hamilton New Zealand ph 64 7 8493 999 fax 64 7 8498 764 e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Terry, thanks for the info. > > I already have a light bar on the car with wiring etc.. (everything bar the lights) > I will modify the bar to be detachable and build a mounting point inside the boot. > > So there are three types of spottie? > > Pencil, > Driving, and > Flood (Fog) > > So for a fast car you want 2 x Pencil and 2x Driving. > And for a slow car (mine) you want 2x Driving and 2 x Flood or 4 x Driving. > > Additionally, what about aftermarket globes? > > The headlights from a Lexus's or BMW's have a bluish white light. > Are these Xenon discharge? Are they also called H1 globes? > > I think they are about $35 a pair and can replace the standard Halogen globes. > Sounds a worthwhile modification... > > Regards, > Nick > > > > From: "Terry Rudd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: RE: Spotties / headlight conversion > > Date: 28/01/2002 22:31:18 > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Nick, > > > > In my heyday the trick with lighting was to mount 4 Oscars or optionally 2 > > Super Oscars and 2 Oscars on a rail (2 above and 2 below) that easily > > attached to the front of the car i.e. the design was such that the rail was > > removable and we used a 7 pin trailer plug for the electrics. We used a 2 > > position switch inside the car to turn off the high beams on the street > > cibies and switch over to the Oscars. My wiring instructions that I posted > > earlier were used many times over to run this system, it's all controlled by > > which bank of relays you earth and uses the original dipswitch. > > > > On a budget I'd probably do much the same thing but with Narvas, you can get > > floods and pencil beams in their range. The rice boy stuff is just a waste > > of money, a/c landers are brilliant lights but they don't handle vibrations > > that well, Narvas or Cibies will last a lifetime unless they get crunched. > > > > regards > > Terry > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Ken Abraham > > Sent: Monday, 28 January 2002 5:44 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: Spotties / headlight conversion > > > > > > List, > > > > Talking of lighting, what is the best value for money spotlight to use? And > > where in Sydney can you get them? > > I want to use them for rallying, but I don't want them too be too attractive > > to thieves and trees. > > > > The local car accessory shop and 'Big W' sells the Aunger 'mini' spotties > > for about $50 but they look like doof-doof, rice-boy rubbish. > > The biggest one is the Narva 150mm for $160.00 pricey but the best I can > > find. > > > > Where do you get Cibie and Hella stuff? > > And what about second hand aircraft landing lights (was mentioned previously > > on the list) any one actually tried it? > > Regards, > > Nick > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Chris Howard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Monday, January 28, 2002 12:55 AM > > Subject: RE: headlight conversion > > > > > > > Check out my headlight wiring upgrade page: > > > > > > http://turbovan.com/wiring.shtml > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > > > Chris Howard > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > http://turbovan.com > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: "Mark Firman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2002 9:40 PM > > > > Subject: headlight conversion > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > just wondering what i can do to improve my really dull > > > > headlights and high > > > > beam. I think i heard someone say that they put hilux halogen > > > > lights in or > > > > something? > > > > > Anything really *BRIGHT* would be a huge improvement! > > > > > Thanks a lot > > > > > > > > > > Mark > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > This message was sent through MyMail http://www.mymail.com.au > --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]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
