Thread: Spotties vs Lightbar - Roofrack

Personally I would have a light bar on top as it will draw less amps. As you said you have the light force for up front distance.

It would be similar in cost by the time you have 4 lights up there.

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It depends on what you want it for, I have a 40" light bar on the roof and a set of Lightforce 240 Blitz (with HID Conversion Kit) on the bull bar. The HID on the bull bar are awesome for distance on the highway and the LED on the roof is awesome for off road and spotting skippy on the highway.

The HID off road are no chop against the light bar but the light bar would be fine on the highway if I didn't have the HID.

The other thing about the light bar on the roof is that it is very low profile and sits nicely under the roof rack and it is a lot more solid than most spot lights.

As Lambrover said they also draw a hell of a lot less than conventional spot lights so you don't put a massive load on your alternator/battery as you would with 4 x 100w spot lights.

Regards
Iain

Cheers. Chook 73, what brand lightbar did you opt for? Chosen for a particular reason? Just about every add now is claiming the best & brightest in Aus.

I went with the rigid as the optics are by far the best IMHO. I liked the idea of lots of small led as eventually you will loose a few and with more smaller you won't notice it as much. Also more smaller led allow a better and more even focal pattern with fewer hot spots.

It's also a great solid unit, been on the car just under 2 years from memory and hasn't skipped a beat.

I also believe you get what you pay for, I bought a cheap Chinese winch and it lasted a year. I wonder how the chep Chinese light bars will last especially on corrugations and sealing in rain.


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Chook where did you get the Rigid bar from?

Hi miker, I would (and I plan to do it soon) put roof mounted lights on my disco.

I love the look o the traditional expedition trucks (4 across the top) but you cannot go past the led light bars for performance.

Sooooo - I plan to use 4 smaller rectangular led spot lights to achieve the trad look but have the performance of led. Best of both worlds!

Matt

Originally Posted by dmdigital

Chook where did you get the Rigid bar from?

Snake racing


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I think you can have lights above the line of the head lights, but if you use them the law can ping you if they so wish.( just like after market HIDs and rod holders on the bullbar) so always be polite to a cop if he stops you, cause he could draw up quite a list on some 4x4s