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    Question Puma Lights

    Just wondering, does anyone in Melbourne run the Truck Lite High Intensity 7' lights on their Puma here.
    Next part, does anyone run the wiring upgrade for lights on said vehicle. But not with the new lights, just the upgrade itself.

    I'm asking as I would really like to see first hand the differences of these two arrangements.
    Its an upgrade I'd like to do, but not sure which to do, maybe both (?), not sure if its needed or not, but I'd like to see first hand for myself.
    We do quite a few highway miles, and I'd like something better for my main lights first, then I'll look at spotties, but the Fyrlyt's are looking the goods there.

    Any help would be greatly appreciated thanks guys.

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    I cannot comment on upgraded loom or the truck lights (however I would love a set of them!)

    but what I did do is throw some Phillips +100's globes in (I think that's what they are called?) few people on here use them. made a huge difference int he performance of the factory headlights. id say at least half the brightness again and a better colour (less yellow)

    if you do not think you need spotties, try these globes out, I used them for a bit but found I am scared of the dark so fitted spotties and LED light bars

    Leroy

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    Question

    I have heard that it can be possible that if one puts upgraded/more powerful globes into a standard light fitting, there can be issues with the standard reflector with respect to the extra heat that may be generated?
    Cheers, Pickles.

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    Chops,

    I have installed the Traxide wiring upgrade as part of the driving light installation: Fitting the Traxide Lighting Upgrade and Driving Light Kit to a 2007+
    It makes a difference.

    However more dramatically has been the improvement gained from using Narva "plus 100" globes. These are probably similar to the Philips mentioned by Leroy above. They are ADR compliant (therefore legal in NSW) and because they are the same wattage (60/55) as the standard globes do not generate more heat thereby avoiding issues with the head lamps. But there is a down side: they don't have the same life span so if I was doing a lot of night driving on rough roads I would probably go back to the "plus 50" version which are better than standard. It's a $60 experiment that for me worked very well.
    Mahn England

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    I have got the Traxide loom upgrade. I found only a very marginal improvement with toe loom upgrade only.

    I subsequently installed 90/130w globes for approx $25, which were a considerable improvement.

    I have also got some cheep HID spotties 75w. They are awesome!

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    L E D headlights

    Chops, you might like to look up SPEAKER LED 7 inch High/Low beam lights.
    8700 Series Part Number 0547341.
    Found them at Ashdown Ingram standard plug fits on no up grade to wiring
    ADR ok
    Price $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ 1200.00 pair Best check might have dropped by now.
    No they are still at the shop.
    On paper they look good.

    Cheers Camp Oven

    Ps was the first name that popped up when I first signed in. Do a little bit in two Bedourie ovens :-)
    Last edited by Camp Oven; 16th September 2013 at 10:32 PM. Reason: Not sure if reply will get to Chops post/thread

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    L E D headlights

    Chops, you might like to look up SPEAKER LED 7 inch High/Low beam lights.
    8700 Series Part Number 0547341.
    Found them at Ashdown Ingram standard plug fits on no up grade to wiring
    ADR ok
    Price $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ 1200.00 pair Best check might have dropped by now.
    No they are still at the shop.
    On paper they look good.

    Cheers Camp Oven

    Ps was the first name that popped up when I first signed in. Do a little bit in two Bedourie ovens :-)

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    Thanks for the replies guys.
    Leroy, I had a look at some of those when I was getting my filters the other day,, could be a good way to go for the time being. And in conjunction with what Mahn has said about the up grade this could be a better option, although the "truck lites" are only $400 a set, so we'll see,, (haha,, get it,, we'll see )
    Tomo, How are your reflectors holding out with the 95/130's?
    CO,, way too expensive for this little black duck unfortunately,, (And double posting too,,, how'd you manage that,, )

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    Chops, as you can see the split time was a bit slow, but I managed to get a finger on it.

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    Don't know much about the trucklites but the Speakers are good IMHO. Another option to maybe consider is the Noldens?

    My Puma with Speaker 8700's.





    And they are just plug and play using the OEM plug.

    Brian.

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