Roof Top Lights

Thanks drivesafe and mcrover and Tombie2

I was going to post a much longer post, luckily I didnt :p I havent had much sleep lately and my patience was at a minimum :D

I got someone else to read it and they suggested I didnt hit the submit post button, so I didnt :)

But you've just about covered all I wanted to say

It doesnt seem too bad an idea to me, I have the lights, my roof rack will be going into a welder to have it straightened out and its not going to take much to weld on some tabs for the lights and I also have all the relays. What else am I going to do with them? Throw them in the back of the shed never to be used again?

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Originally Posted by V8Ian

You lose half the range before the beam reaches the bullbar :D Thats what the 240 Blitzs will be for
(Ex I-S truckie, 7,000,000 km)

What do lights on the roof do for fuel economy? Ill have the spare tyre mounted up there anyway, as well as a roof rack; I cant imagine a couple of spotties will hurt that much
480W load on the alternator would would give pretty fair engine braking on a downward slope, apart from that it's all pose for my money.I already have a heavier duty than standard alternator fitted

I'll stick to my pair of bullbar mounted Tauris (100W) thanks

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My mcrover answer :D

And lastly for the 'dim the lights thing', most spotties have a little switch beside the headlight switch so its possible to have high beam without the spotties. Ill just turn the roof lights off while in places where it will be a common occurence to have to dim my lights, and turn them on for long open stretches of road

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Originally Posted by drivesafe

I don’t know about the rest of you but I dim my high beam as soon as I notice the reflected light of an on coming vehicle, or are you lot the type of selfish Mongols that leave your lights on high beam until the other vehicle dims their's first?

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Thanks, so it was you ;) Over 7mill k everyone else has waited til they can see the whites of my eyes :mad: We are on the same page :angel: But seriously I have found the more/brighter the lights the later they are dipped. Ignorant dipsticks.

i had 2 sets of big spotties mounted on my bullbar, but when i upgraded to H.I.D. main lights they effectively became useless, could turn them off and on when high main lights are on they make no difference. now only have a set of fogs on my bar for if i get caught in the clouds at night,
upgrade to HID, dont waste your time and money on spotties, unless of course they are HID as well :)

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Originally Posted by V8Ian

Thanks, so it was you ;) Over 7mill k everyone else has waited til they can see the whites of my eyes :mad: We are on the same page :angel: But seriously I have found the more/brighter the lights the later they are dipped. Ignorant dipsticks.

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Its actually sometimes not the drivers fault...

Dipping is a reaction to reflective light from oncoming vehicles...

I noticed with inferior spotties I could detect this 'glow' earlier and dip sooner...

The penetrating beam of the current lights reduces this 'glow' making it harder to detect till later....

I've also had trucks complain that they are being dazzled by me (on UHF) and so dipped.... It took 2 minutes before I even passed the oncoming Semi...

I apologised and he was good about it...

But you cant always be certain..

I've been blinded by enough trucks over the years too.... :cool:

The law realy needs to be dragged into this centary, legally you are required to dip your lights at 200 metres, that only increased when we went metric (by about 1.2 metres). That was ok when the roads were full of Austin A30 s and their ilk; they only had 35 W high beam & rather ordinary reflectors.
I dip my lights, as a reaction, as soon as I see light coming toward me, well before I see the actual light. I have often dipped my lights for buildings etc. :(

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Originally Posted by V8Ian

The law realy needs to be dragged into this centary, legally you are required to dip your lights at 200 metres, that only increased when we went metric (by about 1.2 metres). That was ok when the roads were full of Austin A30 s and their ilk; they only had 35 W high beam & rather ordinary reflectors.
I dip my lights, as a reaction, as soon as I see light coming toward me, well before I see the actual light. I have often dipped my lights for buildings etc. :(

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Re-read your road laws Ian...

Law states now, that dazzling an oncoming driver is an offence...
There is No longer a distance in that law.

Touchy subject:eek: Best advice? just do it and gets some miles up at night and see what you think.

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Originally Posted by Tombie2

Re-read your road laws Ian...

Law states now, that dazzling an oncoming driver is an offence...
There is No longer a distance in that law.

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Unless it changed quite recently, I believe in Qld it still states 200m. Has any one else noticed that a lot of newer cars dazzle even on low beam, current Falcon springs to mind?

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Originally Posted by V8Ian

Unless it changed quite recently, I believe in Qld it still states 200m. Has any one else noticed that a lot of newer cars dazzle even on low beam, current Falcon springs to mind?

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Dont forget too.... As we age our eyes change too...

You and I aren't seeing like we used to 15 years ago :D

Cant say I've noticed any 'stand out' dazzlers...

Poorly adjusted or cheapo globes (SCA, NARVA etc) are poorly focused and tend to project wrong...

Phillips, Sylvania etc are excellently built... And last longer too!
They tend to be better focused also.