Thread: Which driving lights should I buy for my dad? Off road use. Lightforce, Hella, etc?

I can 1000% vouch for the strength of the lens'. I hit a kangaroo in the D2 a couple of nights ago, body wedged into the LH headlight, smashed it out and stuck into the recess and the head hit the light and it laid back in the mount and wedged the head between it and the hoop on the xrox bar. Despite the soon to be defunct roo's attempts to free itself by removal of the light the body, lens, globe and mount all stayed intact. the only evidence being a few stray hairs left behind.

The bar is still fine, no deformation of the wing, hoop or crush can. The washer bottle is intact, some deformation but once the xrox guard was removed it came back into shape. So a new guard, grille, headlight, indicator & radiator support panel and all good.

Hi guys and gals

A question for the many people that have bought Fyrlyts from me.
Did any of you buy a wiring kit, and if you did, which one was it?
Hope you are all happy with your purchase.

many thanks
Todd

Originally Posted by R2D2

Hi guys and gals

A question for the many people that have bought Fyrlyts from me.
Did any of you buy a wiring kit, and if you did, which one was it?
Hope you are all happy with your purchase.

many thanks
Todd

G'day Todd,

Very happy with the product! Scared away (consequently not hitting) a lot of wildlife in Tassie over the holidays. I can't imagine driving at night when there is wildlife about without my set of lights now.

I had all the wire I needed at home, so I just purchased a relay and custom made the leads. The only advice I can offer after doing all the wiring myself is soldering everything if you DIY or go the better option and buy a pre-made kit. Next time I'll just buy a kit. It seemed like a lot of effort to save a few dollars. Depends how much you like DIY...

Cheers.

A comment on "light force".

Depends on the useage. Found a very peed off customer who had travelled the Centre route to WA. Was up at Karijini. Both of his driving lights had sheared off at the base. Plastic had fatigue failed on corrugations at the base of the reflector moulding.

Others may comment???

Cheers

RF

Originally Posted by Rick Fischer

A comment on "light force".

Depends on the useage. Found a very peed off customer who had travelled the Centre route to WA. Was up at Karijini. Both of his driving lights had sheared off at the base. Plastic had fatigue failed on corrugations at the base of the reflector moulding.

Others may comment???

Cheers

RF

Same thing happened to a set of LR branded driving lights I found on the Simpson.

Well the mounting bracket and bolt on the FYRLYT's is certainly not plastic. I can't see it breaking.

Originally Posted by Rick Fischer

A comment on "light force".

Depends on the useage. Found a very peed off customer who had travelled the Centre route to WA. Was up at Karijini. Both of his driving lights had sheared off at the base. Plastic had fatigue failed on corrugations at the base of the reflector moulding.

Others may comment???

Cheers

RF

Original style 240 Blitz ?

I'm guessing the XGT design addresses that potential problem ?

Originally Posted by Rick Fischer

A comment on "light force".

Depends on the useage. Found a very peed off customer who had travelled the Centre route to WA. Was up at Karijini. Both of his driving lights had sheared off at the base. Plastic had fatigue failed on corrugations at the base of the reflector moulding.

Others may comment???

Cheers

RF

Light Farce as they are becoming commonly known have been having problems for a long time now with their composite.

They changed something back a multitude of years ago in the chemistry / moulding and have since suffered.

From the material going a powder grey to outright failure as you observed.

Their earlier lights perform better, as they got bigger it seems they lost focus (pardon the pun) and changed things.