Driving light suggestions for a D3

**drivesafe** · 16th January 2006, 08:13 AM

Hi sclarke, out west, when you have to dim your lights for an oncoming vehicle that’s a way off, with these new type of lights on the D3, slowing down is not an option, it’s necessity.

Hi cairns_offroad, I take it you have a luggage roof rack and if so, this does pose a problem as the lights will be mounted directly above the windscreen.

With no luggage roof rack, a roof mount driving light set up is easy to fit so that the lights are not only far enough back so as not to shine on the bonnet, but they can also be fitted clustered in the middle of the roof so as not to light up your mirrors.

After all the years I have used them and the amount of additional safety they give you, I can’t wait to see how much better the lights will be on the D3 once I have the roof lights fitted.

Cheers.

**sclarke** · 16th January 2006, 10:17 AM

I do agree that lights are very important. its hard to adjust when you used to the bright driving lights.
Are the D3 HID? would it be worth upgrading them to a HID kit for Low beam?

**drivesafe** · 16th January 2006, 11:03 AM

Hi sclarke, before you spend the big bucks needed to buy an HID kit, see if you can get a comparison between someone’s 4x4 with good quality, high bright conventional headlights and an HID equipped 4x4.

I mean to do it when I get the chance using the my RR and the D3.

At this point I am anything but impressed, especially after last nights drive along Duck Creek Road with my wife driving the D3 behind me, all I got all night long was the lightning flash of the HIDs at every bump.

I was quite happy to keep as far a head as practicable just to get away from the lights.

Cheers.

**seqfisho** · 16th January 2006, 12:21 PM

Hi Tim,

Forgot to ask you last night what type and wattage bulbs are you running?
When I looked at them during daylight hours the buls looked like they had a blue tinge to them, or was it an optical illusion :roll:

They sure gave a great spread in the dark going up the mountain. 8O

**drivesafe** · 16th January 2006, 01:05 PM

G’day seqfisho, all my headlights and driving lights are Philips Crystal Vision 55 watt globes.

I never thought of it yesterday afternoon when you were talking about the lenses melting, they would be great in your lights and would stop the melting.

I use to run 130 watt conventional globes in the Hella 181s and over a period of time, the reflectors would end up burnt.

The Hella 181s on top of the rangy I bought new and immediately changed the 100 watt globes for the Crystal Vision 55 watt globes.

I have been running them for around 2 and 1/2 years now and I have only had to replace one of the 10 globes in that time.

As you saw last night, the light is WHITE not yellow, works well, draws half the power of conventional 100 watt globes but each Crystal Vision globe puts out the equivalent of 110 watts of light and so far seem to have a much better operating life span.

Cheers.

BTW how was your trip back down Duck Creek Road last night and how did your new lights work.

**incisor** · 16th January 2006, 02:35 PM

Originally posted by drivesafe
As you saw last night, the light is WHITE not yellow,

why so fussed on white light?

me, i find a yellowish tinge gives some much better definition to holes and ditches in the road etc most of the time than white or blue light.

**drivesafe** · 16th January 2006, 02:42 PM

I’ve found that white light make animals, particularly roos show up earlier than with yellow lights.

Cheers.

**incisor** · 16th January 2006, 02:47 PM

i usually see the glow of their eyes long before i see the beast so to speak.

are you seeing the glow of the eyes earlier or the whole animal?

**drivesafe** · 16th January 2006, 04:30 PM

The whole animal and you can usually quickly see whether it is a possom or a roo.

cheers mate.

**seqfisho** · 16th January 2006, 04:51 PM

The lights are ok and certainly good value for money, certainly picked out the toads from the rocks on the road

but would like to try some of those bulbs in my existing headlights, as would like some more spread to the side especially on tracks where your turning all the time as the distance vision is usless when you need to see whats around the next corner and need to get the line right for the next toad :wink:

Would those bulbs incease the spread or just give a whiter output in the existing headlights?

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