Thread: Lightforce 240 Blitz Lights

Originally Posted by cal415

I have the 240XGTs mounted on my Disco II with an ARB bull bar,, fiting was easy enough but only just clear the bar, i had to reverse the mount. I checked out the blitz's but i wasnt sold on there design, the XGTs just seem alot more robust especialy in there mounts.

As for light output - bloody amazing! I currently have the blue combo lens spread/spot, they do a good job but i would prefer straight blue spots - the blue lens just makes the light look alot whiter and seems a little brighter.

I was told the blue lenses are for use in the snow. Yellow for fog Clear for normal and Red for spotting animals.

I've had my 240 Blitz lights since they came out - and I can't remember how long ago that was. Certainly a few years back now.

Mine are constantly exposed to UV and have not gone yellow at all. Not even the lens covers have. The covers are scratched from washing sand and mud off, brushing against leaves and branches, but if you remove them the lights actual lenses underneath are absolutley brand new still. They've been underwater dozens of times and have never leaked - even after being on.

I prefer the Blitz over the XGT's because the mounts are reasonably flexible. This does not mean that they flop about or jiggle over corrugations. They don't. I have, however, smacked them against all sorts of things in the heat of a 4WD moment, and they've just taken the hit and bounced back - every time. I've gone through a few sets of steel lights (IPF especially) and would now never go back to them. The polycarbonate lights rock - pure and simple. I reckon you could take a hammer to a lens and then have to go find the hammer after it's bounced off and out of your hand.

I'm still on my original bulbs.

I'm going to try the new 180mm NiteStalker copies this time around on the Mitsu van - and see how they go before I add them to the roof of the Defender. For about $200 a set you can't go wrong.

I have exactly the same setup as Cal415 and I highly recommend it.

Originally Posted by TuffRR

LF240 XGT's have been the best spotties I've used. These are the same as the blitz except in the mounting and breather..

Lightforce have a great reputation with warranties so i wouldn't be worried about them.

I would have to agree about the LF240 XGT's, they seem to be an excellent light.

One main reason I went for them was the style of mounting bracket they have.
I have encountered LF lights that have the 'goose neck' style mounting that have had a few problems - fatigue & rattling loose, which coincidently happens to even some of the more popular brands IPF, Hella, etc. (Theres nothing like corrigated roads in the NT to bring tears to the eyes of even the die hard IPF & Hella loyalist)

yeah, i have the 240 blitz's great light, variety of lense's you can use, and have survived a roo stike, i was actually put onto them by bro in law, a truckie who got them real cheap for me, only draw back is they stick out from arb bull bar a little bit but as i said they've survived a roo strike, flexibility is the key.

I should have run a poll on this the 240 blitz seem to be the go

i currently have cibe super oscas and i havent been to pleased with them and befor any one ask,s they are wired up the correct way with relay and they run 100 watt globes

Originally Posted by rangieman

I should have run a poll on this the 240 blitz seem to be the go

i currently have cibe super oscas and i havent been to pleased with them and befor any one ask,s they are wired up the correct way with relay and they run 100 watt globes

Super Oscars are excellent lights, but aren't in the same cricket ground as LF 240's. Gotta remember the Oscars were designed way back in the seventies, and at the time were the light to use in motorsport, very few lights could match them, but time marches on........

Well they might be a good light and i know they are a old design

i think the old bit counts as the reflector has a yellow tinge to it and cibe parts are so expencive

so i was thinking it would be the same cost to update rather than repair