Thread: LED Light Bars....Special offer

In for 240 watt.

Originally Posted by VladTepes

I reckon a combo of the following would get a bloody good lighting set up adequate for anyone....

120W spot on bar.
240W spread (flood) on roof (or somewhere)
a set of decent HID spotlights.

That's exactly the setup I ended up with, only the 240W is a combo beam. I converted a pair of Hella R2000's to HID which give the long distance penetration.

Originally Posted by VladTepes

Based on the above pics only the 'spot' perfroamnce of he 120W spot beam and 240W combo beam appears similar, but with the latter having much more spill for the roadside.

That makes perfect sense because the 240W combo has 120W of spot beams in the middle and 60W of flood beams at either end, so that's exactly the result you want.

Originally Posted by VladTepes

Another option for increasing spill might be a couple of separate smaller LED 'flood' lights angled to the side. Could possibly mount these on the bar under the headlights themselves. Thoughts?

Anything is possible as long as you have the space to fit what you want. I prefer the light bars mounted on the bullbar as I don't particularly like the reflection of light on the bonnet from the roof mounted one, but some people probably wouldn't be bothered by it.

Cheers, Murray

I'm the same re bonnet reflection it can bugger your night vision this reducing the effectiveness of better lighting to some extent.

Originally Posted by VladTepes

I'm the same re bonnet reflection it can bugger your night vision this reducing the effectiveness of better lighting to some extent.

Just mount it a bit further back on the roof.
As previously stated, the light output of these bars is pretty good so it's not going to have too adverse an impact.

Just reading the Specs on these, and to anyone getting overly excitied. These Bars are only 5w Epistar LED's.
No where near as bright as 10w Cree LED's.
IP67 Rating is ok but you will find alot of these Chinese manufactures will lie to sell anything don't be surprised to find condensation and water ingress.
look for ip68 which will deal with continuous water submersion
Also the mounting bracket looks quite flimsy. save your Pennies and get a real bar that will do the job.

Not being a party pooper but when you will compare this to a CREE LED bar the difference is VERY noticeable,

Originally Posted by disco_disco

.......... when you will compare this to a CREE LED bar the difference is VERY noticeable,

And so is the price. If you want to pay $1000 for a 240W light bar for example, as opposed to $420, naturally you will expect some performance difference. You get what you pay for.

The reason I'm offering these particular light bars is, I've been looking at light bars for over a year now, and these D Series bars are the first one's that came in at a realistic price for what you get. I'm quite impressed with the performance, and feedback from others has also been great. I'm sure the difference in performance is not worth ~$600.

Originally Posted by disco_disco

.......... Also the mounting bracket looks quite flimsy.

I disagree, I think the mounting brackets are more than adequate, and this style of mount being fully adjustable along the length of the light is much more versatile than a lot of the expensive bars which only mount at the ends.

Cheers, Murray

Just offering some advice to others mate. But as you said you get what you pay for.

Question:

Would there be ANY advantage to have a 120W spot on the bar and 240W combo on the roof GIVEN that the middle of the 240W bar is just a 120W spot ?

disco disco: You do get what you pay for and one has to ask whether a $1000 light bar offers any REAL world advtages. I'm looking to illuminate mid distance and roadside, not the road a mile away... Rember the biggest threat is from kanhgaroos hopping out from the verges.

For illuminating longer distances HID spotlights are still the best option at this time.