Lighten my way.....

I never understood why LR fitted spotlights and not fogs under the bumper on the RRc, I know I've got covers on them, but the lens was glass and not polycarbonate in those days.

discool said:

I never understood why LR fitted spotlights and not fogs under the bumper on the RRc, I know I've got covers on them, but the lens was glass and not polycarbonate in those days.

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Looks so good

The only regulation I've seen regarding placement is that white lights to the front of a vehicle must not be fitted above a height of 1200mm above the ground when being used on the road. Fog lights or spot lights must be fitted in pairs, equally spaced from the centre line of the vehicle. So, four additional lights are acceptable. Front fog lamps should be mounted about 400mm from the outside edge of the vehicle. Roof mounted lights should only be used when off-road. Lights on agricultural vehicles are covered by different rules.
I've not found any regs about fog lights and driving or spot lights, other than the usual "should not cause dazzle to other road users", but by convention, fog lights are usually mounted low down below (or in) the front bumper to reduce reflected glare and spot lights usually above the bumper. A good rule of thumb might be to fit spot lights at the same height as the standard headlights.
I would also say that the connections to the fog lights would allow them to be used with dipped headlights and only in areas of reduced visibility, less than say, 100 metres. Spot or driving lights mounted above the bumper should only operate when the main beam headlights are illuminated and switched off automatically when driving on dipped headlights.
It might be a reasonable idea to also arrange that the spot or driving lights can be turned off altogether immaterial of whether the main beam headlights are illuminated or not, but that isn't a requirement.

This was posted before.



in this thread.
https://www.landyzone.co.uk/land-rover/spotlights.321354/#post-4092413

Cheers

sierrafery said:

Or if you do motorway driving in warmer countries too fit them on the roof or where ever you want but not in front of the radiator cos it will affect bad the cooling, intercooling and the climate control... they restrict from 25 to 50% the air flow through the radiators depends on how big they are and how they are fitted ... that's a fact based on live measurements made by me on a friend's vehicle with and without spots on motorway, the ECT and IAT were both higher with up to 10*C, ECT above 100 all the time and due to the higher IAT the EGT was a bit higher too. Each for his own but i would not fit spots un front of the grill whatsoever

this is a good ideea :
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not cheap though https://www.mm-4x4.com/discovery-2-...plete-with-4-x-55-watt-spot-lights-3274-p.asp

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Do they make light pods like that for defenders?

How does this law tally up with hgv's? Do they have their own regs for the sometimes 6 ont grille and 6 above windscreen massive round lights plus 6 front markers and 40 rears?
Not that I'm against it by the way, quite like a scania etc lit up like a Christmas tree.

Discokids said:

How does this law tally up with hgv's? Do they have their own regs for the sometimes 6 ont grille and 6 above windscreen massive round lights plus 6 front markers and 40 rears?
Not that I'm against it by the way, quite like a scania etc lit up like a Christmas tree.

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That has also been discussed in the past, but I believe that there are different rules and regs for HGVs.

Thor1950 said:

Do they make light pods like that for defenders?

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it's in theyr's site https://www.mm-4x4.com/light-pods-493-c.asp

sierrafery said:

it's in theyr's site https://www.mm-4x4.com/light-pods-493-c.asp

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Thanks cool