meego
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Cheers. Any links to where you got it or give me an idea on cost ??Fit a light bar. I love mine so much, I'm going to work out a way to fit it behind the grill of me FL2.
Nodge68
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I imported as I wanted the best possible performance, for the lowest price.
I've got one like this,
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/324038042211
using the same number but different type of LED emitters. However the price has dropped by half since I bought mine.
I paid about £35, but mine does have 42 X CREE emitters.
I don't think this £15 bar will be half as bright though, so it seems good value.
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300bhp/ton
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What are you actually wanting?
I know everyone always calls them spot lights, but spots are for long distance. A light-bar typically is a flood lighting device. So a different result for a different purpose.
Are you wanting to have more light directly in front and to the sides (flood) or are you wanting to put light a lot further down the road (spot)? If you want both, you may been more than one thing, or you'd need to look at some combo items.
As a general trend, spot lights need to have physically larger reflectors or optics. As this will focus the light more. Smaller reflectors or optics are normally tailored for flood light.
Many LED units use clusters of small LED units and optics, so as a rule (not always) will tend to be more floody than spot.
Lightbars can be had from various prices. Ebay sell Chinese ones from about £50, but if you go through a specialist 4x4 shop, you could easily spend £500 on something that looks very similar.
The pitfall with LED units is the quality. Cheap ones may not always be constructed as well, or won't be as waterproof. And while the physical LED will last a long time. The electronics that run them can be more fragile. Then there is the quality and type of LED. Very white light (or sometimes blueish) is harsh on the eyes, causes eye fatigue and bleaches colours out. In urban areas they are ok, but in rural or countryside you'll find they make everything look a lot more grey with a lot less definition. LED units with a warmer or neutral colour temp are harder to find, but work so much better when you have trees/grass, etc that you are lighting up.
The actual output of a lightbar can vary a lot too. Most of the claimed outputs are nearly always lies. Especially for the cheap ones. So this can greatly impact how good or bad they are. Best bet is to go off of reviews for a specific item.
On the flip side, the expensive lightbars from the trendy 4x4 stores. These will generally work well, but are often grossly overpriced. A lightbar they are selling for £500, might be available unbranded for £120.
meego
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@300bhp/ton Thats a comprehensive response and much appreciated thanks. What do I want is also a good question and the answer is probably a bit of both flood and spot for not a lot of money. I’m not spending any more than 50 quid so the Chinese crap will be my choice. I might even go for ones I’ve seen for around £20 then if they need replaced every year or two it’s no big deal. Thanks again.
Nodge68
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I linked one for £15, so you could buy 3 for your £50 budget.
I will say that my 42 X 3 Watt CREE bar provides a good amount of light, easily 4 times as much light as the standard main beams, which is 4 H7 bulbs on a Facelift FL1.
The light bar I have shines further down the road than the factory main beam lights, and also fills in the area in-between the dips and and mains too, so it's definitely worth having.
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meego
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Sorry, I read your response and meant to get back to you. I might give that one a go. Just trying to decide between a bar and a pair of lights. CheersI linked one for £15, so you could buy 3 for your £50 budget.
I will say that my 42 X 3 Watt CREE bar provides a good amount of light, easily 4 times as much light as the standard main beams, which is 4 H7 bulbs on a Facelift FL1.
The light bar I have shines further down the road than the factory main beam lights, and also fills in the area in-between the dips and and mains too, so it's definitely worth having.
Nodge68
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A bar gives more general light than a pair of spots, and would be my preference.
A cheap and works quite well fix is to buy some LED bulbs and fit them in the existing spots. I've done that and it works well, I wanted less light as I wanted to use them as day time running lights and the LEDs use a fraction of the current. This kind of thing;
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2X-H1-H7...406a876807516bbc092b|ampid:PL_CLK|clp:2334524
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2X-H1-H7...406a876807516bbc092b|ampid:PL_CLK|clp:2334524
Colthebrummie
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Surely the cheapest option would be to find out why your Wipacs have stopped working and get them fixed.
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meego
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That was the plan, but when I got them stripped down the bowl is rusting out at the bottom.
meego
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It was a good one though
