half roof rack light bar

[PUX]

:?: hey guys has anyone bought one of those half roof rack ligt bars for there disco, im thinking of gettin one are they any good and does anyone know where the best place to get it from cheers  :D

[dracula]

Try "Greenlane 4x4".
One of our Disco owners has one, bolts thru guttering,comes with 4
lights and is solid piece of kit.

If your in Discovery O.C., contact "Stoveman".

[ChrisW]

I was very tempted but £200+ for a bit of bent pipe seems ridiculously expensive to me  :roll:

[PUX]

Hey chris i think ur rite is a bit much so i might have to go for a disco part rear bumper and a just a light bar!! cheers guys for the help

[dracula]

I think "Greenlane 4x4" do a light bar as well.
Don't know price though

[PUX]

if u go on ebay u can get a light bar for 85 quid and thats free delivery and lights too is the goin price???

[Homer]

if u go on ebay u can get a light bar for 85 quid and thats free delivery and lights too is the goin price???

Hi Pux,

Sounds about right, there where serveral places doing them for that price at LRO Malvern.

[mudfrog]

one like this?
greenlane 4x4 (01623812391)

[PUX]

ooooooooooooooooo MUDFROG I LIKE ALOT but i have no room for the lights on the front as i have a winch so might ave to get the light pod as well ARGH i just dont know wot to do lol

[mudfrog]

greenlane 4x4 are about  85 quid, i got mine at towcester during the record attempt so i couldn't say on p&p.

[PUX]

hey malc ordered it now frm ebay 85 quid free delivery get in

[mudfrog]

nice one, they are good fun :twisted:

[colintandy]

got mine from greenlane4x4 included 4x55w lamps for 85.00 and a wire kit very well made nice powdercoated finnish and is curved to the same shape as the top of windscreen/roof

[PUX]

i have fitted mine now so will have to take a picture and post it. got mine for 85 quid as well top notch bit of kit  :D

[Budgie]

Do those bars cause some light to hit the windscreen or are they forward enough that it doesn't matter?

My lights are on the roofrack and it's far enough back that the light from the floods just catches the front of the bonnet.  



Pux, I also have a winch fitted and used a Defender A-bar mounted to the bumper to put spots on.  :D

[toger]

Loking really nice Budgie.

[Range Rover Blues]

According to this month's LRO roof lights are illegal!  Why then do so many trucks have them on?

[beast5680]

According to this month's LRO roof lights are illegal!  Why then do so many trucks have them on?

I thought they were only illegal if they worked with main beam? dont they have to be on a seperate switch :?

[Range Rover Blues]

Yes that's right, if they switch separately then they are "work lights" but what's the point, if you can't use them?

[beast5680]

like you say though trucks run with them on the roof line dont they probably one of them grey areas

[Wanderer]

I took this point up with a Traffic cop and he said they were height markers!

And aren't mine said I?

It seems to me that there's one law for one and.......................

[muddyweb]

You can use them off road... that's the point ;-)

[Range Rover Blues]

I did fancy one of those half roof racks (or is that Bikini rack) myself for the RRC, just to put waffles etc on, but given the is-it/isn't it over legallity and the fact that I have to watch the weight I've decided not to bother for now.

[beast5680]

I took this point up with a Traffic cop and he said they were height markers!

And aren't mine said I?

It seems to me that there's one law for one and.......................

these https://store.truckstuff.co.uk/_B80CE94922F94629B428C363ED86B0FC/lightbars/ aint height markers

[Spooky]

The copper was probably thinking of the '1200 mm rule', whereby headlamps must be no more than 1200 mm above the ground.  This only applies to dip beam lamps.

The only requirement for main beams and driving lamps ('optional' main beams) is that they must have a 'tell-tale' fitted, must not be outboard of the dip beams, and should be fitted in pairs.

Statutory Instrument 1989 No. 1796 (The Road Vehicles Lighting Regulations 1989) Schedule 5 (Regulations 18 & 20) refer.

The other regulation to worry about is the 'catch-all' about dazzling other road users ...

I actually have an isolation switch on mine, which resets to 'off' every time the keys are removed from the ignition.

[Wanderer]

Yes.
He did mention driving without due care and attention for dazling on coming vehicle.
If we all think how often we've been dazzled and nothing ever happens .(not that I'm advocating use of lights that might dazzle on coming traffic)

[PUX]

Ah well i have my set on me roof now so its to late and they look the dogs  so will be keeping them i have put them on a sepreate switch so it should be ok :twisted: and budgie i think i might have to get me a defender bar now  :lol: i will put some pics up soon of the bar and also have fitted some light cages to me head lights looks cool now  :D

[Budgie]

The way mine are set up is:
The 2 flood lights on the outside of the rack are wired through a switch on the dash and will only come on when the dip beam or side lights are on.
The centre 2 spots on the roof also have a dash switch and are only powered when full beam is on.

The floods don't go much further than normal dip beam and don't dazzle (not that they are used on the road anyway, but offroad you can use them when following another vehicle without reducing the night vision of the one in front.  

Ya Pux, get some photos on here.  :D

[Jim-Willy]

I'd always thought they were illegal on the road (they should be).  Why would you want sevety five lamps to light up the road, are you blind, even in the dales my 90 standard lights are fine for seeing where i'm going, the only possible use i can see is when night offroading (summat i daredn't do) to bathe the terrain in light!?!?

[Xtremeteam]

ive just custom made & fitted a bar to my mates disco yesterday (will post pics when i can) & for my 90 have 4 hella jumbos (truck lights) to go on the roof & If funds allow a pair of lightforce 240's to go on the front,

IMHO 90 headlamps are naff n cant wait to add some more ilumination to my 90,


also would advise any1 to try a bit of gentle offroading after dark as its then you will see how handy extra lights are (P.S Racing offroad at night is even better,what you cant see,you cant hit)