Time for some more lights

[Jimbo]

Now that I've got my new winch bumper, I thought it time to improve the lighting - I'm a little restricted on space below the A bar (as the winch is a bit hooge), but I think lamps mounted above the A bar might look a bit naff........thoughts ?



The lamp mounting brackets on the A bar are at each end of the Defender badge on the grill. I've got a pair of Hella somethings in the garage (small, oval shaped 55w jobbies), and they would fit below the A bar.......or do I go for a monster pair of 8" somethings and mount them on top of the bar ?

[Big Rich]

Mark Evens mounted his above in "A 4X4 is Born"

Looks good. I suppose it will depend in size and shape.

Rich

[Jimbo]

Mark Evens mounted his above in "A 4X4 is Born"

Looks good. I suppose it will depend in size and shape.

Rich

Good point - guess I'll have to watch the DVD again !!

I was thinking that lights above the bar might be a bit vulnerable, but then if they're going to get broke it probably doesn't matter where they are mounted :roll:

[Big Rich]

They should be okay. If there not your windscreen is ot far behind!

Also putting them intop they will have less chance of being drowned in water.

Rich

[Litch]

The Hella's will be just fine, in fact I now run these on my A-bar instead of the old Wipac 8-inch 100W units and I find the Hella's are better illuminators despite being a lot smaller and 'only' 55W.

If they are FF50's you may find them a tad too small, I run these on my bike but on a LR they may look too small (still effective though). The FF100's are an excelent light while giving good penetration & spread. I have a pair of spots on the underside of the A-bar and a pair of fogs on the top of the bumper (all linked up to high-beam). The spots provide penetration and the fogs provide an excelent spread of light across the carriageway.

Of course another upside is that they match the Land-Rover oval!

[Big Rich]

I have 6 hella ff50's above my windscreen. Fantastic. Nice shape too. Not cheap but good lights.

Rich

[Jimbo]

Just looked in the garage - they are indeed FF50's.

I might do a trial run and see what they look like, before wiring them in......feel a need for some more lights coming on - how about the 50's above the A bar, and get pair of 100's for below !

[Jimbo]

Hmm, too wet to fit the lamps, so doing a spot of browsing - seems you can only get FF100's in 'Ivory'.........yet the 50's and 75's come in black  :?

[Big Rich]

You could always resprey them. A set of 4 ff50's would look good and be bright enough. I have 4 forward facing and two to the side.

English weather  :roll:

Rich

[Jimbo]

You could always resprey them. A set of 4 ff50's would look good and be bright enough. I have 4 forward facing and two to the side.

English weather  :roll:

Rich

I could.......but then I could just buy another pair of 50's - in black !

Doesn't the price vary from place to place  :shock: , I've found one website who are ten quid cheaper per lamp than another site !, they seem to price per lamp for some odd reason, you get a slightly better deal buying in pairs.

[Big Rich]

It pays to shop around. Good old internet. :lol:

Only thing is you see other things you "could do with"

Rich

[Jimbo]

Only thing is you see other things you "could do with"

Rich

Ah yes, called into Maplin this morning to pick up one waterproof box - came out with all sorts of extra stuff  :roll:

[electricbluebadger]

Have to admit I think huge spots above the A Bar just make it look like you've run over Mickey Mouse :)

Cheers Steve

[Range Rover Blues]

A big spare of rectangular things above the A bar would look ok.

[Litch]

The best place for Hella's is AB Butt in Leicester.
Apart from mail-order, they do several of the LR shows and are very knowlegable about the lights they sell, they are also about the cheapest you will find.

[Jimbo]

The best place for Hella's is AB Butt in Leicester.
Apart from mail-order, they do several of the LR shows and are very knowlegable about the lights they sell, they are also about the cheapest you will find.

I got the current pair of FF50's from them at a show a couple of years ago - they were destined for the Disco, but never made it  :roll: