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I am addicted (dial up die)

Posted: Mon Mar 27, 2006 11:16 am
by BRUMBERTY
Hi, my name is Matt and I have a problem.
I am addicted to bright lights.
Its been getting worse, they are never bright enough.

I started off with this..
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They were dim and yellow, so I put some H4s in there.
Then Fatz's mighty L sedan donated some Hella 181s
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Got a little brighter, not enough, not by a long way.

A pilgrimage to Rising Sun in Adelaide saw me upgrade to some good copies of Cibie Oscar spots,
Starting to get somewhere now. Those suckers are good, but there was still dark areas.


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So... I scored a set of PIAAs for $70 on ebay, then another set for $62.50 aaaaaagh then I knew,, I am sick!
I put a set on and they did the job, no doubt.
Bright blinding white filled all the gaps down low and wide.
But... how long were they going to last mounted here???
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Not very long with the amount of wildlife around here!

SO, This weekend I rebuild a set of old Cibie Oscars (original spreads) and mounted them in front of the inner factory lights, slightly behind the spots and evenly spaced accross the front ( ala WRC cars).

Have I gone too far??
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Posted: Mon Mar 27, 2006 11:24 am
by bluesteel
i still dont see any spreads for cornering

am waiting for the roof rack with the ones for the corners :lol:

Posted: Mon Mar 27, 2006 11:32 am
by daza
I was about to yell "No! the airflow, think of the airflow... " :(


then i saw the snow in the background! 8O


so i don't suppose overheating is a problem, is it... :twisted:


Daza.
:D

Posted: Mon Mar 27, 2006 11:35 am
by BRUMBERTY
Oh I forgot, there are two facing back as well.
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I would not reccomend coming upon me with your high beams on.

Posted: Mon Mar 27, 2006 4:00 pm
by GTlegs
Hee hee hee. I rate your car's potential of being an honourable member of the searlight and lighthouse club being 95% :D

Posted: Mon Mar 27, 2006 11:20 pm
by subanator
I found the old round headlight front end to be the best for me. I upgraded to Narva 7" H4 lamps that give sufficient spread, and the spots in Caterpiller housings are 5 3/4" sealed beam aircraft landing lights - 100W.
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Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2006 7:09 am
by WombatRacing
I love it I have just done the H4 conversion myself and am still lacking the lighting levels I would like to have. You have given me a few ideas of where to put a set of lights or two. I just need to get a different bull bar and fit them up.

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Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2006 10:30 am
by legacytt
Looks good Matt, but I think you need four more facing forward on the top of the rollbar. This should help with your fear of the dark!!!

Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2006 2:57 pm
by smoov
always loved the cibie super oscars.

love your work brumberty! :twisted:

Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2006 3:58 pm
by BRUMBERTY
Not Super oscars, just Oscars.

Hell bright though!!
8O 8O

Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2006 4:02 pm
by BRUMBERTY
bluesteel wrote:i still dont see any spreads for cornering

am waiting for the roof rack with the ones for the corners :lol:
OK OK OK I will make a bar for 'off roading only'
They will have to be as they also will live on the jet boat.

Hmm some sort of modular bar.......trailer wiring connectors.....hmmm

I am going to need 1200rpm idle to run them, it already drops the revs by 600 when I hit the bright switch.


And Johnnie, the outer driving lights are spread beam.
Its all white now dude.

I can make road signs dip their lights!!

Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2006 5:49 pm
by bluesteel
if ya do want something outta the ordinary.... fibreglass is the way to go :wink:

moulded to the roof... quick release... but not too quick release or they will walk :(

Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2006 8:37 am
by smoov
ever considered HID xenon inserts into your spotties?

i've seen them sell for about $400 a pair. even less at times!!

now THAT would be bright :wink: