AnswerID: 371315 Submitted: Monday, Jun 22, 2009 at 12:14
Member - Roachie (SA)
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I have 2 Lightforce XGTs (converted to HID) mounted on the bullbar as well as 4 x Lightforce 170s mounted at the back of the dual cab.
The high mounted 170s provide a better spread of light as far as I'm concerned, (even though they aren't HIDs).
The HIDs give me good distance, but the roof mounted lights tend to show-up some dips etc that would otherwise not be visible due to the angle of the bullbar lights being below the line of sight of the driver's eyes.
The bonnet glare is an issue unless the lights are far enough back so as not to shine on it. Mine do not light up the bonnet in any way.....the only evidence I get is that the UHF antenna is lit-up.
I have them wired such that I can have the roof lights on only if I already have the HIDs on which (of course) can only be on if I'm on high beam. So, if I have all the lights on at once and then dip down to low beam, all 6 of the Lightforce spotties go off. But as the roof lights are supposedly illegal for on-road use, I can isolate them and just use the bullbar mounted spotties alone if need be.
Roachie
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