Lights

I mentioned in an earlier post that I'd been mucking around with my rear end on the weekend and found an unexpected crack........ oh cripes, NOW what have I said??

Anyway, what I was actually doing was changing a few things around with regard to lights.

My rig pic shows I have 2 small (golf ball size) lights on the back of my roof rack. These were controlled by a 2 way switch so that they automatically came on when I chucked the box into reverse. With the switch thrown the other way, the lights came on at any time. They COULD have been good for waking up any drowsey mongrel behind me who had forgotten to dip their high beam; but of course I would NEVER have done that to a fellow motorist.

Anyway, I got to thinking about that horrible dark spot at about 45 degrees on either side when I'm driving at night with the 240's blaring away. I've now taken the little lights off and mounted them on either side of the bullbar (behind the outmost vertical tubes) so that they face outwards at around 45 degrees. Work pretty bloody good. Note this is NOT my original idea....I have seen it done on other vehicles so I'm not trying to claim it as a first.

On the back, I've bolted an upright bit of steel bar to the left-side wheel carrier (bit like what Kaymar do, but mine isn't telescopic). Went to the wreckers today and bought a pair of Hella driving lights in good nick. Only mounted one so far and it is "sheet-loads" brighter than the 2 I had facing backwards before.

I can thoroughly recommend using a driving light/s at the back. They're great for setting up camp, or if you're tail-end charlie on a night run through properties with gates, it's great for seeing what you're doing while closing the gates etc.

BTW......I'm actually a mongrel and WOULD use it on someone behind me if I had to.

Cheers,

Roachie