Monday, Feb 17, 2003 at 17:02
Ignore the extra spotties- it's street cred and 90% wank value. Unless you do lots of night
rock work or roo shooting and need spread or separate aim.....
Put 130/90's in your standard headlights instead of the standard 60/55's and don't tell Mr Plod.....
My spotties are virtually a waste of time - I only fitted them because I'd have had to stuff them in a box to send to
Brisbane - they were sitting on my garage shelf. They give more spread but only blind the victims of the 130/90's half a second longer....
Basic Assesment - ignoring park lights (which aim at the ground)
High Beam Low Beam
130 + 130 = 260 (total luminescance) 90+90=180 130/90 No Spotties
60+60+60+60=240 55+55=110 If legal fit spotties
60+60+60+60=240 60+60+55+55=230 If on on low beam (illegal fitment if on either separate to like mine or with both high or low)
130+130+60+60= 480 90+90+60+60=300 My fitting (shhhh!)
Remeber without dodgy changes spotties have only one mode - not high and low - adding both high and low duplicates the spotties effect....
Note I have fitted a separate switch for spotties - thay can be on with High, or Low or independant of both.
130/90 is more than twice as effective on high beam than standard and roughly 50% more effective for penetration even after 2 new legal spotties - candlepower works on inverse square law remember (but not for spread which is why there is some point in extra lights.
This should also be taken in to account when aligning beams......
Send me your written responses and I'll give you marks based on formula and results - right answers gets a free beer or kiss based on sex/ugliness/size of boyfriend....
However extra lights are useless if there is any traffic unless u never dip - If so I can't wait to flash all my 130+90+130+90+60+60+21+21(parker/driving globes)= 602Watts!!!! vapourise your eyeballs! If they don't vapourise the temporary blindness should assure you at least crash into the barriers......
Either way they measure up better than extra "legal" spotties unless you're dealing with fog or huge numbers of insects interfering, where spread is more important, or you're unable to align the 90+90+21+21= 222 W slighly downwards to give other people a chance and you get beaten up by a big truckie who you blinded or your wiring can't take it..... (which mine can't with extended high and low beam 2x130+90 bursts beyond 4 seconds on standard 2x10amp fuses).
Of course within 4 seconds you're already blind and I can always put 15 amp fuses in each side instead (tested safely for true tarmac melting power - but dunno how long until the plastic headlight surrounds would then melt........)
If I blow them by accident my Spotties and Parkers will cope until I can stop for new fuses........
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