Spotties.... What's the best??

I am with Doug on that one! Not only does he want us non-subscribers to stay, but he uses the same lights as me ;) - super! Bright, light and vibration free. No Roos where I am, but adjustable beams, clip on very tough covers etc etc - brilliant bit of Ozzy kit :-)
Gil

I use the big 250 Lightforce and they are brilliant in every respect. I am on my second set after some lowlife needed them more than I did.
Graeme

So how did you measure that Doug, seeing as it was a fairly precise measurment.

Baz.

Redback
Easy, your on a long stretch of road , you see a reflector in the distance, soon as you see it you zero the GPS ,

Doug

But Garmins are not accurate as they are made in China

i have had my super ascars for twenty years and there still great.

Chrome rings or black painted rings?

Don't like the new ones with the black painted rings.

Each to their own. I'm pretty sure it was my IPF 800's that almost lit up to the end of my drive way. But they do make good reversing lights......lol. CAN'T have to much light IMO. It's a bit like NOT using high beam on a quiet road, be it highway or suburbs. or even Wiper blades that clean the windscreen and ALMOST clean the windscreen. If you can increase your vision, then why not ?? I use my highbeam any time no cars are approaching.

I don't understand what your trying to prove buy your comment, but if laughing about the lights i chose gets you off then who am i to argue.

I think 300 to 500mtr down the road is far enough, if you can't see something within that range then i'd suggest glasses would be a better purchase, distance is not the most important thing when considering driving lights, spread would be, along with distance and how bright they are and your budget.

Seeing 3k down the road is pointless if you can't see a good distance to the side of the road.

These lights are plenty bright enough and as i said they suit ME!!!

I do alot of outback touring as well as forests and National parks, high country and so on, so having good quality bright lights is essential for what i do and these work very well and i have no problems seeing things in time when driving at night.

But that's my opinion only.

Baz.

G'day Baz,

not trying to prove Nadda. Was JUST my opinion !!! if your happy with 'em that's great, your probably saving yourself a buck or two as well. Most drivers are happy with standard headlights in their sedan. You can drive with your parkers on wearing sunglasses at night and still SEE THE ROAD. But I prefer to have any advantage I can.....call me crazy.

Anyway I recall the question was "Spotties.... What's the best??" not "What is just ordinary"

The Hella 4000 output good light, but heard about and seen to many fall apart.
Go the Lightforce XGT's. Ozwasp.

The Lightforce are good but in my opinion not the best, i have a mate with the 170s and my IPFs seem much brighter, he also has mounting problems, as in he can't get them to stop moving on rough roads, this is not a uncommon thing with Lightforce so i've been told and also not waterproof either.

As you say though the Hellas are a bloody good light apart from their strength.

Oh he was just after peoples opinion of the best light, he already has Cibie Oscers that he bought, and they are a good spottie, my Super Oscers were good but a tad large for the bullbar.

Baz.

I wouldn't go as far as to say they are THE ABSOLUTE BEST, but they are certainly up there. I have had no problems whatsoever. I have the larger 240's and they have no vibration. They have not moved, even after I fitted a 3" lift and put a set of 33" muddies on about 6 weeks ago I had to re-aim the headlights and the spotties, even after backing them off realigning, they are still where I pointed them. We were in the high country for the Queens b'/day weekend for 4 days and crossed dozens of rivers, some were up quite high, not a drop of water entered. So I'll go into bat for them everytime. More than happy with them.

Macca

I believe the old Blitz 240's (that I have) aren't waterproof but the newew XGT's are, if anyone can confirm this.

What's best depends on who you're talking too. Someone living outback desert country may prefer distance, people in the bush maybe prefer spread, for some people it may be looks/how long they last/globe wattage/brand loyalty/price/their mates mate says so......

Cheers,

Mark.

Yeah me too.

IPF 900XS. great lights. Also, the IPF "fatboy" globe upgrade for the headlights is also worth a mention.

Hi Signman,

The Oscars are pretty good... much better than the comet 500's

Just wondering if I up the globes from 100W to 130W, what I'll have to do??
Would I have to put in a new relay, change the fuse or a combination of the 2?

Cheers, Will.

G'day mate
I wouldn't bother going over 100w. ( I only use the 125 coz I was given them). Anything over that (say 130 or 150w) may be a bit hot for the reflector size. OK in the Super Oscar- much bigger reflector. If you wished to upgrade to 100w- the relay should be fine, with say a 20A fuse for the 2 lights.

I'm with you!

We have Lightforce XGT on the company car and Hella 4000 on the family car.

The Hellas win, hands down!

What's been the prolem with the Lightforce spotties??

i agree with the above 2 a mate of mine had the 240 were great for a while then the reflectors became quite tarnished, another 4wd with smaller ones had troble with them cracking through i would assume not being uv stable enough, i have had appollo terinies or something like that terriffic lights but after a while could not keep 100w bulbs up to them, also ralley 2000 and 4000 and also ipf's which i have currently and the ralley 4000 pencil beams (both of them no need at all for a spread) are by far the best light of the lot i wish i had not sold the vehicle to a mate as i could not remove them and not feel guilty.

MATTIE

Then again, rolys 4000's fell apart somewhere on the way to Cape york.. Dont think he found them either.

any issues with LF lights, they will replace them no questions asked...

Drew the main problem is the quality of the globes. I have replaced them many times (in well under the 2000 operating hours they guarantee them for) due to them becoming darkened inside the glass with a grey to black smokey deposit that looks like the marks left by a candle if you pass the flame over a clear bottle. This darkened area affects the pattern of the beam and hence the light output. I would say the lamps are pretty good when everything is brand new but every time you change a globe you have to shag about "centering" it if the beam pattern is not perfect when you fit the globe and push the two pins all the way home to the base. I have checked the voltage to see if over voltage is the cause of the blackening but it is not. I really can't be bothered having to replace the globes all the time when compared to the Hella's firstly I have never replaced a globe and secondly with the "keyed" metal base and spring clip to hold it in place it is perfectly and correctly positioned in seconds every time. The Hella's seem to me to hold their adjustment for longer as well and I don't think I have seen a better adjustment set up than the Hella lamps have. Mattie mine are two pencils as well and I agree the spread of them is sufficient to light up the road a long way ahead and the verge as well if you adjust them correctlty. Most of the time I use them up in the North of WA but if you were doing a lot of winding road driving where you don't need to and can't see a long way ahead one spread might be an advantage. As far as the other comments go like "How far up the road do you want to see" well I want to see as far up the road as I can because any sign of movement up there could mean a roo, bull, horse, emu, goat or a sheep so the earliest warning I can get of that possibility gives me more time to take whatever action I need to until I get close enough to determine what was the cause of the movement. Also I don't mind admitting my eyes are not as good as when they were younger, that is why I wear glasses, and a good set of additional lights apart from just being much safer means much less eye strain, less tiredness, less stress and more alertness as well as arriving at the destination more refreshed. The better they are the more responsible and responsive with regard to dipping them you have to be thats all.

that is great response u must be a fast typer what u said about the pencil beam is very true, all of my driving is done as a whole on open sought of roads not windy!! i don't bother crossing the light or spreading then just have them parralell straight up the road and have great vision distance and width and as u have stated have never replaced a bulb in the hella's or ipf only to upgrade to a 100w bulb.

Mattie

YYYYAAAAAAHHHHH, took me half an hour but it worked..... :)

WOW that 3rd vehicle on the right has great spotties, what are they!!!;-))

Baz.

scruby's arse?