Saturday, May 31, 2008 at 19:15
Having just spent over a week in the company of 12 comp trucks "playing" in the "Outback Challenge", I can attest to the benefit of roof mounted lights. They might evoke a "look at me" factor in some envious blokes, but they sure as hell throw out a heap of light at an angle to the road that is of greater benefit than lights mounted on the bullbar. I agree that there is the potential to produce too much glare.....
1). You need them mounted far enough back so they won't light up your bonnet.... (unless you have the bonnet painted flat black for no glare)....
2). They must be wired to a separate switch (to any bullbar-mounted
driving lights) as
well as being wired to only be on when high beam is selected.
A number of the comp trucks had their lights mounted on a steel bar that was hinged in such a way that the lights went backwards by 90o via the use of an air-operated ram. When you switch the lights on, they turn up/forwards by 90 degrees and are in the correct position to be used. Turn them off and they revert to their horizontal position (thus making them both legal and not prone to being taken-out by a low branch.)
Most comp trucks had 4 roof mounted lights, the outer 2 being pointed slightly askew, so they light up off to the sides slightly. Of course they also had at least one light pointing directly out to the side of the vehicle and one or 2 rear facing lights as
well......
I'm working out how to mount
mine as we speak, I reckon 4 x Lightforce 170 (converted to HID) should just about do the trick for me......
Roachie
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