Spotlight Supports for Corrugated Roads

Hi Rod
I learnt the hard way 15 years ago out near Warakurna. Had Hella lights on one of my vehicles and by the time I got to Yulara, both metal housings were cracked beyond repair. This was an expensive lesson and one that will not happen again.
What I have done to 3 vehicles since then is use the metal supportive bracing supplied with the lights. I drill the brace to the bull ball and mould it to shape to fit the back of the light. I have travelled some very corrugated road and they as firm as ever and have not damaged a light housing since. The below picture does not show much, as I paint the bracket black to blend in with the back of the driving light.

I hope this is the type of answer that you are after.


Cheers


Stephen

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The old standby of rally drivers for years is the simple worm drive hose clamp.
Cut them in half and attach one end to the light housing and the other end to the bullbar/bonnet/whatever, use the worm drive to adjust the focus/tilt of the light.

Narva make ones that can be used with most driving lights. Looks like mecanno stuff which you could also use I guess.

If you click on the related article link to the driving lights article you will see the ones I made up about 8 years ago and still going strong. By using the bolt threads you can adjust the angle of the light by adjusting the nuts. Anyway good luck - mine took about 30 mins to weld and install.
David

Hi Guys

Thanks for all the responses and photos. I might adapt some of the ideas

The way I stop my (Hella) driving lights (and everything else) from shaking to bits on corrugations, is to reduce my tyre pressures, and _slow down_ !!!
This has the added benefit of minimising damage to the road surface as well....

My driving lights have no added support, and have never looked like needing any..

YMMV

;-))

If your vehicle is of the more modern type which utilizes the "crush can method" the Bull Bar will tend to vibrate even on hitting pot holes. I have found that you need to anchor the end of your support brace to the D/light on a solid part of the vehicle (inside grill area) rather than the Bull Bar. I used extended Narva Support Braces on mine (200 Series Cruiser) & have had no trouble since.

After my cibie super oscars came loose on the cape, I out some stainless steel rigging screws on. Still there are 14 years.


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Easy as...remove your driving lights when you intend to do extended travelling on corrugated roads !!
(and any other superfulous stuff thats prone to falling off)..