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mariusstrom
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| I'm under the impression that some US states also make lights over the windshield illegal. I have friends here in Washington, and they've gotten pulled over for having them uncovered (not on, just uncovered) while on the road. Tread carefully for road use. |
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kjurkic
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Location: Vancouver Island
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| Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2011 10:37 am Post subject: roof v. bumper lights |
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| IdahoDoug wrote: |
Roof lights are generally subject to causing a lot of light blowback because they light a cone of dust up close to your eyes and directly in line with your line of sight (vs a light several feet below your line of sight like a bumper mounted light). They also are apt to light up the hood - again a source of light in the driver's view. The rally vehicle shown has them wisely mounted back on the roof to avoid lighting the hood.
Funny you mtn bike at night - teaches some fast lessons about vehicle illumination, eh? I also ride and race mtn bikes at night.
Anyhow, vehicle roof lights would generally be a bad idea for poor visibility conditions unless you're in a place where you can fire merciless amounts of light forward so being dazzled is less of an issue - such as racing. A vehicle on a public roadway with roof lights would be less effective.
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It may be that because my lights are narrow-beam, I am getting less smear (or blowback) than when they were bumper mounted. With the roof mount I am now starting high and aiming down, rather than starting low & aiming up.
Whether they would be legal/subject to hassle (I have always wondered how some police forces can claim to be short staffed & underfunded, yet still have time to chase petty offenses) is another matter.
FWIW, I think the many front-mount options discussed here are FAR more aesthetic than my solution. And less likely to get you harassed in areas where the police have odd priorities.
regards
Ken
PS to paraphrase Crocodile Dundee "Now this is a light!"
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Lights by rbrwr, on Flickr[/img] |
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Crankey
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I sorta like the idea of lights down there. I've seen it before on a German doka. it was all pimped out with chrome fender arches and stuff I didn't like but the lights looked good, but they did look like marker lights more than driving lights.
obviously, these are break cooling holes though...how much cooling is really needed ? |
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88formula
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i dont think break cooling will be overly important driving around town. but over loaded and rolling down a hill, i have a good idea on how to keep them cool. i used 3" dryer ducting or whatever it was to route air at the rotters on my E30 for autocross. ill post pics if i can find some, or later when i dig it out of the snow.
now im leaning to the hella ff75
little bit of cutting, but im goning to make it fit.
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this is for the rocks
hard to see but $12 shields are cheaper to replace. |
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napat
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I have made this fog light housing myself. Works great!
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chimivee
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| Posted: Sun Apr 17, 2011 12:58 pm Post subject: |
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| napat wrote: |
| I have made this fog light housing myself. Works great! |
Cool. Tell us more.
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88formula
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Done and done.
I got my hella ff75 and a set of micro cube ff. And have them mounted now.
To put the fog lights in I only had to trim about 1/4 or so off the top of the ducts.
Mounting them took some thinking, but turned out great!
The steel bumper in behind the cover is actually pretty thick. Drilled and taped it, and threaded bolts into it. There now as it's mounted to the body and not the damn.
The "fun cube" is mounted to the fiberglass bumper. I'm not sure how it's going to work out. I hope it dosent shake.
and i got those shots for "upgraded" brake cooling.
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88formula
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| Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2011 8:07 pm Post subject: Fog lights! with a factory look. semi happy now |
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edit (I meant to add that I tried the fogs in the same location you want to try and the lights lasted about a month. Go with the upper location, they'll last longer!) |
i know what you mean. they are kinda low down there. especial when im loaded for a month of travel.
but this is just an update. i am more than happy with my fog lights in the bottom and they look good! i have "slip on" plastic covers, that are clear, and they hold themselves away from the glass with a little rubber stick thing in the center. ive already scraped them climbing a ridge, and it put the lights out of alignment, but thats not too hard to correct. i have them pointed off to the sides more now. especial the r one so i can see the ditch better. and i leave them on for DRL in the day time too as i have HID for low and high beams. 100w bulbs in the driving lights with an on off switch only activate with high beams works good. again, main beams for road. and r driving light pointed to r a bit for ditch visibility. dont want anything to jump at me.
only complaint i have now is the damn north american low beams. I NEED E CODE!!!
if anyone can help me on that id bee more than appreciated. |
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indytriple
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