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Ok I want to add a light bar to my mitsy outlander for extra light.
I can mount front bumper or under roof rack.
So I start googling and there are 100’s of styles,makes etc
So I am confused about
1. What brands to buy and what not?
2. Brightness rating ? - some are rated at 1lux at a set distance etc, how ever I want some spread and some spot.but ultimately when I turn the light on I want to go WOW :D:cool:
So if you have a recommendation to brand and where to shop, please suggest? Thanks
Look up the brand Stedi. Supposed to be up there in quality.
the ones from GC work bloody well and are waterproof, i have only repaired about 5 of them compared to 1300 plus spotlights. supercheap ones are leaky but there spotlights are good ( just fitted 2 to a d-max)
@Sika stag google Steadi lights. Couple places sell them in NZ. Am happy with mine. Come with wiring harness and if you a latter model truck you can get a piggy back plug.
Stedi, great white are some of your better branded lights.
I run stedi, as well as a boat marine brand called Korr . Out perform any cheap pos. Absolutely love them
Another vote for Stedi.
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Whatever you fit, it will survive best where it isn't getting thwacked by stones and crap and vibrated to bits. Care in installation helps a lot with vibration management.
Next one is not mounting them where you get any bounce back off towards you off vehicle parts like front bar pipework. At night it can be blinding and dangerous as F, but often times you'll get through WOF with it which I think should be an absolute no. Another I've run into is a crap job tapping into the vehicle's loom causing all sorts of weird failures, errors and limp mode (irony being not one of them related to the lighting). Those piggyback plugs sound like a pretty good idea although I've not used them myself, the other good plan is running everything off the battery only cutting into the loom under the dash for switching purposes. That just minimises failures and any possible issue with overloading parts of the loom (which these days are sized for the factory gear only, they just don't give you anything spare capacity wise).
It's often a little enlightening no pun intended to get the lights out and night and rig them up to run off a battery. That way you can see the spread etc at the height you plan to run them - quite often what you get isn't whats on the box in terms of spread patterns and beam widths.
Ive got a 'wish' 'aliexpress' version.
32". Goes well. $40 odd dollars.
Two mates have them as well and go equally as well.
All mounted on quad-bikes.
Can show a photo of the brightness via video/photo if you want.
Also links to them.
We all got them from different 'sellers' on the same sites and they go all good.
PM me if you want a live chat version or a video/picture of how bright they are.
Can you post a link? I was going to get one for my jetboatQuote:
Originally Posted by Aussie
Yes, Please send link and any beam shots you can take? ThanksQuote:
Originally Posted by Aussie
On the advice of @gonetropo I bought a GC one and it is working fine.
It's mounted on my front bumper and I've driven in some pretty heavy down pours with no sign of leaks.
Not forded a river though.
On a Mitsi Pajero Sport FWIW
Rigid industries if you've got a bit of cash and want something discreet. I have a 10 inch lightbar that's been with me for the last ten years and three different cars now, it cranks out as much light as the massive 40 inch look-at-my-huge-lightbar jobbies people get off trademe or ebay. Have a look at snakeracing.com.au for them.
Style will depend on what terrain your driving. If your just wanting light for off road up and down hills etc.. then cheap ones will work fine. If your wanting it for on road you will be probably wanting the light to punch long distance (further than 500m) then you will need to look at more expensive lights. search laser light bars for up to 1 lux at like 2Km !!
What do you guys think about Narva bars…?
Looking at one of these ?
https://www.narva.com.au/products/72...nch-single-row
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Issue with light bar on my jetboat is it can create a bit of glare with the water and even the reflection off the bow/hull I found. So has another JtboaterQuote:
Originally Posted by Aussie
I reckon you need LED spotlights not the Bar version on Jetboat
Link: Light Bar Video.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sika stag
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDx5...Bde87&index=20
Link Light bar Wish: Not the one I got but similar looking and price. I think mine is 20"
https://www.wish.com/search/light%20...on=8&share=web
Link Square Spotties Wish: These are the wee square spotties.
https://www.wish.com/feed/tabbed_fee...on=0&share=web
Both Wish and Ali Express are as good as each other IMO.
A few things turn up not working but I have had success getting full refunds for stuff not working.
so far so good.
Hey Aussie
Thanks for the video, nice set up…
What the distance - throw of the main bar like ?
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Unfortunately I dont have a photo or vid.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sika stag
Neighbours wouldnt much like me riding it out into the street/paddock and lighting up the hood.
I was out before dark the other morning but the video didn't work. I set the gopro to picture mode or something.
There are a few commetns about light bars punching into 500+metres.
Thats great but do you really need that.
I am certain mine has great visibility 100+metres.
For the money its worth it to see if its for you and save hundreds initially..IMO.
Once the wiring is done you can always go and spend sheetloads on a fancy one later...
NExt time I get a chance I'll post another vid with longer POV. But you will prob already have gone down that road.
Good luck.
Also if they are too bright "on road" then road signs visability becomes very unpleasant, you get dazzled by their reflection. off-road then different story
And they are mind busting during drizzle or rain, even in dusty conditions at night - it's the backscatter off the crap searing your eyeballs
check out he K (kelvin rating) on the LED's , while the whole "blue light" thing looks brighter than hell after a few minutes its hard on the eyes.
i have my house fitted out in 4000K, the garage in 6000K which is great for working on intricate stuff, but hell i wouldn't want to watch TV under it (ok streaming video as nz tv is bollox) anything in the 6k range on a vehicle light is great for intermittent use but on long period you had better invest in a migraine drug company
Ok so I bought one of these for $140. Got a deal.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sika stag
I will get some beam shots an post them here once arrived.
What made me choose these… manufacture brand and quality of manufacturing. It may not be the brightest but believe it will last…
It is only 22 in long but slim - using reflection to spread the light.
When taking the beam shots I will look at the difference between grill mount and roof rack mount.
Thanks for all the advice so far [emoji1303]
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