Off Road light beam?

Wide beam or pencil beam?

I would imagine that wide would be best for the bush?

Thanks.

Are you talking about spots for a light bar??
If you are using it off road then yes wide spread would be better - just don't forget about the glare you get from roof mounted lights...................

It can be reduced by blacking the bonnet with black matt chequer plate or paint

Both, you want to see some distance down the lane but you also want plenty of flood light. I use the Durite CREE LED lights, very low power and very bright for both distance and area....

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DEFENDER90-DAZ said:

Are you talking about spots for a light bar??
If you are using it off road then yes wide spread would be better - just don't forget about the glare you get from roof mounted lights...................

It can be reduced by blacking the bonnet with black matt chequer plate or paint

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Will be mounted on the winch bumper.

If you are mounting 2 - then i'd go for long beam driving lights
If you are mounting 4 - then i'd go for 2 driving lights and 2 flood beam lights

natas said:

Will be mounted on the winch bumper.

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Will be the most pointless lights ever if thats where you putting them, they will get caked in mud there and be of no use, they need to go up high. A long beam light wont reflect of the bonnet and if used when laning it wont matter, its only on road at speed they the reflection is dangerous...

These are worth a look at a bit pricey but you will take them off any landy you have and keep them or put them on the replacment they just never break !

fantastic company i have two duallys on my motorbike for the backroads in france work a treat and are great driving lights when pointing low down.

Jongould said:

Will be the most pointless lights ever if thats where you putting them, they will get caked in mud there and be of no use, they need to go up high. A long beam light wont reflect of the bonnet and if used when laning it wont matter, its only on road at speed they the reflection is dangerous...

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Unfortunately I cant put them any higher than my roof as she only just fits in my garage with a 1/2 inch to spare.

Perhaps an LED light bar?

Get a massive bonnet pod ...................

DEFENDER90-DAZ said:

Get a massive bonnet pod ...................

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Actually I was looking at your pictures and the lights on the bar are no higher than thetop of the roof.

How did you get the wires back inside and where did you get the light bar?

Thanks.

AND another thing that I have to consider is, lots of the bush that I go through is very low lying.
I have to push through small banches and vines and whatnot. So anything up on the roof is going to take a beating.
I think they may be a little safer on the winch bumper?

The lights are slighly higher than the roof - doesn't look that way on the pics.
The light bar is a low profile version that is close fitting to the roof above the windscreen.
The light bar was fitted when i bought it...

I am no expert but personally I would put four long beams (reduce the amount of glare on the bonnet) on the roof and two wide spreads on the bumper (wired into the main beam).
Another way to reduce the amount of glare on the bonnet is to either fix then slightly away from the top of the windscreen or fit a piece of matte black metal under the lights to act as a deflector. I don't know about you, but I don't really like the idea of painting my bonnet chalkboard black.

1. You should not go offroad at night , very dangerous
2. If you have to then you need high mounted lights to fill in the shadow that is behind the terrain lit from the driving lights at normal height
3. The high mounted lights are better to be a spread beam , as you are looking relatively close in not 1000yds ahead .
4. light reflection from the high mounted lights can be greatly reduced by mounting them sufficiently far back along the roof so that the front edge of roof puts the bonnet and wing tops in the shadow JMHE

tacr2man said:

1. You should not go offroad at night , very dangerous
2. If you have to then you need high mounted lights to fill in the shadow that is behind the terrain lit from the driving lights at normal height
3. The high mounted lights are better to be a spread beam , as you are looking relatively close in not 1000yds ahead .
4. light reflection from the high mounted lights can be greatly reduced by mounting them sufficiently far back along the roof so that the front edge of roof puts the bonnet and wing tops in the shadow JMHE

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Nothing wrong with laning at night, there should be no lane that can't be driven without due care and attention at night. As for lights a long beam is very handy when laning, it gives you a good view of the road ahead and the correct lights will give you a good close in spread of light. Agree with the high mounting an stepping back though

To the OP, mine are roof mounted at the front and sit lower than the rear roof, I will put up a pick tomorrow. The lights have heavy duty fully waterproof casing and being LED they produce minimal heat which stops the lenses cracking as well as being low power, I looked at lots of options and decided that its worth the extra money!

I wasnt specially meaning "laning" I thought the o/p was meaning proper off roading ie driving thru bush etc not on known tracks , which is by its nature unknown , then it is very dangerous . For that type of driving then high lights are for local illumination , lower down lights that you sit above give a better "distance" illumination eg for seeing where the track goes and animals etc that may be on it , that is my experience from travelling bush tracks at night mainly in Australia HTSH

Heres a couple of pics that show where mine sit, these are lower than the rear section of the roof and they take the branches e.t.c. no problem, they are bomb proof little lights:




Low down lights will just get caked in mud and be pointless, cant recommend those sealed CREE LED lights enough, they are fantastic and saved my life in wales when my headlight bulbs blew due to water in them. Another option is as a friend of mines got his, they are on a low down light bar, I find mine being set back stops a reflection up but for laning the reflection really doesnt matter as you are looking all around and the extra light can be quite handy

Jongould said:

Heres a couple of pics that show where mine sit, these are lower than the rear section of the roof and they take the branches e.t.c. no problem, they are bomb proof little lights:

Low down lights will just get caked in mud and be pointless, cant recommend those sealed CREE LED lights enough, they are fantastic and saved my life in wales when my headlight bulbs blew due to water in them. Another option is as a friend of mines got his, they are on a low down light bar, I find mine being set back stops a reflection up but for laning the reflection really doesnt matter as you are looking all around and the extra light can be quite handy

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Any idea where to grt the low down light bar?

Thanks.

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DEFENDER90-DAZ said:

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Perfect.

Thanks.