[larry]

so whats the general consensus with spotlights?
should i be looking at brand name ones..
im pretty keen on ebay cheapo ones, would something like this be any good?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/4x4-Off- ... ccessories

[bazook]

ask fat zook he sells spotties

[Ben_Sierra]

Just remember:

When you buy cheap ebay spotties, you get cheap ebay spotties.

When you buy expensive but quality spotties, you get expensive but quality spotties.

Same as with everything else...

[ajsr]

best value for money IMO nitestalker 180mm rounds
great depth and good spread.
I do about 60,000km a year and a lot is in the dark, Ive tried quite a few different ones inc bigger and hid and have found these the best value for money.
spend much more and you will regret the day someone steals them

[atari4x4]

X2 I ran the 200mm Niteslakers on my old pootrol & they're a great budget light. Put a decent globe in them & give them a good power supply & you'll be happy.

[steak_knife]

Ben_Sierra wrote:

Just remember:

When you buy cheap ebay spotties, you get cheap ebay spotties.

When you buy expensive but quality spotties, you get expensive but quality spotties.

Same as with everything else...

& the expensive one look better smashed to!!

[ajsr]

http://www.discountcaraccessories.com.a ... alker.html

[TheOtherLeft]

ajsr wrote:

best value for money IMO nitestalker 180mm rounds
great depth and good spread.
I do about 60,000km a year and a lot is in the dark, Ive tried quite a few different ones inc bigger and hid and have found these the best value for money.
spend much more and you will regret the day someone steals them

x lots. The 180's are plastic bodied which means they are lighter and hence less likely to vibrate itself to death unlike the metal bodied ones.

I don't need to see 5 billion km's down the road so don't need any bigger.

I think they are good value for money too

[vermin]

Had the 180s and they always filled with water and got heaps of internal condensation.

[atari4x4]

i was talking about the steel bodied ones, i run the lightforce 170's on the zook & they throw enough light even with the poxy blue covers.

[PJ.zook]

I run four of the rectangle Supercheap Auto spotties and converted them to HID. They work great, no complaints. They arent exactly cheap ones either, they are around $80 for the kit.

[Hotshot993]

Umm noob question... What's hid and how do you convert them to that and what's the benefit? Thanks.

[ajsr]

here noob
http://www.brightheadlights-hid.com/xenon_bulbs.htm
try google what is hid

[larry]

hahah so pretty much what ive gathered is i shouldnt buy any spotties,
just steal someones expensive ones?
but seriously, these night stalker ones are gunna be good?
i dont really need good spotties, rather just want some for aesthetics and to blind my mates

[atari4x4]

yes to the steel nitestalkers.

[suzukiboy]

Hella can't go wrong............

[lordviper556]

i got a set of narva 175s they are pretty good. u can get them for about 150ish onsale. im thinking about converting them to HID when i get some cash, there are a few kits on ebay for them.

[bakerboy]

lordviper556 wrote:

i got a set of narva 175s they are pretty good. u can get them for about 150ish onsale. im thinking about converting them to HID when i get some cash, there are a few kits on ebay for them.

i wouldnt bother man, not enough room in the 175's, would be a waste of a hid kit, just run 130watt globes in them

[smiffkid]

i run light force, and reckon there a pretty reasonble light, pretty pricy but u get wat u pay for

[Fatzook]

bakerboy wrote:

lordviper556 wrote:

i got a set of narva 175s they are pretty good. u can get them for about 150ish onsale. im thinking about converting them to HID when i get some cash, there are a few kits on ebay for them.

i wouldnt bother man, not enough room in the 175's, would be a waste of a hid kit, just run 130watt globes in them

Also I don't see the point in buying spotties, then buying a chinese HID upgrade kit.

Why not just buy chinese HID sotties and save some money?

[bakerboy]

well i run narva extremes retro fitted with hid's, only slightly dearer than buying chinese spotties and you get a pretty damn tough light that will cop abuse

[Fatzook]

bakerboy wrote:

well i run narva extremes retro fitted with hid's, only slightly dearer than buying chinese spotties and you get a pretty damn tough light that will cop abuse

But where do the HID kits come from?

I had chinese HID in my ute, and not the cheap ones either. Bulb failed after 6 months.

Atleast with a bespoke housing the HID bulb may have a better chance of resisting damage from vibration etc.

[mighty_vites]

any thoughts on LED spotties? they use less power and produce a whiter light but are they up to scratch?

[jonno_racing]

i have hella 175 copys on the front my my zook.. they cost me $15 each (yes i kid you not) and they are THE best light i have ever owned, i have had a few other narva's etc but nothing compairs to them. i know i will proberbly need to replace them in a year.. but at $45 for 3... i will get another set, my lights usualy smash well before then!

[Fatzook]

mighty_vites wrote:

any thoughts on LED spotties? they use less power and produce a whiter light but are they up to scratch?

Yeah I have some here. Great short distance lights. I would not compare them to a spotlight though. More like a flood. I was not everly impressed with them though.l For the amount of money spend and room on the vehicle consumed, the performance just isn't there.

JMO
Peter

[bakerboy]

Fatzook wrote:

bakerboy wrote:

well i run narva extremes retro fitted with hid's, only slightly dearer than buying chinese spotties and you get a pretty damn tough light that will cop abuse

But where do the HID kits come from?

I had chinese HID in my ute, and not the cheap ones either. Bulb failed after 6 months.

Atleast with a bespoke housing the HID bulb may have a better chance of resisting damage from vibration etc.

So the hid's come from china, the bulk of shit today comes from china, I still don't see your point about putting hid's in that then makes them comparable to poor quality lights (not globes)? What do you run?

[shep]

suzukiboy wrote:

Hella can't go wrong............

i bought a pair of rally 4000's hid's from a well known, now no longer, online
4wd shop that were shitter then the 240 blitzes they replaced.
they were so shitty that i gave them away. worse $800 i have ever spent and i will
never buy from a Aussie based mail order company again.

i think that i would like to try a led light bar next

[Hotshot993]

those LED bars look sick.

[shep]

lights that i have had in the past and what i thought.
cibie oscar = awesome lights but on rough roads they chew through globes

cibie oscar plus = same as above

hella 161 and 171= ok for a cheap light but the screws that hold the lens in are shit so it doesn't take long for the lens to fall out.

rally 2000's = great light but the mounts fail

ipf rectangle jobbies = lenses fell out

lightforce 170= best light i have ever owned good spread and awesome distance( with the right filters)

lightforce 240 blitz = same globe as the 170's i reckon they have the same light but are harder to fit on a car.

hella 4000's with hid conversion. = the middle of the light beam was a black hole and fucken were just all round shit. gave them away. they were shit.

[Hotshot993]

With the ones you said where best, the strikeforce 170, was that just the striker or the striker HID?