soft or hard top?
Soft top:
| auszookers.com https://auszookers.com/forum/ |
|
| lights on the roof https://auszookers.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=39904 |
Page 1 of 3 |
| Author: | sj70zuki [ Fri Mar 29, 2013 8:12 am ] |
| Post subject: | lights on the roof |
Can someone give me some ideas for puting spotlights on the roof of a suzuki sierra |
|
| Author: | SierraDan [ Fri Mar 29, 2013 8:23 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: lights on the roof |
soft or hard top? Soft top:
|
|
| Author: | Bugsta [ Fri Mar 29, 2013 9:56 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: lights on the roof |
LEDs are the future |
|
| Author: | SierraDan [ Fri Mar 29, 2013 10:00 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: lights on the roof |
Bugsta wrote: LEDs are the future x2 One of these would be better. with some decent HID's on the front for distance if thats what you're after. 
|
|
| Author: | atari4x4 [ Fri Mar 29, 2013 10:09 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: lights on the roof |
SierraDan wrote: soft or hard top? Soft top: needs more southern cross tattoo |
|
| Author: | 31zook [ Fri Mar 29, 2013 12:54 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: lights on the roof |
I thought that the glare on a bonnet would be worse with an LED bar then HID lights. |
|
| Author: | SierraDan [ Fri Mar 29, 2013 12:58 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: lights on the roof |
It would be. HID spots really shouldnt have any glare on bonnet. But, I really have no desire to put lights on my windscreen. LED bar and some small HID spots on the front is plenty. |
|
| Author: | dank [ Fri Mar 29, 2013 7:04 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: lights on the roof |
31zook wrote: I thought that the glare on a bonnet would be worse with an LED bar then HID lights. that's my zook. no glare on bonnet at all. I had hid narvas on the front and I pulled them off. the lightbar shat all over them to the point I didn't even notice when they were on or not. the single row bars I sell now are even brighter than those dual rows and would be even nicer mounted up on the roof. www.kpd4x4.com for more info on the bars. they aren't as cheap as some other junk like tigeez111 or whatever but you get what you pay for. |
|
| Author: | 31zook [ Fri Mar 29, 2013 7:14 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: lights on the roof |
Yeah I knew that was your car dank, and without being rude I doubt the paint on your bonnet would be glossy enough to create glare. I guess it's different to a 2pac pollished bonnet... |
|
| Author: | SierraDan [ Fri Mar 29, 2013 8:39 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: lights on the roof |
Would depend on reflector design also. |
|
| Author: | christover1 [ Fri Mar 29, 2013 9:13 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: lights on the roof |
I painted my Moke bonnet with matt black chalk board paint, stopped all glare from lights and the sun |
|
| Author: | Zook_Fan [ Fri Mar 29, 2013 11:06 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: lights on the roof |
I had a cheap Chinese LED bar mounted in basically the same sort of spot as Dank and again I didn't have any reflection off the bonnet. The bars tend to have a very distinct line of light so it's easy to set the bottom of the projected light just above the end of the bonnet and you shouldn't have any problems. |
|
| Author: | sam_516 [ Sat Mar 30, 2013 8:08 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: lights on the roof |
I have 4 narvas on my roof rack, bonnet glare is pretty bad, might have to steal your idea of painting the bonnet matte black |
|
| Author: | ajsr [ Sat Mar 30, 2013 8:20 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: lights on the roof |
Zook_Fan wrote: I had a cheap Chinese LED bar mounted in basically the same sort of spot as Dank and again I didn't have any reflection off the bonnet. The bars tend to have a very distinct line of light so it's easy to set the bottom of the projected light just above the end of the bonnet and you shouldn't have any problems. the color of the bonnet makes a massive difference to reflection back to the driver. dark colored bonnet will be a 1000 times better than say a white or red bonnet. |
|
| Author: | jimny_timmy [ Sat Mar 30, 2013 9:08 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: lights on the roof |
ajsr wrote: Zook_Fan wrote: I had a cheap Chinese LED bar mounted in basically the same sort of spot as Dank and again I didn't have any reflection off the bonnet. The bars tend to have a very distinct line of light so it's easy to set the bottom of the projected light just above the end of the bonnet and you shouldn't have any problems. the color of the bonnet makes a massive difference to reflection back to the driver. dark colored bonnet will be a 1000 times better than say a white or red bonnet. X2... I have 4 hid spot beams on my roof and it gives a ridiculous amount of glare of the bonnet. Mines silver, I reckon the gloss in the clear has a lot to do with it... Matte colours would be 100x better |
|
| Author: | atari4x4 [ Sat Mar 30, 2013 10:11 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: lights on the roof |
there is a way to set up roof lights so you don't get any glare on the bonnet... it's actually quite logical. imagine the side profile of the car & draw a straight line from the highest point on the leading edge on the bonnet, back to the highest point on the roof line above the A pillar & continue it on, mount your spotlights behind that line & you won't have any glare on your bonnet. |
|
| Author: | jimny_timmy [ Sun Mar 31, 2013 5:06 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: lights on the roof |
atari4x4 wrote: there is a way to set up roof lights so you don't get any glare on the bonnet... it's actually quite logical. imagine the side profile of the car & draw a straight line from the highest point on the leading edge on the bonnet, back to the highest point on the roof line above the A pillar & continue it on, mount your spotlights behind that line & you won't have any glare on your bonnet. That does sound logical... I still think you'd get a bit of glare though. Be ok I spose if you didn't use your roof to carry anything. You'd have to sit your lights a fair way back to do this. Ill check mine out when the sun comes up and see how far off it is from what you describe. |
|
| Author: | christover1 [ Sun Mar 31, 2013 7:02 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: lights on the roof |
I stopped fitting lights to my roof, lost too many on trees etc |
|
| Author: | atari4x4 [ Sun Mar 31, 2013 8:13 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: lights on the roof |
jimny_timmy wrote: atari4x4 wrote: there is a way to set up roof lights so you don't get any glare on the bonnet... it's actually quite logical. imagine the side profile of the car & draw a straight line from the highest point on the leading edge on the bonnet, back to the highest point on the roof line above the A pillar & continue it on, mount your spotlights behind that line & you won't have any glare on your bonnet. That does sound logical... I still think you'd get a bit of glare though. Be ok I spose if you didn't use your roof to carry anything. You'd have to sit your lights a fair way back to do this. Ill check mine out when the sun comes up and see how far off it is from what you describe. roof basket was still usable.  
|
|
| Author: | jimny_timmy [ Sun Mar 31, 2013 10:15 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: lights on the roof |
 Still get glare and mine sits further back than yours 
|
|
| Author: | Trypt [ Sun Mar 31, 2013 10:40 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: lights on the roof |
Moving the lights back wont stop glare timmy unless u move them soo far back that the roof blocks anything going down. |
|
| Author: | jimny_timmy [ Sun Mar 31, 2013 12:02 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: lights on the roof |
Yeah that's what I was getting at 
|
|
| Author: | Trypt [ Sun Mar 31, 2013 12:35 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: lights on the roof |
just checkin. i think the better option would just get an eye transplant from an animal like a rabbit or a cat. |
|
| Author: | atari4x4 [ Sun Mar 31, 2013 6:28 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: lights on the roof |
jimny_timmy wrote: Still get glare and mine sits further back than yours also sit a shit load higher too. i'm not silly enough to had lights perched up on top of a roof basket like that, mine were only small & tucked inside the basket either side of the wind deflector. must be a heaps of a wind drag & slow as shit on the open road. draw a line as i said & look where it intersects the lights... if they were mounted to the lower tube you'd probably have no glare what so ever & still light up the ground just in front of the bar. |
|
| Author: | jimny_timmy [ Sun Mar 31, 2013 7:05 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: lights on the roof |
Yeah I get what you're saying. They can't be mounted to the lower bar because of the depth on the spotties, so like I said earlier to do what you were saying with the line etc, the top of the light would have to be underneath the line and therefore probably 1/3 or more to the back of the roof. Jimnys are slow as shit to start with, ESP with 30's and reduction 
|
|
| Author: | Scales [ Tue Apr 02, 2013 1:45 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: lights on the roof |
Isnt doing this illegal in QLD? im curious, because i know they are making led bars on top of bullbar illegal. (so im stuffed) |
|
| Author: | jimny_timmy [ Tue Apr 02, 2013 1:56 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: lights on the roof |
Possibly, but if you aren't using them on road (or don't get caught) then I can't see the problem? |
|
| Author: | Scrawny [ Tue Apr 02, 2013 2:26 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: lights on the roof |
There was a discussion about legalities of roof lights in Qld a few years back. Someone posted a link to somewhere (?) that said lights could be mounted at any height but no wider than factory main beam. Besides, aren't we dealing with the NCOP now? When I get back to civilisation again I will try and find that link |
|
| Author: | royce [ Tue Apr 02, 2013 2:48 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: lights on the roof |
Scales wrote: Isnt doing this illegal in QLD? im curious, because i know they are making led bars on top of bullbar illegal. (so im stuffed) Once apon a time lights over 1.4m were illegal but its not changed to an operation thing, IE up there must only work with high beam Lights on top of a bull bar have always been illegal, under teh same rules as rod holders, reduce visability and a hazard to pedestrians Then we have the awesome single light thing some power tripper at DOT come up with and having to block the middle section out |
|
| Author: | Scales [ Tue Apr 02, 2013 3:03 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: lights on the roof |
I was of understanding lights on top were fine as long as symettrical, IE not an odd number. Maybe that was underbar. read somewhere they were avoiding that by putting black tape on the LED bar to make it "2". Im not kidding. and apparantly cop said it was fine. Oh well ill play stupid for now, Ill take it off the car if i get pulled up. |
|
| Page 1 of 3 | All times are UTC + 9:30 hours |
| Powered by phpBB® Forum Software © phpBB Group https://www.phpbb.com/ |
|