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ZookFan
Joined: Mon Feb 14, 2011 6:19 am Posts: 3978 Location: Brisbane,samford,QLD
Vehicle: 92 Sierra Tin Top, 3 X LJ 81's
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Hi all just wondering what spotlights do people run?? does anyone run SCA spotlights?? are they any good? would light force be the way to go??
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zook95

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Joined: Mon Dec 13, 2010 7:07 am Posts: 635 Location: wauchope NSW
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i have 2 cheapy lights on my bar and the first night i put them in walked outside after a night of rain and there full of water...
my next lights will be IPF
but they arnt to bad a night
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monley

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Joined: Wed Nov 24, 2010 7:58 am Posts: 11092 Location: Mandurah.W.A.
Vehicle: 84 LWB NT
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I have Hella 181, they have been though a big river crossing, water sat in them and they still work well...
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buzbox
Joined: Thu Jul 16, 2009 11:30 pm Posts: 3600 Location: Wollongong NSW
Vehicle: LWB Sierra & XL7
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Not exactly SCA branded light but I bought them from there. I got the 180mm Night Stalker. They're pretty good considering I only paid about $80 for them 
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ajsr

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Joined: Sun Dec 28, 2008 10:30 pm Posts: 3712 Location: melb
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nite stalkers
great value, good quality
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89_tintop

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Joined: Fri Aug 07, 2009 11:30 pm Posts: 3159 Location: gold coast
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I use IPF that you purchase from your local nissan dealer  great light at a fraction of the cost if you purchased them off ARB or the likes..
They are not the same as what you purchase from ARB though.. Slightly different ... But at just a tad over half ghe price for a pair.. I can live with it
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krunchi
Joined: Sun Mar 27, 2011 7:46 am Posts: 108 Location: Brisbane
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i got Navara ultima 225 on the D40 and on the jimny Narva 160/115 rectangle.
The Jimny Narvars give a better more even light and heaps of spread, i like them better than the Ultima 225s
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alexvitara

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Joined: Sat Mar 26, 2011 8:45 am Posts: 1602 Location: Gold Coast
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i've just bought SCA lights, wiring them up tomorrow so i'll let you no how they go
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laurie

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Joined: Fri Oct 31, 2008 10:30 pm Posts: 1540 Location: Blackbutt
Vehicle: LJ80
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 Posted: Tue May 03, 2011 11:55 am |
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i have had a set of sca driving lights now for about a year.
cheap but they work and no problems so worth it i reckon.
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bakerboy
Joined: Sun Oct 25, 2009 10:30 pm Posts: 2291 Location: Perth
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Narva extremes, great value, really solid light
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brent
Joined: Sun Dec 13, 2009 10:30 pm Posts: 94 Location: QLD- WIDE BAY
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Ironman supernova HID's. Got them on my d40, equally as good as hid lightforce xgt 240s. They are amazing. I will never go back to halogen. Will try out a LED lightbar on my Sierra though for something different.
Sierra currently has some cheap SCA lights, they are good for the price but they look like low beam next to HIDs. I would also consider the cheap HIDs on eBay, a patrol I go wheeling with has them and they are pretty impressive. Around $300-$400
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monley

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Joined: Wed Nov 24, 2010 7:58 am Posts: 11092 Location: Mandurah.W.A.
Vehicle: 84 LWB NT
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Or the TSOR spotties
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matt91112011
Joined: Fri Feb 11, 2011 9:05 am Posts: 241 Location: Eltham, Victoria
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I also have HID Spotties, they are stupidly bright I will also never go back to Halogens. I also run HID's in my headlights to make the light more even in colour when the spotties are on. I was meant to post photo's up a few month ago, but haven't got around to it. I will before the weekend. 
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ck13488

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Joined: Wed Feb 10, 2010 10:30 pm Posts: 452 Location: newy
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ZookFan wrote: Hi all just wondering what spotlights do people run?? does anyone run SCA spotlights?? are they any good? would light force be the way to go??
i got a set of round SCA spotlights on my zook. They go alright for $50! (free cos i had a gift card  )
obviously they arent going to be as bright/efficient/tough as a set that costs a few hundred but bang for buck they are spot on!
only problem i have it that you cant tighten them enough to spot them slowly aiming down after driving in heavy corrugations
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sstteevvee
Joined: Wed Apr 06, 2011 1:54 pm Posts: 134 Location: Perth
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I have recently come back from a trip to exmouth and i was in my bros 08 gv which has cibie oscars and they didn't miss a beat. We drove through the night so they were on for extended periods of time. 1200+ km trip
As a side note though it was the first time i've seen hids in action. As you would expect the highways in the middle of nowhere are pitch black but you certainly knew when you were approaching a car/truck with hid spot lights. The glow was unbelievable, it honestly felt like the approaching car was "just over the hill" like you get with normal spot lights but it lasted forever and when the approaching lights finally did pop over the crest and were dimmed the car/truck was still aaages away. Both me and my brother were very impressed and we didn't even have them fitted!!!
If i had money burning a hole in my pocket or used the vehicle in dark places at night constantly i'd definately go the hid's over halogen. Definately worth the jump in $$$$.
In my opinion anyway
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BUZOOKA

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Joined: Sun Aug 30, 2009 11:30 pm Posts: 2659 Location: hobart tasmania
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i think night stalkers r the best bang for u ncuk quite cheap and work pretty well..
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smiffkid

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Joined: Fri Aug 13, 2010 12:55 pm Posts: 3266 Location: perth wa
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im running the light force lights hid 170 and find them great, will be upgrading to a new set soon hopefully, just cause i can, sticking with light force hid just try something different
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atari4x4

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Joined: Mon Dec 11, 2006 10:30 pm Posts: 34842 Location: East Radelayed
Vehicle: SV420+SV620 Vitara's
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ajsr wrote: nite stalkers great value, good quality
i've run nite stalkers & the 170 lightforce, both good lights. the nite stalkers are a good buy for the money.
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Poita
Joined: Fri Jan 14, 2011 5:03 am Posts: 553 Location: Adelaide, SA
Vehicle: 2010 Suzuki Swift Sports
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Do what I did for my Dad... He had some huge Light Force 100W spotties and I bought a 55W 5000k HID kit from ebay and retrofitted them. Cost him $160 for the kit.
The HID kit is half the power so doesn't really run hot, but makes the stupidly expensive 100W LF setup look like a half flat yellow torch. They are really white and LOADS better in spread and distance. He loves them.
Bucket loads cheaper than buy the genuine Light Force HID setup.
But if you do this don't buy LF in the first place, just buy some mid-level spotty that won't leak water.
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stocker
Joined: Wed Dec 08, 2010 7:16 am Posts: 941 Location: Shidoni!
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I have 4 x Cheapie Super Crap 100watters on the roof and they are great 
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ZookFan
Joined: Mon Feb 14, 2011 6:19 am Posts: 3978 Location: Brisbane,samford,QLD
Vehicle: 92 Sierra Tin Top, 3 X LJ 81's
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Thanks for the info guys!, keep them coming!
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ZookFan
Joined: Mon Feb 14, 2011 6:19 am Posts: 3978 Location: Brisbane,samford,QLD
Vehicle: 92 Sierra Tin Top, 3 X LJ 81's
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alexvitara wrote: i've just bought SCA lights, wiring them up tomorrow so i'll let you no how they go
Cheers mate 
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sando

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Joined: Thu Jan 20, 2011 6:52 am Posts: 198 Location: Ipswich
Vehicle: 1.6 SJ80
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Mate I was in super crap the other day they had 20% of everything so I bought some cheap spotties. $32 for some spotties isn't bad in my opinion. Just buy a relay as the cheapies just go straight from a switch. Also remember that sierra's switch the earth on highbeam not switching power. Not hard to wire up if you have half an idea about wiring.
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matty87
Joined: Sun Oct 25, 2009 10:30 pm Posts: 794 Location: the wild west
Vehicle: 1987 sierra tray back buggy
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the sca ones work ok we have some on our little red beast. the money is in the r&d and then manufacture put into the reflectors, which you will never get with a cheap light.
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alexvitara

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Joined: Sat Mar 26, 2011 8:45 am Posts: 1602 Location: Gold Coast
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ZookFan wrote: alexvitara wrote: i've just bought SCA lights, wiring them up tomorrow so i'll let you no how they go Cheers mate 
i got the round one that are about $100 and they have a plastic housing, i had the $50 round ones on my old work ute and they have the metal housing. i chose the plastics ones this time because the metal ones started to rust pretty quick after i got them. the plastic ones seem to be better built and seem to be better sealed. i cant comment on light output because i'm getting a fair bit of voltage drop because i didnt have big enough wire but when i upgrade the wiring i'll let you know
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ZookFan
Joined: Mon Feb 14, 2011 6:19 am Posts: 3978 Location: Brisbane,samford,QLD
Vehicle: 92 Sierra Tin Top, 3 X LJ 81's
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Cheers mate, let us know how you go!
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TheOtherLeft
Joined: Sun Aug 27, 2006 11:30 pm Posts: 818 Location: Sydney
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NiteStalkers from SuperCrapAuto. Plastic bodied so no rusting, cheap enough that if it breaks or goes missing it's not too painful.
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MacDaddy

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Joined: Thu Mar 26, 2009 10:30 pm Posts: 10453 Location: Perth, Australia
Vehicle: Jeep
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I have Haigh 100mm, 100W spot lights, that have been on 3 different cars, and they are still going strong... they put out a good long beam... 
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lordviper556
Joined: Wed Oct 14, 2009 10:30 pm Posts: 716 Location: sunny coast qld
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i got the narva ultimate blue 175s, they are a good light. only prob i melted the plastic covers that came with them one night 
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IN2DEP

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Joined: Fri Nov 13, 2009 10:30 pm Posts: 739 Location: Hoppers Crossing
Vehicle: 95 Sierra Soft top
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Have alook at TSOR online shop and check out them spoties, euro ones are a spread beam and a pencil beam in one, and still ok for the money, soon as I get rid of my debts ill be getting my hands on a pair
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