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| adafish Member Since: 30 Mar 2009 Location: atherstone Posts: 1385   
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got myself 4 of those yesterday from Tim.... Putting Dreams on Drives at JLR Solihull..
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15th May 2013 3:16pm |
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| iPints Member Since: 15 Jun 2012 Location: SC Posts: 294  
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Like those lights, can I ask where you got them and how much they cost....
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15th May 2013 3:49pm |
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| adafish Member Since: 30 Mar 2009 Location: atherstone Posts: 1385
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have a word with Tim @ www.mobilecentre.co.uk ..... Putting Dreams on Drives at JLR Solihull..
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15th May 2013 4:02pm |
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| Egghead Member Since: 25 Nov 2012 Location: Surrey Posts: 255 
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Special offer from The Man For Land Rovers. Couldn't resist when I saw six of them hooked up on an old county. Practically turn anybody standing nearby translucent when they are on!
The new lights are JW Speaker 700s Saw similar on Ebay available from the USA, however the price from The Thatched Garage was much more competitive. The old drill holes for the Hellas were too low on the roof rack to fit the lamps upright, so to save drilling new holes I hung them upside down. I actually prefer them hanging under the bar in a low profile way, but the wind noise is more than the former lights. - Not that it is noticeable above the rest of the Deafeners roar. |
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15th May 2013 4:27pm |
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| adafish Member Since: 30 Mar 2009 Location: atherstone Posts: 1385
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like i said....try the main dealer Tim...
 Putting Dreams on Drives at JLR Solihull.. |
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15th May 2013 5:05pm |
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| bpman Member Since: 21 May 2008 Location: Oslo Posts: 8069 
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how did you route the power cables ?
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15th May 2013 5:07pm |
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| adafish Member Since: 30 Mar 2009 Location: atherstone Posts: 1385
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...........cancel that last ME-MO, he had the lot.....  Putting Dreams on Drives at JLR Solihull.. |
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15th May 2013 5:14pm |
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| K9F Member Since: 12 Nov 2009 Location: Bournemouth Posts: 9610 
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Remember not to look at them as they can blind you. Mind you they are great lights but will still make your eyes water a little when you see the price.
  If you go through life with your head in the sand....all people will see is an ar5e!!
Treat every day as if it is your last....one day you will be right!! |
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15th May 2013 5:23pm |
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| Phoenix90 Member Since: 04 Mar 2012 Location: Cornwall Posts: 377 
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Which beam pattern did you go for? They look good
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15th May 2013 7:12pm |
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| Egghead Member Since: 25 Nov 2012 Location: Surrey Posts: 255
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As there were already lights on the roof I used the existing cabling - although it received a lot of tidying up seeing as the old wiring was utterly pump! (Bits everywhere, all different colours and types, loose disconnected wires etc!! There was even a spare feed up there but it was non-live??) Currently the wires come up out of a hole in the roof, which is a nice water ingress point  I was advised by the seller that the wiring should go up via the snorkel I have but as there was already that hole in the roof it was a bit late to rectify properly.
You can see the feed to the roof rack in the side angle shots... 
Thanks. I think the beam pattern is the Spot Pattern (as opposed to Flood or Trap patterns?) - more info can be got from the Forward Lighting Catalogue which you can download from JW Speaker (The Model 700 is on page 35) Like K9F said, the nightime display is not something you want to gaze at for very long. (They are bright enough in the daytime!) The quoted output of each lamp is 780 Lumens, so I would believe people can probably blind themselves with systems putting out over a thousand lumens or more! Here is a shot with the whole lot on... sidelights (which are subject to MOT failure due to not being white), HID headlamps and the new LED roof bar lamps. Them rabbits will see me comin' now! The camera lens seemed to pick up reflections and all sorts such as the yellow dots visible near the reflections off the bonnet. |
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15th May 2013 10:55pm |
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