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| Pilgrimmick Member Since: 16 Nov 2015 Location: Highlands Posts: 582  
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Watch with interest, this has been done to death in the past, but with new products coming onto the market all the time then there must be some good lamps that are affordable that have not been reviewed previously. 80" 1948
Lightweight V8 Bowler Tomcat 130 Station wagon 90 300tdi (Santana PS10 pick up) Range Rover L322 (Ful fat) |
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30th Aug 2019 7:46am |
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| Bluest Member Since: 23 Apr 2016 Location: Lancashire Posts: 4209 
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I would recommend trying them before you buy. I’ve got Trucklites and I’m a bit disappointed in them. Plus, they freeze over in winter. In hindsight I preferred my old set up of a relay loom, Crystals and Osram Nightbreakers. 2007 110 TDCi Station Wagon XS
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30th Aug 2019 7:46am |
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| rallysteve Member Since: 10 Feb 2014 Location: Cumbria Posts: 2227 
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My Wipac Crystals, Osram Nightbreaker Unlimited bulbs and headlight relay setup gives pretty much the same amount of light as my Audi's Xenon lights.
What bulbs are you using and have you got relays installed? Steve 02' 110 TD5 Double Cab Rebuild Thread |
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30th Aug 2019 8:05am |
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| AJC Member Since: 30 Nov 2015 Location: Lancashire Posts: 1362
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I have the revised Trucklite from 4x4 overlander and I think they're great.
main reasom I went for them is because they don't stand out as an LED light. Just look standard with a dark tint |
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30th Aug 2019 8:15am |
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| Stacey007 Member Since: 25 Sep 2015 Location: Cheshire Posts: 3750
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I have crystals, Philips upgraded bulbs but I never fitted the bloomsburg loom? (although do have it)
I'm surprised if the loom will make these as good as previous cars with LED xenon lights? Seems Britpart Lynx get good reviews... but britpart... The choice now is massive... The rice range massive, even if you leave out all the chinese ones, the range at suppliers is £150 to over £600 Difficult to try before I buy.... Need to fit them and drive down my local country lanes at night to compaore  Its not as if they give the same technical details in the specifications so hard to just choose on that...
Mindfield....  |
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30th Aug 2019 8:41am |
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| Pilgrimmick Member Since: 16 Nov 2015 Location: Highlands Posts: 582
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I am willing to try out any new lights and give out unbiased opinions. Nolden etc take note😂
It is difficult to judge from the figures, at one time you used to get comparison diagrams of beam spread and reach, these seem to have been dropped from sales details. Sometimes just easier putting on LED spots to use with main beam. 80" 1948 Lightweight V8 Bowler Tomcat 130 Station wagon 90 300tdi (Santana PS10 pick up) Range Rover L322 (Ful fat) |
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30th Aug 2019 8:48am |
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| windy81 Member Since: 14 Mar 2018 Location: North Wales Posts: 311  
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this ^^ Wire the lights directly to alternator. Makes a huge difference and although I haven't ever had LED on my Landy, I can't see much difference if I did. |
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30th Aug 2019 9:07am |
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| Ramsay Member Since: 30 Sep 2015 Location: Moffat, Dumfries & Galloway Posts: 627  
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Stacey007 if you are not using a headlamp relay then you are only getting about 3/4 of the volts you could do at the lamps. Check the Boomslang? Loom you have and fit it.
If you go to LED the voltage at the lamps is not relevant to the brightness. However the main headlamp switch will eventually still burn out. It will just take longer with the lower load. 1995 Defender 110 CSW 1971 SIIA Lightweight |
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30th Aug 2019 10:32am |
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| Naks Member Since: 27 Jan 2009 Location: Stellenbosch, ZA Posts: 2638  
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TruckLights
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2010 Defender Puma 90 + BAS remap + Alive IC + Slickshift + Ashcroft ATB rear 2015 Range Rover Sport V8 Supercharged 
Defender Puma Workshop Manual: https://bit.ly/2zZ1en9 Discovery 4 Workshop Manual: https://bit.ly/2zXrtKO Range Rover/Sport L320/L322/L494 Workshop Manual: https://bit.ly/2zc58JQ |
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30th Aug 2019 10:58am |
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| Notyalc Member Since: 27 Jul 2018 Location: Northumberland Posts: 161 
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Relays and upgrade bulbs are more than enough for me
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30th Aug 2019 11:14am |
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| Not_Given Member Since: 25 Dec 2017 Location: UK Posts: 94 
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JW Speaker Evo Dual burn now have an option for heated glass. It’s automatic at low temps.
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30th Aug 2019 1:43pm |
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| Devon-Rover Member Since: 22 Jan 2015 Location: South Devon Posts: 916 
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Trucklite as they kinda look standard
Click image to enlarge Also can be found on Fb, Ytube, Insta & Twitter @4WDSouthwest |
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30th Aug 2019 10:27pm |
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| Bluericky Member Since: 26 Jun 2014 Location: Cornwall Posts: 647
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Also went for the Truklites , they seemed to be a well established company compared to some and it sits well that they’re also used by the American military on some vehicles. E marked and straightforward to fit .
As above poster has said , they don’t look too different to the standard lights unless you go for the smoked glass. My one criticism is lighting cut off on the periphery of the beam , it’s so sharp that it can be a rather distracting but you do get used to it. I think mudstuff have them on offer at the mo Click image to enlarge https://www.instagram.com/hustynminepark/ |
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30th Aug 2019 11:28pm |
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| CharlieDonuts Member Since: 16 Jun 2019 Location: Illiers Combray Posts: 133  
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I bought some cheap ones (I dunno if I should say where from). I bought them to see what they looked like mostly. I didn’t like the look and they failed a headlamp test (outside the zone) so I fitted Crystals Nightbreakers and which for the moment I am happy with. Will do the wiring upgrade when I have acquired the competence to do so. I would avoid cheap LED lamps if I were you !
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31st Aug 2019 7:17am |
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