AusVarmint

LED or halogen and why?
Missed will no doubt vote rallye4000 and Kickinback has said they are the best lights he has owned so what does everyone think?

Set yourself a budget and go from there mate.. I love lighting, I have spent way too much money on lighting

A few questions....

What vehicle do you currently drive?
What are the driving conditions you will drive in?
Do you have a budget?

Mate, I personally run HID's.

I run a set of X-RAY 90 Watt HID driving lights, they are exceptional, they have the most rock solid mounting I have ever seen. My uncle ran them on his trucks when he was in the game, and never had an issue, I was with him once and he hit a young steer, didn't knock them out of adjustment. I had much the same experience with them on my last vehicle, the lights sat out off the bar a bit, and they were swiped by a few roos, but held strong. I guess the only negative is price, and chance of theft, had it happen once to them.

Also add LED's into the mix, for forest driving or mallee country where you need more side spill than distance, they are a winner. I wouldn't run them, due to the fact I don't like the kelvin temperature of LED lights, I prefer a yellower light, around 4200 Kelvin.

I think halogen are old technology, I won't buy halogen lights any more.

Best lights I have used bar none

I bought mine in 96 and ran them on my trucks for 5 years (1.5 million KM)and they are now on my 4th 4x4 .A couple of bulbs and once set have never been readjusted have never leaked water and there has been no degradation of the reflectors hard to beat that at an initial purchase price of $250 for the pair.

I have to agree Jacko 4200-4500 k is easier on the eyes after extended use

Jacko9 wrote:Set yourself a budget and go from there mate.. I love lighting, I have spent way too much money on lighting

A few questions....

What vehicle do you currently drive?
What are the driving conditions you will drive in?
Do you have a budget?

Mate, I personally run HID's.

I run a set of X-RAY 90 Watt HID driving lights, they are exceptional, they have the most rock solid mounting I have ever seen. My uncle ran them on his trucks when he was in the game, and never had an issue, I was with him once and he hit a young steer, didn't knock them out of adjustment. I had much the same experience with them on my last vehicle, the lights sat out off the bar a bit, and they were swiped by a few roos, but held strong. I guess the only negative is price, and chance of theft, had it happen once to them.

Also add LED's into the mix, for forest driving or mallee country where you need more side spill than distance, they are a winner. I wouldn't run them, due to the fact I don't like the kelvin temperature of LED lights, I prefer a yellower light, around 4200 Kelvin.

I think halogen are old technology, I won't buy halogen lights any more.

So your simple answer would be
hid lights as I do not like the colour or type of light the LED's produce and halogen is old technology

I will give you the answers that who seek though and you give me your more complex and accurate answer.
1. I do not currently own a vehicle so drive whatever work vehicle I am using the next day.
2.I have never not gone anywhere at anytime I have wanted to go so if you can imagine the condition, short of a tropical cyclone(never been in 1 of them) I have probably and will again dive in it and my previous lights have been on all night from dusk till dawn on every terrain not just an hour here and there
3.Whatever I am happy with at the time of purchase

LED lights are great for bullbar to about 100m maximum with great spread and filling light.

From there the traditional driving lights take over.

I run 2 x Lightforce XGTs with 75W 4200K HID inserts, over the top of them is a 120W LED lightbar. The lightbar for the paddock rats about to commit suicide by bar, the HIDs for those down the road a few hundred metres - the ones thinking about suicide by bar.

Go the combo.
Get the light bar for wide close lighting and a pair of HID's for the long distance stuff.
Can always put a diffuser on the HID's or one of the HID's if you want some variety.

Ebay can be your friend here too.

Bought a lot of gear (as have quite a few mates) from sunyee-au seller down in Victoria.
http://www.ebay.com.au/usr/sunyee-au?_t ... 2749.l2754
Good prices, quality gear at a guaranteed not to burn a hole in your skyrocket cost.

dashooter wrote:Bought a lot of gear (as have quite a few mates) from sunyee-au seller down in Victoria.
http://www.ebay.com.au/usr/sunyee-au?_t ... 2749.l2754
Good prices, quality gear at a guaranteed not to burn a hole in your skyrocket cost.

Three thumbs up for the Sunyee 120W lightbar. Good out to about 60m with a wall of light.

Best light for $$$ bar I have ever seen.

I'll second the 120 watt light bar from Sunyee. The only downside is when you have to go to low beam it looks really yellow.

Jeff

I paid $100 posted for my Sunyee lightbar, I note they are now down to $69 plus change.

For that price you simply cannot go wrong.

Jeff 8 wrote:I'll second the 120 watt light bar from Sunyee. The only downside is when you have to go to low beam it looks really yellow.

Jeff

Not so bad if you change the original globes over to Narva 120's.
Makes big difference.

Jacko9 wrote:
I think halogen are old technology, I won't buy halogen lights any more.

Yeah,well, that big hot thing in the sky is how many million years old and you young blokes haven't built a better one yet.

iv had a set of rally 4000 for years just keep transfering them to each vehicle as i buy a new one, the only light id look at besides these is the same style but in the hid ,2 x spots is what i run , cant go wrong with them ,never needed more light than these

kickinback wrote:

Jacko9 wrote:
I think halogen are old technology, I won't buy halogen lights any more.

Yeah,well, that big hot thing in the sky is how many million years old and you young blokes haven't built a better one yet.

If it worked at night it would be awesome.

kickinback wrote:

Jacko9 wrote:
I think halogen are old technology, I won't buy halogen lights any more.

Yeah,well, that big hot thing in the sky is how many million years old and you young blokes haven't built a better one yet.

Sun = Halogen

I'm considering one of these for my new ute.

Don't need to see 1000m down the road, but about 200m down the road and a lot out to the side.


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