![]() I don't mind the spread, but it limits me to 90km/h, where in the prado im still comfortable on 115 at night.This is a big debate these days. I also run around in a huge van with a 42" monster light led bar on the roof and 4x 100w bars on the bullbar. I really rely on the deep penetrating lights as the cattle eye reflections are what I look for. For this reason I have a couple of 4x10w led floods (or 7 of them if the roof rack is on) which is ample for slower speeds. Offroading is different, the corrugations bounce the bullbar like mad, so it's a real pain having your light shaking all over the place. I've had no problems with overheating, even towing 3t in 45 degrees. Yes this goes a long way, but it is a very consistent light, i compliment this with 2x flood night stalkers with 75w kits to fill the sides. I've had reasonable results with nite stalker, ipf and narva but my current favourite is the hella rallye 4000 full size with 100w 4300k HIDs. IMO 4300k is the way to go with HIDs, the glare is reduced off signs compared to 6000k and I find I fatigue less than the higher colour temps. I live in the Kimberleys and have now done the trip to Perth 17 times in different vehicles with different lights and most of my driving is outback at night so the lights get a workout most days. The cheaper HID kits tend to be a nuisance, some you win with but not often is my experience. The general rule is you get what you pay for but I've found there are a few exceptions. Hi RanJ, i've played with quite a few lights on different vehicles. Hopefully it'll lead to an informed decision, rather than just buying the latest and greatest because we're told it is the latest and greatest. even with "lesser" lights this can be a disconcerting issue. ![]() Another thing I'm wondering with the LED lights and the very intense white light is the contrast when going from high beam to low beam on the road. to me it's better to have a good spread of light for a reasonable distance than go for extra length, often that extra is wasted especially on windy roads and in the bush. I'd be very interested to hear comments on HID lights and how they compare. I think if I did go LED I'd prefer the multi-led types (ARB, Lightforce) over the single LED in a traditional free form reflector. I'll admit my past experience is all with Halogen technology, I haven't tried HID or LEDs. So now with the Prado I'm faced with the same question RanJ asks. ![]() As I said I know it's a subjective thing, just my 2c worth. I found the pencil beam too narrow and long and the "quality" of the light to be a bit poor, especially given the price premium of these units. Whether this was compared to the Narvas or the hype about the IPFs, which at the time were pretty much the bees knees, I'm not really sure. Once again I had a combination of spot and spread beams. I then progressed (?) to a 79 Series LandCruiser and had that fitted with IPF Xtreme 900s. but nevertheless had need for the extra lights on several occasions. I'll add to this by saying that on the longer trips we generally tried to be in camp and set up before dark. For all my night driving around Tassie and two extended outback trips I found these lights more than adequate. ![]() I had a spread beam and a pencil beam and found that this combination gave a "good" light for my needs and a more than acceptable spread pattern. An interesting question and one I'll follow with interest as I'm about to look at lights for my 150.Ī couple of cars back I ran Narva Ultima 175 Blues on my Pajero. ![]()
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