Spot lights...

D1HARD · Post by **D1HARD** » Thu Aug 10, 2006 4:59 pm

Hey people I am looking at upgrading my crap fog lamps for a decent set of spotlights.

And I was interested to hear of any good stories, or horror stories as the case may be of the various brands.

Good and bad mounting locations....

What to look for and what to avoid....any info appreciated...thanks in advance...

nz4x4 · Post by **nz4x4** » Thu Aug 10, 2006 5:45 pm

Have got a set of Hella Rallye 4000's. Bloody brillient lights and the mountings on them are indestructable!

Not cheap lights though!

wopass · Post by **wopass** » Thu Aug 10, 2006 6:26 pm

if you want value for money get the narva 180mm spots from appco ( repco) make GREAT light and very affordable :wink:

D1HARD · Post by **D1HARD** » Thu Aug 10, 2006 6:59 pm

Awesome guys thanks,I was looking at a set of Lightforce 240HIDs...
http://www.lightforce.com
Anybody used them??

wopass · Post by **wopass** » Thu Aug 10, 2006 7:43 pm

dont know about the vehicle lights but i use a LIGHT FORCE for night shooting and man is it gooood :twisted:

passums and rabdits and de...ahh...they all get smashed :twisted:

mroffroader · Post by **mroffroader** » Thu Aug 10, 2006 8:27 pm

wopass wrote:dont know about the vehicle lights but i use a LIGHT FORCE for night shooting and man is it gooood passums and rabdits and de...ahh...they all get smashed

hahahaha my old man shot a rabbit with a .270...well i think it was a rabbit there wasnt much left of it hahaha :roll:

turoa · Post by **turoa** » Thu Aug 10, 2006 8:41 pm

I use $25 supercheap ones. They seem to work alright. I am going to use some of those household halogens though. 4 on the front along with the original headlights should work well. Also one on the back as a reversing light.

wopass · Post by **wopass** » Thu Aug 10, 2006 9:03 pm

mroffroader wrote:
wopass wrote:dont know about the vehicle lights but i use a LIGHT FORCE for night shooting and man is it gooood passums and rabdits and de...ahh...they all get smashed

hahahaha my old man shot a rabbit with a .270...well i think it was a rabbit there wasnt much left of it hahaha

Beautifull choice of calliber, i have the Browning stainless stalker in .270 and it gets used for everything :wink:

including rabdits :lol:

Macca · Post by **Macca** » Fri Aug 11, 2006 1:43 pm

I must say I agree with wopass the light force are brilliant for night shooting and yes 270 or 3006 (my baby :lol:

) doesn’t leave much behind, especially when firing 100gn hollow points :twisted:

. between my friends we have 5 and they are great. Also have a few mates in oz who swear buy them for vehicle spotties. They're not cheap tho.
I just use cheapish housings off trademe and put 120w halogen bulbs in them. Lights up fairly well just doesn’t quite get the same 1km effect as the light force ones.

nz4x4 · Post by **nz4x4** » Fri Aug 11, 2006 3:47 pm

now this is weird... im also using a lightforce spot light for hunting and blasting the beasts with a .270. As far as the light is concerned..... I would buy another one, although i would probably buy a 170 not a 240 (have used both and i cant tell the difference between the 2 (and yes they both have the same 100w bulb). they are both extremely good!!!

If you can afford HID's........... go for them! either Lightforce or Hella ones.

penetrator · Post by **penetrator** » Fri Aug 11, 2006 5:34 pm

I agree light force spotlights are awesome compared with other brands (in terms of night shooting lights). If the driving lights are as good id go for them if they werent too pricy.

Sounds like theres a few hunters on this forum too - you boys should bring your .270 and .30-06 down to queenstown plenty of animals here but you might struggle to get one with my.270wsm flying around - fast and awesome hitting power!! hard to kep up with though :lol:

wopass · Post by **wopass** » Fri Aug 11, 2006 6:18 pm

penetrator wrote:I agree light force spotlights are awesome compared with other brands (in terms of night shooting lights). If the driving lights are as good id go for them if they werent too pricy.

Sounds like theres a few hunters on this forum too - you boys should bring your .270 and .30-06 down to queenstown plenty of animals here but you might struggle to get one with my.270wsm flying around - fast and awesome hitting power!! hard to kep up with though

Mmmmmm...WSM...../drool.

they werent around when i got my .270 or i would have certianly got one, however my browning is more than ample for what i use it for, tops or tight bush it hits very well with home loads :twisted:

D1HARD · Post by **D1HARD** » Fri Aug 11, 2006 7:01 pm

Had Grant and the team hook up the "LIghtforce" spots to the front and SHIT!! they are unbeleivable... its like having x2 searchlights attached to the front of your truck.

Very impressive...and I am sure I can frazzle some Possums with these babys...then crack them down with the SSG... :lol:

Sadam_Husain · Post by **Sadam_Husain** » Fri Aug 11, 2006 8:22 pm

D1HARD wrote:Had Grant and the team hook up the "LIghtforce" spots to the front and SHIT!! they are unbeleivable... its like having x2 searchlights attached to the front of your truck.

Better get booked in for the dual battery setup on Monday by the sounds of it :lol:

D1HARD · Post by **D1HARD** » Sat Aug 12, 2006 12:31 am

Sadam_Husain wrote:
D1HARD wrote:Had Grant and the team hook up the "LIghtforce" spots to the front and SHIT!! they are unbeleivable... its like having x2 searchlights attached to the front of your truck.

Better get booked in for the dual battery setup on Monday by the sounds of it

Allready have the twin set up...

Better keep a close eye on the levels...

toymudlux · Post by **toymudlux** » Sun Aug 13, 2006 1:44 am

was useing a lightforce spotlight borrowed from a mate for first time (always used my cheapie ) up the station with my browning 280 , good for bunnies , possums and the odd deer that happens to look long enough ..

Andy

nzhunter · Post by **nzhunter** » Sun Aug 13, 2006 11:50 am

.303 jungle carbine 180grain projectile vs 1 hare. It left jst a small hole in it!! :wink:

I want a .270 but to many other things to buy.
Yeh lightforce r good and specially wireless ones cause i've had enough of those bloody chinese ones that spend all day charging then hardly last 5mins on the battery!! If u go 4 a cirgarette lighter one u can use a small jumperpack in a backpack

Anyway there seems to be a few cheap sets of spotlights for ur truk on trademe, and if you can get them of a wreaked truk theyll be cheap!

wopass · Post by **wopass** » Sun Aug 13, 2006 12:14 pm

D1HARD wrote:Had Grant and the team hook up the "LIghtforce" spots to the front and SHIT!! they are unbeleivable... its like having x2 searchlights attached to the front of your truck.

Very impressive...and I am sure I can frazzle some Possums with these babys...then crack them down with the SSG...

what did they cost you in the end mate ?

D1HARD · Post by **D1HARD** » Sun Aug 13, 2006 12:42 pm

wopass wrote:
D1HARD wrote:Had Grant and the team hook up the "LIghtforce" spots to the front and SHIT!! they are unbeleivable... its like having x2 searchlights attached to the front of your truck.

Very impressive...and I am sure I can frazzle some Possums with these babys...then crack them down with the SSG...

what did they cost you in the end mate ?

$600+ GST...

They dont look like much but they sure do the trick.. :lol:

I had a good look at zigen's $40 Repco small square ones and in a row they are pretty good at flooding an area with light,great value...

But the Lightforce's have to be the most powerful I have seen this far.In my limited experience..ha ha

wopass · Post by **wopass** » Sun Aug 13, 2006 1:15 pm

Oooohhh yea !.. now thats a set of spottys :twisted:

just dont go bumping into any trees or banks with them hangin out the front :wink:

D1HARD · Post by **D1HARD** » Sun Aug 13, 2006 2:04 pm

wopass wrote::twisted: Oooohhh yea !.. now thats a set of spottys just dont go bumping into any trees or banks with them hangin out the front

Yes I am heading to Steel and Tube this week to see what sort of magic they can work in concocting me a half decent bull bar,at a good price,remove the bumper and fix the spots to the new bar.

Can but try....

mroffroader · Post by **mroffroader** » Tue Aug 15, 2006 6:39 pm

hmmmm there does seem to be a few hunters on here :lol:

me dads got the weatherby .270 mark 5 ultra light very nice weapon but its got 2 much kick for me hehehe im only 14 but ive got a 7.62x39 (ak47 bullet) is good for deer at close range and my trophy goat and my trophy double corkscrew arapara ram

and whatever seems to be in the way of the end of it hehehe :wink:

oh yea and did i mention that its only $7 for 20 rounds :twisted:

albundy · Post by **albundy** » Tue Aug 15, 2006 8:32 pm

I run a set of wide beam spots on the bullbar and a set of pencils on the roofrack. Realy turn nite into day. Can run seperately as well. Got a wide beam on the rope holder on the back as a work lite.
Al

D1HARD · Post by **D1HARD** » Tue Aug 15, 2006 9:17 pm

albundy wrote:I run a set of wide beam spots on the bullbar and a set of pencils on the roofrack. Realy turn nite into day. Can run seperately as well. Got a wide beam on the rope holder on the back as a work lite.
Al

Any pics...?

toymudlux · Post by **toymudlux** » Tue Aug 15, 2006 9:22 pm

seen a nissan in invers a few weeks ago that had two lightforce spotlights mounted to his front bumper bolted and sealed and all..
looked ok as they were mounted by bottom of the handle ,,
would be bloody bright ..

albundy · Post by **albundy** » Wed Aug 16, 2006 3:38 pm

Check the Worselys spur thread from a couple of weeks ago. There is a photo of me coming up over a rise that gives you a good look.
Al

safari_mulisha · Post by **safari_mulisha** » Tue Aug 22, 2006 1:24 pm

i have never owned a .270 allthough a few mates have them

this is my collection a few months back its about twice the size now
http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i38/m ... ure004.jpg

i use a lightforce spotlight they are awesome...
been reading the hella pricelist and catalog man they are pricy but if they do what they say the do it would be worth it

mroffroader · Post by **mroffroader** » Tue Aug 22, 2006 5:42 pm

safari_mulisha wrote:i have never owned a .270 allthough a few mates have them

this is my collection a few months back its about twice the size now
http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i38/m ... ure004.jpg

i use a lightforce spotlight they are awesome...
been reading the hella pricelist and catalog man they are pricy but if they do what they say the do it would be worth it

woooo!!!! lovin that 1 on the end with the banana mag!!!! :twisted:

:mgwhore:

safari_mulisha · Post by **safari_mulisha** » Wed Aug 23, 2006 11:00 pm

haha yeah go the ak47...
its great having an e-cat
go out at night an blast off 30 round mags full of tracers
dunno what the possums think of flaming bullets flying past

mroffroader · Post by **mroffroader** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 6:59 am

hahahah ye ya!

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