hella spot light help

kdub104 · Post by **kdub104** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 12:54 pm

hi guys im going to purchase some hella rally4000 spot lights for my 100series cruza but i dont really know what type to get! spread beam,pencil,one of each??i notice the spread is suited for offroad?
a mate has the pencil type and said they work well.

had some light force ones until one got smashed and they were pretty bright but dont want plastic housings again!
cheers

Steve_t647 · Post by **Steve_t647** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 2:36 pm

depends where you are driving spread beam lights up a much bigger area so you can see where you want to go and pencil beam show's where you actualy are going (tight in front of truck)

I will be going for spread beam myself as High beam does a good job of in front it is the wider picture I want to pick my way through things at night.

Just my 2c
:wink:

kdub104 · Post by **kdub104** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 4:39 pm

hiya yeah spread beam sounds like the one for early morning driving on the logging roads etc

so go the spread beam ya think dude?

cheers

SMOKEY · Post by **SMOKEY** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 4:56 pm

Iv'e got Hella Rally 4000 spread beams on the front of my vahicle,
can recommend them for on road and off road. They out distance the high beam and give much better light on road and give good definition off road with wide enough spread to pick your way through most track surfaces. I lead the way on our night trip last weekend and they where good on the riverbed and excellent through the tunnels and gorge.

GO ON LIGHT UP YOUR LIFE,

FITZY.

nz4x4 · Post by **nz4x4** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 5:28 pm

We run one of each (pencil and spread) on the GU and I think you get the best of both worlds. A great light, will be running these on the MQ as well

skid · Post by **skid** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 10:15 pm

nz4x4 wrote:We run one of each (pencil and spread) on the GU and I think you get the best of both worlds. A great light, will be running these on the MQ as well

I'm with him. Used to do car rallying a while back and we ran 4 spotties on the front for night stages, consisting of 2 pencil and 2 spread beams.

It makes sense to run both.
you could also run little 55 watt spotties for the up close stuff, theres more people each day that seem to be doing this.

SKID

SMOKEY · Post by **SMOKEY** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 8:12 pm

kdub104 is asking about lights for a cruiser not a rally car or fast road car.
The spread beams are all he will need. With one spread and one pencil beam you will end up with very unbalanced lights. For 4wding the ultimate is evenly balanced lights that will give a good spread in front of the vehicle and picking up as much as possible peripherally.

ONE WHO KNOWS,

FITZY.

nz4x4 · Post by **nz4x4** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 8:38 pm

I have found that spread beams are not enough on there own, hence the reason for having one pencil beam. Also the GU is not a fast road car... The lights do not interfear with each other on my truck. I can pick up more than enough on the side of the track etc.
But each to their own, that is jsut my opinion and experiance (i have had them for over 3 years). I like to see where I am going a long way up the track so I can see if I'm going to get in the shit before I actually get there...

skid · Post by **skid** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 8:59 pm

SMOKEY wrote:kdub104 is asking about lights for a cruiser not a rally car or fast road car.
The spread beams are all he will need. With one spread and one pencil beam you will end up with very unbalanced lights. For 4wding the ultimate is evenly balanced lights that will give a good spread in front of the vehicle and picking up as much as possible peripherally.

ONE WHO KNOWS,

FITZY.

was only my 2c worth pal, I'm obviously one who doesn't know.
Sorry.

niblik · Post by **niblik** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 9:57 pm

after doing a night trip recently, my preference would be with the wide 'overall coverage' beams... headlights will be fine on road but when off roadin, i find the speeds werent high and when bimbling round in the rough stuff, peripheral vision and decent vision approx 10 - 15m ahead was foremostly important in my books...

jase and i borrowed a decent front beam, wide angle styles, from fitzy for the westcoast trip... as for me, i'm sold.. :wink:

when the time comes, i'll definitely be going the spread beam...

hosehustler · Post by **hosehustler** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 10:24 pm

niblik wrote:after doing a night trip recently, my preference would be with the wide 'overall coverage' beams...
when the time comes, i'll definitely be going the spread beam...

Yo Jas is that like the spread legs :scratch: or just the lights :roll:

eitherway after the same trip my sealed beams are farkin useless(too :thumbdown: to go down Subru hill at 10pm at night)