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General => General Discussion => Topic started by: thommo19 on February 19, 2016, 10:55:38 AM
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4WD super centre has a special on lights two 9" driving lights $299 or 22" light bar $79.
What do you guys think good value or waste of money. I realise that the quality would not be as good as the ARB lights etc ,but price seems good.
Jeff
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Mate I have only just purchased the 9" leds for a work vehicle and found that they appear to be a solid unit. They pump out the light but as they are 9" they aren't as focused a beam as I would like but it was a trade off in focus for more power (185w). I haven't used the diffuser / spread cover as they spread enough on their own.
The connectors etc all seemed to be pretty heavy duty
Have only had them on for just under two weeks but am happy so far. Longevity will only be determined by time
Rod
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Led lighting is very personal. What suits one person may not suit another.
Led lights will give you the spread and reasonable distance being say 400 to 500mtrs. Some people want up to a kilometer with lights while others don't.
Reflection off road signs is the drawback but in saying that Leds do give plenty of light.
It also depends on what leds are used, Cree, Osram, Epistar etc and also what size of the leds, 3 watt, 5 watt or 10watt. This will have a large bearing on the output of the light.
I have close to 800watts of led lights as driving in the desert they are needed. The light bar has 5 watt Osram leds and the driving lights are 5 watt Cree leds.
Make sure you have set them up with separate switches.
Mark
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4WD super centre has a special on lights two 9" driving lights $299 or 22" light bar $79.
What do you guys think good value or waste of money. I realise that the quality would not be as good as the ARB lights etc ,but price seems good.
Jeff
Mate from work has had a set for about a month - absolutely loves them.
Suits his driving needs as they throw plenty of near end light to help spot kamikaze skippies.
He reckoned the harness & relay were a bit cheap so he supplied his own.
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Thanks for or thoughts . As the saying goes you get what you pay for,but I think they are probably OK value.
Jeff
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Mate
I have just purchased a similar set of 9 inch 180w Cree LED spoties, which are a Chinese copy of the ARB lights basically. I replace a set of IPF 900's that have been converted had been concerted to HID with a 70w kit.
The HIDs penetrate much further up the road than the LED, however the LEDs provide much more light especially in the 200m or so close to the vehicle, particularly to the sides of the road. They light up all of the houses on both some of the street as you drive and there are no dark patches close to the vehicle.
I am in Bathurst so skippy is an issue and these are a more sensible light for that type of driving even though they don't punch up the road as far.
They are very bright and do reflect off road sign etc but so did the HIDs.
I have the IPFs for sale if you know anyone who is after a set. $200
Regards
Jas