Roo Lite Driving Lights?

Post by **siringo** » Wed Apr 09, 2008 9:18 am

I'm thinking of getting a set of 180mm Roo Lites by Nite Stalker. Anyone know anyting about them, good bad or indifferent??

I've been told they similar in construction and materials used to Light Forces.

Thanks.

Post by **barbz** » Wed Apr 09, 2008 10:24 am

I received a set of the 220mm ones on monday and hooked them up to the patrol.

They are very bright, The wiring loom is rubbish I think anyway.

I paid $275 for the lot off ebay free postage.

General consensus is they arent as good as the light force in terms of their reflector but for the price and how often you use them you cant beat it.

Post by **on4tou** » Wed Apr 09, 2008 12:05 pm

I sell a lot of them and have not had any body complain about them great value for money and they are very good with a H.I.D kit fitted
STEVE

Post by **FrankB** » Fri Apr 11, 2008 6:01 pm

Light Force are better I believe. I have a set of light force 240Blitz and my freind has roo and we have found light force to be better.

Post by **4runner_boy** » Sun Apr 13, 2008 7:50 am

yeh i have found the wiring loom to be rubbish.
They are bright and seem to be tough but i have a set of the big ones and after some long driving the light tilts backwards a bit,i have tried tightening and even use a rattle gun and still cant get it to stay there but yeh good light otherwise

Post by **barbz** » Sun Apr 13, 2008 8:02 am

4runner_boy wrote:yeh i have found the wiring loom to be rubbish.
They are bright and seem to be tough but i have a set of the big ones and after some long driving the light tilts backwards a bit,i have tried tightening and even use a rattle gun and still cant get it to stay there but yeh good light otherwise

Mate did yours come with a washer in on that hinge to stop it working loose? Also throw a split washer on the outside, sorted mine out!

Paul

Post by **oldbrowny** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 4:50 pm

I can vouch for the strength of them, I hit a decent size roo at a tad over 80'ks and one of the lights took the full impact from the head. All it did was shatter the globe. The rest of the bull bar was a write off, snapped in two places.

Post by **macca81** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 5:19 pm

oldbrowny wrote:I can vouch for the strength of them, I hit a decent size roo at a tad over 80'ks and one of the lights took the full impact from the head. All it did was shatter the globe. The rest of the bull bar was a write off, snapped in two places.

so this is why they are called roo lights???

Post by **oldbrowny** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 1:02 pm

macca81 wrote:so this is why they are called roo lights???

Glad I didn't get the bull lights then!

Post by **DigitalStillPhotos** » Thu May 15, 2008 4:01 pm

Fitted 180xp Roolites to my Pahjero before doing a Central Queensland trip, on the way home while travelling the dawson highway at night (bad time, too many roo's on the road for that stretch of hard stuff) we hit a roo, lights copped a fair wack and got knocked back.. no damage done, just needed to re-align them and all was good to go again

Skip was fubar too... he didnt like his tyre pressure massage

Post by **midi73** » Thu May 15, 2008 8:06 pm

I have never seem them close, what bulb does the roo lite use? If it is h1 or H3, I was thinking it would be easier and cheaper to convert to HId, than lightforce are, because you dont need to buy an adaptor. So how good are they really, after putting HIDs into them?
Those who say that lightforce are a bit better. What makes them better? is it the bulb and wiring, or is the reflector better as well?
Cheers.

Post by **DigitalStillPhotos** » Fri May 16, 2008 8:33 am

They use the same bulbs as the lightforce.. what makes the lightforce better is the reflector..

Tim

Post by **midi73** » Fri May 16, 2008 10:34 pm

DigitalStillPhotos wrote:They use the same bulbs as the lightforce.. what makes the lightforce better is the reflector..

Tim

no worries, thanks Tim.

Post by **bushy555** » Mon May 19, 2008 3:54 pm

midi73 wrote:I have never seem them close, what bulb does the roo lite use? If it is h1 or H3, I was thinking

All Roo and LF lights all use the Osram/Philips JCY 6.35 bi-pin 100w halogen bulb. That is their name... The only difference is that the handheld spot lights use the vertical filament, whilst the driving lights use the vertical filament.

Either way, you really do not need an adapter for either Roo or LF to go HID.

...gotta go looking into pulse circuits too. Some dude has managed to get 10,000 lumens out of one of these bulbs - running at 17 volts. This is the way that they make them flamethrower torches, as in, igniting bits of paper within a second on turning the torch on.

Post by **physh** » Mon May 19, 2008 8:38 pm

bushy555 wrote: ...gotta go looking into pulse circuits too. Some dude has managed to get 10,000 lumens out of one of these bulbs - running at 17 volts. This is the way that they make them flamethrower torches, as in, igniting bits of paper within a second on turning the torch on.

Pulse circuits???

Would that work with halogen only or the HID as well?

Post by **bushy555** » Tue May 20, 2008 4:52 pm

physh wrote:
bushy555 wrote: ...gotta go looking into pulse circuits too. Some dude has managed to get 10,000 lumens out of one of these bulbs - running at 17 volts. This is the way that they make them flamethrower torches, as in, igniting bits of paper within a second on turning the torch on.
Pulse circuits???
Would that work with halogen only or the HID as well?

nah, not with HID. The ballasts would only last less than thirty seconds before loosing the smoke within the elctronics I reckon.

Post by **physh** » Tue May 20, 2008 5:12 pm

bushy555 wrote:nah, not with HID. The ballasts would only last less than thirty seconds before loosing the smoke within the elctronics I reckon.

heh, fair call.
Keep us posted on the halogen pulsing though...

Post by **ORSM4B** » Wed Jun 18, 2008 10:14 pm

So if l was to convert my roo lites to HID what kit would l need?

Cheers Chris

Post by **bushy555** » Thu Jun 19, 2008 6:15 am

ORSM4B wrote:So if l was to convert my roo lites to HID what kit would l need?

Cheers Chris

PM sent.

Post by **KUSTOMV840** » Mon Jun 23, 2008 9:11 pm

Got a set of these a couple months ago, very happy. Thought the wiring harness was a great set up. What are you guys smoking??

Post by **Reddo** » Sun Jun 14, 2009 5:28 am

has anyone got any information on how to HID their Roo lights?

Post by **BundyRumandCoke** » Sun Jun 14, 2009 5:45 am

The Nissan I am buying has a set of Roo Lites already fitted. I am currently refurbishing and converting a set of Cibie Super Oscars to HID. Once I have done that, the Roo Lites will probably get the same treatment. I like to see where I am going at night.

From what I have seen, the Roo Lites are very similar in setup to Lightforces, mounts, ect. Cant comment on reflectors, but even as is, with halogens, they throw a reasonable light.

Post by **Reddo** » Sun Jun 14, 2009 6:05 am

what did you pay for the hid kits for the oscars? and are they 35W or 55W kits?

Post by **BundyRumandCoke** » Sun Jun 14, 2009 9:20 am

Between 2 and 3 hundred dollars, cant remember the exact figure at the moment- a bloke at work is doing bulk buys of lights for guys around the depot, and he is tagging the conversion kit onto an order. I think its for a 35 watt kit, but could be for the 55's.

I have a pair of Night Stalkers on my bike, that I put a set of Xray HID 35w conversions into. All up cost was less than $500 for the lights and conversions. That was from Laceys in Rocky.

Post by **blade828** » Sun Jun 14, 2009 11:19 am

I converted my 180mm Roo Lites to HID 55w 4300k and they are damn bright. I got the kit off Jet-6 and I just grinded out the heatsinks myself to fit the globes in.

Post by **Reddo** » Tue Jun 16, 2009 11:49 am

well i have the ROO LITE 220XP Nite Stalker, so what HID kit do i need, H1, 2, 3........

I cant check atm as im in a different state. Im going for the 55W conversion.

Post by **jet-6** » Tue Jun 16, 2009 12:33 pm

You need to use H3 type

Post by **Reddo** » Tue Jun 16, 2009 12:54 pm

jet-6 wrote:You need to use H3 type

are you sure, i was looking on ebay and it lists them a H1??

Post by **bushy555** » Fri Jun 19, 2009 7:13 pm

Reddo wrote:
jet-6 wrote:You need to use H3 type
are you sure, i was looking on ebay and it lists them a H1??

Probably depends on whose adapter you use.
My adapters, as well as a few other peeps are H3. Think 'On4ToU' Steve's are H3 as well. My personal opinion is that the H3 design is the most rugged, compact and versatile bulb in the range.
Im not sure how a H1 would fit, - certainly is probably possible though.
It is also probably possible to fit a H4 or a H7 into the bottom Roo/LF mount.

> H1, 2, 3........
There is no such thing as a H2 HID bulb. It does not exist.
H2's are like the bi-pin bulb used in Roo/LF lights, but with little 'wings'.
Are fairly rarely used, since they were a bad design. Used in the first release model of Hella 1000's and Cibie Super Oscars. Both have since changed to H1.

Post by **nottie** » Wed Jul 01, 2009 9:08 pm

Does anybody know the best place to get replacment bulbs for LF lights as i have a blown one.?
I have tried lighting / electrical shops but they only carry 50w bulbs.
Also tried lighting pro online but they want 12 bucks to send a $11 bulb.
Bunnings carries 50watters aswell.

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