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Post by ajsr »

ok boys and girls
looking for advice on my next spotlight purchase
size around 200 mm
price around $300 or less
who's used what and is it any good
some fu er stole my hella's :oops: :oops:
now i'm in the dark
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i got sick of my exy light gettin nicked or broken so i bought a set of 150w lights from supercrap and they are awesome lights and are 40 bucks each
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Post by Zeyphly »

Well i have a set of hella 2000 that i have just put a 6000k hid kit through and they are pretty good might be just a little out of your price range though
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Post by chimpboy »

I vote "cheap and not worth stealing".

Otherwise you might as well just sticky tape $300 in cash to your bonnet and save yourself the hassle of installing something just so some bastard can steal it.
This is not legal advice.
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Post by bogged »

chimpboy wrote:I vote "cheap and not worth stealing".

Otherwise you might as well just sticky tape $300 in cash to your bonnet and save yourself the hassle of installing something just so some bastard can steal it.
Was never a fan of this before, but after someone tryin to flog my 240's - Im a fan of cheap shitters.
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Post by adriand82 »

bogged wrote:
chimpboy wrote:I vote "cheap and not worth stealing".

Otherwise you might as well just sticky tape $300 in cash to your bonnet and save yourself the hassle of installing something just so some bastard can steal it.
Was never a fan of this before, but after someone tryin to flog my 240's - Im a fan of cheap shitters.
"Trying"? How far did they get? Did they damage them in the process? Spotties seem way too easy to steal. Awesome havin a decent pair though. After great feedback in a topic I started I went Lightforce and couldn't be happier.
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Post by Rambo »

A little trick to piss the theifs off, is to drill the protuding amount of stud after the nut goes on and carefully knockin an approate size roll pin! So unless they walken around with a set of pin punches, their a plick to get off!!! :D
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Post by alien »

if you're having theft issues, once the lights are adjusted tack weld the nut to the pin - obviously not so much you cant hacksaw it or file it clean again, but enough to stop a spanner undoing it.

That said i use rectangular spread beam ones off a forklift... theyre AWESOME.
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Post by bogged »

adriand82 wrote:"Trying"? How far did they get? Did they damage them in the process
? Spotties seem way too easy to steal. Awesome havin a decent pair though. After great feedback in a topic I started I went Lightforce and couldn't be happier.
unscrewed the bodies, stole the globes, and left the body of the lights on the ground... basically 20seconds from taking them
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Post by bushy555 »

$300 range... would then reccomend finding a $200.00 set, and putting a cheap $100.00 55 watt HID kit in them to make them perform.

$200 cheap spotties from Kmart, Repco, Supercheap etc. Or $200.00 can see you grabbing a good second hand set of Night Visions, IPF's, Nite Stalkers, Narva's and even Hella's off Ebay.
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Post by cooki_monsta »

get the nastiest 2nd hand set you can find, with decent quality reflectors then wack an ebay hid kit in them, thieves wont touch them, and you will have more light then you can handle
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Post by bogged »

anyone know anywhere in Melb to get globes for 240 blitz.. everyone will happily sell me a whole new light, but not a globe...
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Post by grimbo »

upgrading the standard wiring loom for the headlights and some decent globes for your headlights would be my first step
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Post by NutterGQ »

Ive been using Nightstalkers for 2.5 years, bright with 130w bulbs no discoloration, no chips and no theft because no one knows what they are, they sell for around $120.00.
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Post by dave_str »

Narva ultima 225's, I paid $350 for mine but they were reduced from $450.

Well worth the money.

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Post by embryo »

on 4 to you. he has a web site www.hidrus.com.au
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Post by bogged »

dave_str wrote:Narva ultima 225's, I paid $350 for mine but they were reduced from $450.
similar price to Lforces and others.. Do they use a normal H1 or similar globe, or are they like Lforce, use their own impossible to find to replace globes?

cheap ones you dont care about are $100-175 tops.
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Post by on4tou »

I can do you the Narva 225 for $355 a set and they take a h1 globe or some of the nightstalker from about $140 a set .give us aring if you need help
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Post by philhod »

bogged wrote:anyone know anywhere in Melb to get globes for 240 blitz.. everyone will happily sell me a whole new light, but not a globe...
Bogged, try some gun shops. They sell them up here. Same globe for spotlights as driving lights.
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Bogged: got a few bi-pin 100w 12v bulbs laying around...
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