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headlights ?
Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2004 6:52 pm
by acn9479
hi, i was wondering if anyone new what sort of headlight upgrade you could do, as you would know the standards are crap.
Have spotties but want to get low beam better as well.
Also moving to townsville in a month, where abouts is the good wheelin up there, and whos up there
Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2004 7:04 pm
by Barathrum
i upgraded to semi-sealed lenses in my drover. as well as upgraded globes it only cost me a bit over $100, it was a huge improvement over the old sealed lenses.
just don't submerge them in water, cause there not exactly completely water proof. as i found out one night
Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2004 7:46 pm
by Barathrum
Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2004 10:31 pm
by isuki
You can also try wiring in a relay, (dont forget about the negative switching in sierras) .
All we did was wire it up so relay plugged into std light plug and worked alone, that way if it dies u can just unplug and conect back to std to get home. Made about 30-50% improvement with 55w bulbs.
Posted: Fri Apr 16, 2004 12:45 pm
by stumped
isuki wrote:You can also try wiring in a relay, (dont forget about the negative switching in sierras) .
All we did was wire it up so relay plugged into std light plug and worked alone, that way if it dies u can just unplug and conect back to std to get home. Made about 30-50% improvement with 55w bulbs.
negative switching???
Posted: Fri Apr 16, 2004 3:10 pm
by Fieldsy
when are you moveing up to townsville
heading up
Posted: Fri Apr 16, 2004 5:26 pm
by acn9479
i should be up by the end of may, really looking foward to getting there i've heard that there some kick arse tracks and some good fun to be had!
Posted: Fri Apr 16, 2004 5:51 pm
by Fieldsy
yeah it's not bad we have the ASCC too
where are you comeing from and what do you drive
Posted: Sat Apr 17, 2004 9:11 am
by Toos
There are some really good tracks some of the best are right here in town.
Keep us posted when you get up here. What sort of zook do you drive.
Posted: Sat Apr 17, 2004 1:46 pm
by Fieldsy
AWWWWWW not another ZOOK!
The next time anyone catches a zook you have my promission to neuter it! Bloody things are breeding out of control up here
go the zooks!!
Posted: Sat Apr 17, 2004 7:21 pm
by acn9479
I'm moving from albury region, i've gone on some good trips here. I drive a SWB 85 model with the standard big tyres, body lift, stage 3 rockhoppers. standard motor at the moment but an upgrade is always on the books
Posted: Sat Apr 17, 2004 7:45 pm
by No Idea
stumped wrote:isuki wrote:You can also try wiring in a relay, (dont forget about the negative switching in sierras) .
All we did was wire it up so relay plugged into std light plug and worked alone, that way if it dies u can just unplug and conect back to std to get home. Made about 30-50% improvement with 55w bulbs.
negative switching???
If you don't know negative switching is, don't try to improve you headlights yourself - get a pirhana(spell?) or arb headlight loom.
Posted: Sun Apr 18, 2004 12:08 am
by Fieldsy
your not pauls brother are you???
pauls brother
Posted: Sun Apr 18, 2004 3:36 pm
by acn9479
ssshhhh, dont tell anyone, yep thats me. now hes copying me and getting a zook as well. hes given me a bit of a heads up what to expect so i cant wait
Andrew
Posted: Sun Apr 18, 2004 3:55 pm
by stumped
No Idea wrote:If you don't know negative switching is, don't try to improve you headlights yourself - get a pirhana(spell?) or arb headlight loom.
thanks
not planning on doin it myself without help, just trying to expand my knowledge. besides, i'm sure i'm not the only one that doesn't know what it is...
Posted: Sun Apr 18, 2004 4:21 pm
by Fieldsy
hes given me a bit of a heads up what to expect
So he has allready warned you about jake and luke. They are very bad ppl
Posted: Sun Apr 18, 2004 7:25 pm
by zookjedi
stumped wrote:No Idea wrote:If you don't know negative switching is, don't try to improve you headlights yourself - get a pirhana(spell?) or arb headlight loom.
thanks
not planning on doin it myself without help, just trying to expand my knowledge. besides, i'm sure i'm not the only one that doesn't know what it is...
negative switching = your lights have + power to them all the time but no ground connection to complete the path , when you hit your lights instead of giving it + voltage it simply gives it a ground to complete the circuit .
if you put a voltage light or multi meter on any of the three terminals they are all live without putting your lights on .
i could be out but i think thats how it goes
Posted: Sun Apr 18, 2004 7:42 pm
by lay80n
Pretty sure your right. The power is constantly to the light, but is "switched" on the earth wire.
layto....
Posted: Mon Apr 19, 2004 9:47 am
by stumped
ahh, sweet.... thanks for that. interesting way of doing things, but why? quicker, safer (less likely to blow), or something else?
Posted: Mon Apr 19, 2004 10:44 pm
by No Idea
Nah, just japanese stupidity