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Rear Reversing Light Position on a Vitara..?
Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2009 10:05 am
by suzukiboy
Does anyone have a rear reversing light on there Vitara's..?
Looking for some pics of mounting postions.
I just fitted a 140 Hella round fog to the bumper right hand side of number plate.
Have a 30" spare on the spare wheel holder.
Going to fit a 140 Hella round spot.
I don't won't to fit the Hella spot on the left hand side as it might be viewed as obscuring the number plate.
Will post pic of fog mounted later.
Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2009 11:03 am
by TheOtherLeft
Why do you need 2 x 140mm lights on the rear? Do you intend on driving at 100km/h in reverse?
Even if you used them as work lights I'd imagine they would blind the crap out of you.
I have a pair of small 50W dichroic lights mounted either side of my number plate. They're fine for reversing/work duties. It lights up an area about 30-40m to the back of my GV plus I've aimed them quite wide so give me great visability.
A bit OT but that is a very nice bar you've made there.
Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2009 11:11 am
by suzukiboy
I have a box of 140 Hella's in the shed.
Bar is made by me.
Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2009 3:11 pm
by ofr57
TheOtherLeft wrote:Why do you need 2 x 140mm lights on the rear? Do you intend on driving at 100km/h in reverse?
Even if you used them as work lights I'd imagine they would blind the crap out of you.
I have a pair of small 50W dichroic lights mounted either side of my number plate. They're fine for reversing/work duties. It lights up an area about 30-40m to the back of my GV plus I've aimed them quite wide so give me great visability.
A bit OT but that is a very nice bar you've made there.
x 2 on the bar
Posted: Wed Jun 17, 2009 7:57 am
by suzukiboy
Here is a pic of the 140 fog.
Posted: Wed Jun 17, 2009 11:44 am
by TheOtherLeft
I don't see how mounting the 2nd light to the left of the number plate will make the number plate any less visible then what you have now with the 1st light
Posted: Wed Jun 17, 2009 1:36 pm
by suzukiboy
"Legally, the characters on the number plate must be visible from 20 metres away—at any point within an arc of 45 degrees from the surface of the plate, above or to either side of the vehicle. Number plates must be permanently attached to a vehicle so that when it is on level ground the plates are upright, horizontal, and not more than 1.3 metres above the ground."
This is the QLD rules.
http://www.transport.qld.gov.au/Home/Re ... er_plates/
Will have to check the angle I can view the plate from...........