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For those who have Lightforce 240's

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For those who have Lightforce 240's

Post by Badass Bundy »

I just recently had these spotlights put on my bull bar and they look :armsup:

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However, just seeing how you guys set yours up with the covers. I have the crystal blue covers on mine. Both combo covers.

Do you guys prefer one spot and one spread, or two combo's?

Is there any difference between the two setups?

Thanks in advance.

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Re: For those who have Lightforce 240's

Post by bogged »

Badass Bundy wrote:Do you guys prefer one spot and one spread, or two combo's?
Try them yourself... see what you like.
I've tried spot/spread works well for me, but not with blue covers. I had clear covers with the defuser in it.
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Post by BlueSuzy »

Blue covers are illegal are they not? Timmy you should know this :lol:
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Post by GUtripper »

2 x combo covers and 55w HID kit :) :) :)

With the combo's, you mayt see them occasionally with the lightforce writing slanted- sort of like the sides of a triangle?

The LF diffusers are vertical- and spread the beam in a flat spread across the road. I tend to run the covers tilted/rotated slightly (as above) as i find it removes the dark/blind patch down to the sides of the road.
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Post by A.J. »

This is what I have done :armsup:

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I have since replaced the blue covers with clear ones though (2x combo and 1x spot in the middle).

I have found that the blue kills a lot of the light output.
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Post by luxoflex »

BlueSuzy wrote:Blue covers are illegal are they not? Timmy you should know this :lol:
The crystal blue covers are not Illegal as they shine a white light, but the dark blue are illegal as they shine a blue light.
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Post by Jcas24 »

luxoflex wrote:
BlueSuzy wrote:Blue covers are illegal are they not? Timmy you should know this :lol:
The crystal blue covers are not Illegal as they shine a white light, but the dark blue are illegal as they shine a blue light.
yep, any forward facing lights have to be white/yellow/orange so crystal blue covers are ok, but green, red & dark blue are illegal.
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Post by jet-6 »

I have 6 LF's up front, all HID and i run 4 of them with full spreads, one with a combo and one plain, but i think ill put a combo where the plain is
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Post by Drift Technician »

I run 4 up front, two spots on top, two combos on bottom, both with light blue covers.

Very good light output.

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Post by T_Diesel »

jet-6 wrote:I have 6 LF's up front, all HID and i run 4 of them with full spreads, one with a combo and one plain, but i think ill put a combo where the plain is
Are you scared of the dark? :finger:
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Post by Jeeps »

Lightforce don't make a full spread for the 240's so i'm running a combo on each. I would like a full spread cover as the combo still doesn't put out as much spread as i'd like. I should have gone with 170's because at least they have a full spread cover.

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Post by jet-6 »

T_Diesel wrote:
jet-6 wrote:I have 6 LF's up front, all HID and i run 4 of them with full spreads, one with a combo and one plain, but i think ill put a combo where the plain is
Are you scared of the dark? :finger:
Whats dark?


Yer forgot to say, the full spreads are 140's and 170's, the combo and plain are 240's



Have changed the covers since that pic
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Post by T_Diesel »

jet-6 wrote:
T_Diesel wrote:
jet-6 wrote:I have 6 LF's up front, all HID and i run 4 of them with full spreads, one with a combo and one plain, but i think ill put a combo where the plain is
Are you scared of the dark? :finger:
Whats dark?


Yer forgot to say, the full spreads are 140's and 170's, the combo and plain are 240's

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Have changed the covers since that pic
That looks very neat. What sort of HID kits are you running?
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Post by BlueSuzy »

Jcas24 wrote:
luxoflex wrote:
BlueSuzy wrote:Blue covers are illegal are they not? Timmy you should know this :lol:
The crystal blue covers are not Illegal as they shine a white light, but the dark blue are illegal as they shine a blue light.
yep, any forward facing lights have to be white/yellow/orange so crystal blue covers are ok, but green, red & dark blue are illegal.
Ah ok :oops:
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Post by Badass Bundy »

Thanks for all your input lads. I will have to test them out more (excuse to go 4wding).

And BlueSuzy :finger: :D
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Post by 4bdan »

jet-6 wrote:
T_Diesel wrote:
jet-6 wrote:I have 6 LF's up front, all HID and i run 4 of them with full spreads, one with a combo and one plain, but i think ill put a combo where the plain is
Are you scared of the dark? :finger:
Whats dark?


Yer forgot to say, the full spreads are 140's and 170's, the combo and plain are 240's

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Have changed the covers since that pic
That looks brilliant, well done mate....
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Post by BlueSuzy »

Yep, Bullbar nicely done. I bet you blind some people with your blinkers though :D

Oh and badassbundy :finger: Back to you!
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Post by 70Y07A!! »

4bdan wrote:
jet-6 wrote:
T_Diesel wrote:
jet-6 wrote:I have 6 LF's up front, all HID and i run 4 of them with full spreads, one with a combo and one plain, but i think ill put a combo where the plain is
Are you scared of the dark? :finger:
Whats dark?


Yer forgot to say, the full spreads are 140's and 170's, the combo and plain are 240's

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Have changed the covers since that pic
That looks brilliant, well done mate....
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Post by jet-6 »

Cheers guys, i have made a few changes to it since those pics, i made ballast cover and rear splash plates for them, all powder coated black

And also added some rubber edging to the sides of the cuts, just to neaten it up a little
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Post by Jcas24 »

looks like a LF promo vehicle Jet :lol:

anyone know if the Genesis lights are out yet, wanna check em out and maybe get some for the toy.
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Post by A.J. »

Wow that is awesome Jet :armsup: :cool:

I love the idea...... got me thinking haha :twisted:
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Post by jet-6 »

Some more pics of when they were 1st fitted:

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There re ballast cover and backing plates now, along with rubber edging
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Post by jet-6 »

Jcas24 wrote:looks like a LF promo vehicle Jet :lol:

anyone know if the Genesis lights are out yet, wanna check em out and maybe get some for the toy.
I sell a fair few HID kits, so yer it sort of is a promo thing, between my 3 cars i have 10 sets of HID's installed
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Post by bakerboy »

Jcas24 wrote:looks like a LF promo vehicle Jet :lol:

anyone know if the Genesis lights are out yet, wanna check em out and maybe get some for the toy.
apparently first of the back orders are heading out next month
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Post by A.J. »

Sorry for offtopic, Jet, dou you sell any H11 hid kits for me ss ute? :cool:
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Post by ethann »

Jet-6, Possibly for you to post a picture of you confusing wild life and people at night?

You set up is probably brighter then daylight ? haha
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Post by Guy »

with that much light, reflection from road signs etc must be a pain in the backside.
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Post by jet-6 »

A.J. wrote:Sorry for offtopic, Jet, dou you sell any H11 hid kits for me ss ute? :cool:
Only lowbeam, projector headlights. High is seperate.
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Post by jet-6 »

ethann wrote:Jet-6, Possibly for you to post a picture of you confusing wild life and people at night?

You set up is probably brighter then daylight ? haha
I mainly just confuse myself, mainly just reading crap on this site, but also at other times




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Post by jet-6 »

love_mud wrote:with that much light, reflection from road signs etc must be a pain in the backside.
Too much light never hurts my ass, sometimes my eyes but never my ass
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