Outer Limits 4x4 Board

Like the subject line says. I recently was re-introduced to wheelin' in the dark and although I fitted some cheap lights to fill in that gap between the headlights and the wheels, I'm curious to know what others are running. Photos would help

Mick_n_Sal

I just picked some up from the markets, $22 a pair. They're tucked up behind the bumper in the front and above the diff in front of the rear mounted tank in the rear. They work really well but I dont have many pics of them.

Here's one before mounting



And with them on



Cheers
Steve

I resist under body mounting, looks great, great light spread, but too often get ripped off, or covered in mud and useless. christover

christover1 wrote:I resist under body mounting, looks great, great light spread, but too often get ripped off, or covered in mud and useless. christover

How do these in your pic aid in underbody lighting? Or are they just for bling factor

im about to put some of these under my patrol as a bit of a trial. they are designed for bling effect on rice bubbles but cant see why they wont work for rock lights. water proof reasonably stone proof and easy to mount. and bright

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got these ones but in white light. took him forever to post them tho

My thoughts and what I've done once:
Go to bunnings or Go-lo and buy a five pack of them 12v 50 watt interior down-lights for like $5.00 to $7.00. Grab some 2" pipe and cut off about a 3" long. Weld a bit of flat on it for mounting. Silicon the di-chon down-light into the bit of pipe and wire up. Works like a charm and all done for $5.00.

Was always gonna do up an article with pics and send it in to Aus 4wd monthly but.... theres the idea and now someone else cn do it.

I am setting up some on mine at the moment using 6 x 35watt tractor lights and 2 x 55watt super cheap fog lights.
I like the idea of the tractor lights cause they have a nice spread beam, they only draw 35watts of current, they have a sealed beam that is water proof and cheap to replace and have a rubber body that is tough.
Only using the supa cheap foggies cause I dont have the room at the front for the tractor lights.

http://www.narva.com.au/EmergencyLighting_8.html

just remember to mount them some where they won't have rocks and mud thrown at them,

i had supercheap lights 55w, they where great, but got smashed easy,

I use pond lights from bunnings. They $9 each with globaes and are fully sealed in a steel housing and can take a hit . Been awesome so far, I've got two as reverse lights and they're bright as, of course they're 12v and 50watt so easy to wire up also!

beretta wrote:I use pond lights from bunnings. They $9 each with globaes and are fully sealed in a steel housing and can take a hit . Been awesome so far, I've got two as reverse lights and they're bright as, of course they're 12v and 50watt so easy to wire up also!

hahahah it seems that people are kitting their trucks out more and more with bunnings gear haha

beretta wrote:I use pond lights from bunnings. They $9 each with globaes and are fully sealed in a steel housing and can take a hit . Been awesome so far, I've got two as reverse lights and they're bright as, of course they're 12v and 50watt so easy to wire up also!

take note everyone, he claims theyre $9, but unless he stole them and made this price its impossible to get the ones hes referring to for $9 ,

i got them on special for $19 each. Theyre pretty damn solid though, just take note of the real price, cos you wont find them for $9, he told me this too

dean

HotFourOk wrote:

christover1 wrote:I resist under body mounting, looks great, great light spread, but too often get ripped off, or covered in mud and useless. christover

How do these in your pic aid in underbody lighting? Or are they just for bling factor

Bling factor and the Frog are about as diametrically opposed as you can get.....unless you count the jack. The Frog is all about function on a budget.

cj wrote:

HotFourOk wrote:

christover1 wrote:I resist under body mounting, looks great, great light spread, but too often get ripped off, or covered in mud and useless. christover

How do these in your pic aid in underbody lighting? Or are they just for bling factor

Bling factor and the Frog are about as diametrically opposed as you can get.....unless you count the jack. The Frog is all about function on a budget.

but doesnt answer how the light gets thru the guard and flap to the ground

If you want to get all carried away with rock lights, go to www.roundeyes.com and have a look at their LEDs. They draw something like 8 milliamps and put out an awesome beam. Water prrof and smash proof.

Costly though.

I can't see through metal anyway, so doesn't matter how much light is under the truck. I need to read the track before I'm on it. My "rock" lights are really more for seeing round corners, as headlights only point forward and for when headlights are under water/mud they help out.. I could use brighter driving light types, but I found the light reflecting back from the sides was limitting forward vision, the same for roof lighting reflecting back off bonnet.. Also limitted by alternator size, wiring and battery of course. LED's don't get hot, so are less affected by cold mud, and also use heaps less power, negating the need for more alternator/battery power. And repeating, everything under the vehicle needs to be water/mud proof, rock and log proof. These do exist. I may look into the pond lights, makes good sense.

closer look
no reason why they can't be mounted anywhere

nitestalker have these lights called ' golf ball ' lights, they fit really nicely just under the mirror and light the perfect area.

just had a thought while i was playing around with my rig i turned the lights on and noticed the my licence plate light was hanging down it doesn't put alot of light but if you have enough of them it would do the trick i reckon and they are cheap

am I the only one who doesn't get it? I cant see under my car when im driving whether its light or dark. (do you have rock cameras?) If its for your spotter then why not just give them a torch? and if its for you when you get stuck, why not just invest in a headlamp. imho much more versitile to have a portable light.

They may seem pointless but when you have them and your spotter uses them you'll find they're much better than a torch. They also light up around the vehicle, great when you're trying to get that line just right. Typically when I go on a night run those with rocklights are much much less likely to do any damage than those without.

Cheers
Steve

For those who are saying they can't see through the floor in their truck ( insert rust joke here ) I was more asking about those spots around your truck that you can't see well with your headlights on. like seeing into that next sharp bend in the track & and that area immedietly around your front wheels. Some extra lighting in these areas is really helpful.

rock lights from what i understand (and why i have them on my rig) is not for me to see but people out of the car to see what im getting hung up on etc, if you can light up the whole underbelly of your rig its far better than people shining torches under there to see whats going on. They are also good for lighting up under your rig if you need to do any repairs or inspections while on night runs. I just use the supercheap $25 a pair jobs, they work very well, but do get damaged quite easy...

bucketofbolts wrote:just remeber to mount them some where they won't have rocks and mud thrown at them,

i had supercheap lights 55w, they where great, but got smashed easy,

Thats the bad thing about rock lights there got to go were the shit gets thrown at`em
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Iv`e tried a few things,the LED sticks at super cheap warn`t bright enough
the litlle ones from super cheap got full of water and sucked the amps to,the fluro work lights have been the best so far,just tape them on when you need them and take of and you also have some spare works lights

Pics of the el-cheapo down lights that I was yabbering about before.
But yeah, they will end up breaking eventually.



And some other $25.00 Supercheap lights. At sale weekends, they can sometimes be grabbed for $20.00. They be ok for reverse lights and side mirror lights as well.
Use a H3 55 watt bulb.

bushy555 wrote:My thoughts and what I've done once:
Go to bunnings or Go-lo and buy a five pack of them 12v 50 watt interior down-lights for like $5.00 to $7.00. Grab some 2" pipe and cut off about a 3" long. Weld a bit of flat on it for mounting. Silicon the di-chon down-light into the bit of pipe and wire up. Works like a charm and all done for $5.00.

Best idea yet i rekon! considering the damage done to even a el cheapo pair. you could almost make these indistructable by somehow making a lens from lexan or similar.. wouldnt shatter, easy to clean(hose&wipe) interesting.. will have to look into that.. thanks for the idea eh!

I have had a sort of project going for a year or so using the 12V diachomic lights in the PVC pipe idea, but I got a heap of 10 watt bulbs instead, only about 25mm across. I was going to glue them into the end of some 25mm PVC, about 2 inches long, then fill the back with silicon, then cross drill through the lot to mount them wherever I wanted them. I reckoned I could run 10 of them for the same current draw as 2 of the 55 watt jobs. Only problem is they dont have a cover, so I would have to use the perspex/lexan cover idea. I think they are actually for those fibre optic xmas trees. I havent really got them made yet, just an idea.

The round one's from supercrap auto , when they blow downlight bulbs cost $2 dollars , come in different colours and angles , wattages , Cheers Paul.

i got these sitting in the shed going to run either 6 or 8 [/img]

as the pick above, their about $20 - $25 form super cheap for a pair of 55W halo's.