Could have done with one of those when I had nearly 900W of lighting on the front of my car..
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E approved? I gave up caring about approval letters long before P came along... 
At distances of up to 1 mile
Be careful about HID conversion kits - many are just HID lamps glued to a conventional base - you should replace the entire system, including reflectors and lenses. They'll get cheaper.
And as for going faster, one unexpected side effect I found was that really bright lights can slow you down - at night on unfamiliar roads, the intense illumination (KC Daylighters are aptly named) generated marked contrast with parts of the surface which weren't lit, and they appeared completely black and featureless. Is that a little dip? A deep puddle? A pothole?
Also, even on roads that you know very well, your lights swamp any oncoming ones, so you can't tell when someone is approaching the next bend.
That said, I wish I still had them on the car.
- Replacement headlamp bulbs with 120W main beam, 100W dip, wired so that both could be on together
- Pair of 150W KC Daylighters
- Pair of 55W Cibié Oscar fogs
At distances of up to 1 mile
Be careful about HID conversion kits - many are just HID lamps glued to a conventional base - you should replace the entire system, including reflectors and lenses. They'll get cheaper.
And as for going faster, one unexpected side effect I found was that really bright lights can slow you down - at night on unfamiliar roads, the intense illumination (KC Daylighters are aptly named) generated marked contrast with parts of the surface which weren't lit, and they appeared completely black and featureless. Is that a little dip? A deep puddle? A pothole?
Also, even on roads that you know very well, your lights swamp any oncoming ones, so you can't tell when someone is approaching the next bend.
That said, I wish I still had them on the car.
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We would get pulled over here......cops with nothing better to do!
137dB?! Insane! I had a sit in an Escort Cosworth which was rated somewhere around that, not sure how loud it was at that moment in time but it actually felt like my eardrums were being pulled back and forth by hand! Remember "Earthquake" had that van with 17,500 CCAs of batteries in the back? A friend of mine got a nosebleed by standing near it! Impressive.
The superduper lights would explain a lot... I have had a couple of occasions where someone appears to be driving towards me on mainbeams, then when I flashed them they flashed back with something akin to an arc-lamp!
Louder horn sounds like a good idea. The Astra horn is impressively loud for standard, using it with the windows open results in my own surprise! Anyone know if an Intercity train horn will fit under the bonnet of a car?
The superduper lights would explain a lot... I have had a couple of occasions where someone appears to be driving towards me on mainbeams, then when I flashed them they flashed back with something akin to an arc-lamp!
Louder horn sounds like a good idea. The Astra horn is impressively loud for standard, using it with the windows open results in my own surprise! Anyone know if an Intercity train horn will fit under the bonnet of a car?
Stand close to a 150W KC ( http://www.kchilites.com/acb/showde...=46759505&st3=-70406388&Product_ID=89&CATID=9 ) and put your hand in the beam and it hurts...AdamW said:The superduper lights would explain a lot... I have had a couple of occasions where someone appears to be driving towards me on mainbeams, then when I flashed them they flashed back with something akin to an arc-lamp!
Ordinary airhorns, e.g. Fiamm, are pretty good. The compressor takes a half second or so to wind up to speed, so if you just want to give some daydreamer a quick beep, you can do so without shattering eardrums. Only if you keep the horn button pressed do the Banshees emerge....Louder horn sounds like a good idea. The Astra horn is impressively loud for standard, using it with the windows open results in my own surprise! Anyone know if an Intercity train horn will fit under the bonnet of a car?
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This should probably go under DIY disasters. Back in my extreme youth (many years ago) I fitted some powerful spotlights on my Escort. Knowing nothing about electrics, I couldn't be bothered to cable up a new circuit, and use the supplied relay linked to the main beam switch, so I simply wired it to the existing lighting circuit.
Well, you can guess what happened, driving along, switch on the spots, curious smell, everything goes dark, the car even stalled.
£300 later and an extensive loom rewire, everything sorted
Well, you can guess what happened, driving along, switch on the spots, curious smell, everything goes dark, the car even stalled.
£300 later and an extensive loom rewire, everything sorted
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137dbA sound levels and 900 watts of lighting?!
You guys are crazy......
You guys are crazy......
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