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Lightforce vs. KC Hilites ....or....
Anyone got any experience of the Lightforce driving lamps?
Initially I was looking at a pair of 240 HID's - then found out the price £599 each
The second option was a pair of KC 660's, the mounting would be a pain, but not impossible, price is about £750 a pair with an output of 600 KCandela...
Then I found the Lightforce 240 Blitz with an output of 730 KCandela at £222
Decisions, decisions...
12th Jun 2006 1:15 pm
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Re: Lightforce vs. KC Hilites ....or....
10forcash wrote:
- then found out the price £599 each
Eye watering or what!
12th Jun 2006 1:24 pm
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Currently conspiring with a workmate on how I can get them without the lack of finances being evident.... guess hobbling round like i've been kicked in the b@lls for a week would be a giveaway eh?
The Lightforces are the preferred option over here, particularly in comps. They're waterproof amd come with lifetime guarantees.
They're also really strong. I hit a kangaroo in the Suby (which has a set of Lightlforce 170's). The front was mashed (AUS$6,000 damage). The only thing that was Ok on the front were the lights. One of the covers had popped off, so I picked it up of the road from amongst the shrapnel and put it back on.
240 is a big diameter though!Have a nice day!
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12th Jun 2006 1:38 pm
10forcash
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Thanks for that!
yer, 240 is big, somehow I don't think it'll impact too much on the D3's front end aerodynamics though
The 170's are apparently 350 KCandela with a range (to 1 Lux) of approximately 650 metres, whereas the 240 Blitz / XGT's have a range of 900 Metres - the HID's are claimed to illuminate up to 1400 Metres
12th Jun 2006 1:46 pm
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Jamo wrote:
I hit a kangaroo in the Suby (which has a set of Lightlforce 170's). The front was mashed (AUS$6,000 damage). The only thing that was Ok on the front were the lights. One of the covers had popped off, so I picked it up of the road from amongst the shrapnel and put it back on.
And how was skippy??
12th Jun 2006 2:15 pm
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Rumour has it that LRE want Lightforce lights as they don’t rate the Warn lights.In the Beginning there was nothing, which exploded.
12th Jun 2006 2:44 pm
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TBH, i'm not suprised, I think they only went for the Warn lights as they were already in a deal with them for the winches, IMHO the warn lights don't look good and I would have expected a better output pattern
Just don't get me started on the standard of the wiring
Warn lights as standard are not worth the money (if you were to buy them new) better lamps do improve them a lot. Yep, wiring is a bit pants, I'm confident with mine that the wiring is perfect bar the last 6" to each lamp The End
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I've used lightforce lamps for lamping and they are the dogs. Don't know what they are like on a car though!DS3 TDV6 HSE - Silver with Alpaca (old one) Gone
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12th Jun 2006 3:04 pm
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