Best I look out for a set of 7"
Having driven in the dark a few times now I'm finding that my current postion of the H-Lights are not giving me very good vision!! Just
don't feel safe driving in the dark at speed...
Would moving them forward increase the lighting? I reckon they are set too far back hence the beam is being masked by the nose cone!!
Does anyone have there's mounted forward still have this issue? Would it work having them mounted on the cycle wings??? Don't laff now, just
a thought...
If you look in my photo archive you can see where they are mounted at present..
Standard bowl headlights are useless. I would consider upgrading to ANY of the better light options out there...
Having looked at your pics, i would say your lights are to small, and to low
mine, will probably never be like my tin top, but seem fine at night for what i want !
regards
steve
Lights do look miniscule
i have the same lights on my car and can confirm they are not very good .
Lights are far too small to be of much use, IMHO, I would fit a decent set of 7" ones fitted with H4 lamps, thats what I have and have no problem driving at night, and at speed. HTH Ray
Cheers guys. That saves me time in moving them only to find out they not that good....
Best I look out for a set of 7"
I disagree, I had those 'Dominator' lights and they were fine.
Are they wired correctly?
Can you put in a better bulb?
Russbost on here sells them, speak to him.
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Originally posted by tul214
I disagree, I had those 'Dominator' lights and they were fine.
They do look small but thats no indication of power; Look at the size of "projector" lamps. Having said that, if you do want small/neat
lamps then I'd be looking at projector style ones (russbost has some as do SVC).
The position won't be helping though as the nose is obscuring a lot of light from areas which would mormally be illuminated by both lamps. Moving
up or forward will help (changing lamps won't). I don't think the front wings are going to work as there'd be too much vibration and
they break the brackets easy enough without that extra weight.
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Originally posted by tul214
I disagree, I had those 'Dominator' lights and they were fine.
Are they wired correctly?
Can you put in a better bulb?
Russbost on here sells them, speak to him.
I have 7" lights from the same place David Jenkins bought his (ie. I can't remember where! 
) and they were only about £70.
They're *much* brighter than my Golf I was driving at the time and were fine for night driving.
After 4 years in a damp garage the chrome's started to get a few rust spots but if I'd known I was leaving the car so long I'd have
vaseline'd them over the damp/winter months and they'd be ok now!
One bulb has now blown so I'll look for some decent quality replacement bulbs.
Cheers,
James
ETA. Note how high the lamps on Caterhams are- look almost comical. But I bet they're up there for a reason!
[Edited on 21/10/11 by James]
"One bulb has now blown so I'll look for some decent quality replacement bulbs. "
add that to you list m8!!
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Originally posted by foskid
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Originally posted by tul214
I disagree, I had those 'Dominator' lights and they were fine.
"I had those 'Dominator' lights" Have you replaced them then and if so what with?
I was a bit disconcerted to find this thread as I was just getting ready to purchase some "Dominator" lights, now I'm a bit dubious.
I had 5 3/4 inch ones on a 'caterham' style headlight bar/mount.
No issues at all with night driving bar bug splats