Long Travel BS Thread

My buddy has 4 HID's mounted on the roof of his buggy, 2 flood 2 spot, he has the spots pointed straight out and the floods turned a little to the side and he's not able to out run them.

 

here are some 8" triples

http://www.race-dezert.com/classifieds/index.php?ct=orpart&md=details&id=65549

 

Im trying to figure out what combo with 5 lights total.

 

3 spot. 2 flood. outers are flood.

 

Jeff I don't think you want flood on your roof at all. Just get 3 spot and 3 euro.

 

^^thats a good idea as well.

 

little late. i have a box full of 7" red rings. spot and flood. if they made a euro id be all over it.

 

arent red rings euro?
at least mine are

 

Yeah redring's "spot" is way closer to a euro beam than a spot

 

dunno. i think my floods are a flat spread beam. would that be considered a euro beam ?

 

They make a euro and a spot, but I am sure their spot is not as narrowed as others.



edit: spot is the bottom because the reflector is smooth

 

Well ill know more tomorrow night when I bolt em up and kick em on.

 

you might want to run at least one flood up top, when i had 5 spot beam hid's on a roof rack they worked great for distance but left a little to be desired as far as filling in corners and close stuff. however if you also have the 30" then you might as well go all or mostly spot as it will take care of the nearby fill

 

Jeff I thought you had an LED bad for the front bumper also to fill the short range?

 

yeah, that 30 is great. i could actually get by with just that, but im a light whore. i cant see for shit at night and need everything i can get.

 

I drilled out the cone shaped hole in the spindle and ran a regular bolt through it.

That's probably not the right answer but it's worked for me for a while. I was sick and tired of that angled bolt turning, which would throw toe off. With a straight bolt that is not possible.

 

What size bolt did you use

 

I'll measure for you tomorrow, it's dark out and sub-zero with wind chill right now.

It's the same diameter as the bolt hole on the outer heim joint on the tie rod. I didn't change anything on that, just drilled out the cone shaped portion in the spindle so I could use a regular straight bolt.

I use a nylon lock nut and I keep them tight, I can't detect any wiggle in the bolt/spindle joint. I had to hammer the bolts into the hole in the spindle; that's how tight of a fit it was. I forget what size drill bit I used.

 

Awesome and thanks!