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     Kris Arnott (Krisarnott) New Member Username: Krisarnott Post Number: 1 Registered: 02-2003 |
I'm planning to add 3 Hella 4000's to my $G front bumper so I'm looking for some feed back as to which flavor. Would three fog lights be one too many? Euro beams with the city lights? I may add more later to the roof rack but what should the first three be? Thanks. Kris | ||
| Dean Brown (Deanbrown3d) Senior Member Username: Deanbrown3d Post Number: 505 Registered: 02-2002 |
With 4, I have two euros and two cornering. Personally I like the cornerings more, because the euros are very focussed and concentrated into a small area, and when I wheel in the dark I normally am not going that fast, so its nice to light up the entire surrounding area. Dean | ||
| Greg (Gparrish) Senior Member Username: Gparrish Post Number: 1074 Registered: 04-2002 |
Depends on where you plan to use them. On road / off road? Wooded areas / desert open areas? etc. If it were me, I would put a pair of cornering lights on the outside and a single eurobeam in the middle. However, that would just suit my usage. I have the same setup on the roof but with 4 lights. If you want lights for on road usage, maybe consider a pair of fogs with a single cornering or euro beam in the middle on a different switch. My question to you would be to first decided how you think you will use them, at what times and locations and in what type of environment. Then it will be easier to address your question. | ||
| Jaime (Blueboy) Senior Member Username: Blueboy Post Number: 543 Registered: 02-2002 |
here is some hopefully useful information: "The internal connections are already wired. Note also that there are three wires! The third wire is for an integrated parking lamp (Driving Lamp only). This is a European feature that has been carried to the US. The useful range of the Pencil is about 5000' and the useful range of the Euro-beam is 2500'. The Cornering Lamp has a useful range of 1000' and the Fog a useful range of 600'." from: http://catalog.com/susq/hella/4000h.htm Jaime | ||
| Kris Arnott (Krisarnott) New Member Username: Krisarnott Post Number: 2 Registered: 02-2003 |
I live in Colorado so the terrain can vary greatly. I think the fogs may be important for driving while it's snowing at night. The cornering lights seem good for off road. I never drive fast enough to justify the longer range lights. Can you leave the fog lighs on with oncoming traffic? They are mounted a little high. Kris | ||
| Greg (Gparrish) Senior Member Username: Gparrish Post Number: 1078 Registered: 04-2002 |
Kris, If you click on my name, you can see a picture of my truck and the light setup. I have an ARB bumper with twin lights. I went with IPF J-01 lights on the bumper. They include a fog light and a driving light in each housing. If I had a SG bumper and wanted lights that I could use on the road, I would do one or two things. I think I might try a combination of fog and cornering. Wire them to different switch circuits so you can control them independently. Choose two of the ones you want to provide the most light when used most often. In other words, if fogs are more important, consider two fogs and one cornering. If off road is more important, two cornering and one fog. Either way, you are going to have to determine which use is most important to you. I use my fogs mounted on the ARB when driving, but sometimes I get flashed by oncoming traffic so I would guess it gets too bright for some. As a remedy, I sometimes drive with only my fogs and running lights on if the weather is foggy enough to warrant it. Again, this is just my opinion, and I'm sure others differ, but if I had 3 light mounts up front and a roof rack, this is what I might consider. How about this: Two fogs on outside of bumper on own switch one cornering inside bumper on own switch two cornering outside of roof rack on own switch If you need more light, you could always add a set of pencil or euro in the middle on roof rack. | ||
| Nathan Hindman (Nathanh) New Member Username: Nathanh Post Number: 19 Registered: 07-2002 |
Here's how I would run 3 Hella's on a SG bumper (BTW- I used to run this same set up on my RW bumper and it worked GREAT)- 2 cornering beams on the outside and a 100W Euro Beam (w/o the city driving light) in the middle. With the 2 cornering beams on the outside, you can aim them out a bit and get beyond 180 degrees of lighting in front of you. This is really good for slow off-road driving as it gives a good field of vision in the immediate vicinity. The Euro Beam (or Pencil for that matter) is aimed straight out (and up a degree or two for extra distance). All in all this set-up will throw some really impressive light in front of your rig. Thanks, Nathan Hindman http://www.PangaeaExpeditions.com | ||
| Jack Quinlan (Jsq) Member Username: Jsq Post Number: 176 Registered: 10-2002 |
For close range trail type work I'd go with nathan's suggestion. If you plan on using it on longer dirt roads I'd go two euros with a conering in the fiddle to throw out wide even light. I have 2 euros and 2 cornering on the roof and 2 fog on the front. Those two euros give all the reach I need. pencils are just too lazer like. the cornerings give me at LEAST 180 degrees of light when matched with the fogs to fill in the front. I had dave at susquehanna build my fogs with 100W H3s instead of 55W so they are brighter and act more like a flood. i highly recommend him for both price and service. http://www.susquehanna.com/susq/ tell him you're a land rover guy or mention me and he'll be extra nice! | ||
| Rex D Stout (Rockhead) New Member Username: Rockhead Post Number: 1 Registered: 02-2003 |
How useful is the driving light on the Eurobeams? Any help in fog? Am going to purchase my first Hella's and am leaning towards this option. Would cornering lights be a better choice? 95% on-road, but do spend hours at a time on two-lane highways goin up to the inlaws in NE with lots of deer and few other vehicles to worry about. Will be mounting on an ARB. thanks. |
