maddogrc
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Brand: Narva
Model: 225 (blue lense)
Type: Wide/Spot beam combo
Price: $300 posted from ebay
Picture:
Quality:
Pretty decent hard plastic bodies and the lense also seems to be made from a strong clear plastic (think possibly lexan?), but is great as it includes free clear lense covers/protectors. The mounting system is fairly straight forward with a very flexible base when not tightened up, but when tightened up very well they barely move at all. The included wiring harness makes it a breeze to install and also includes a negative/positive wiring switch which means you can wire it up to a cars headlights and it doesn't matter how it is wired. If it's set to positively charged and the lights don't turn on just flick the switch on the little box and it'll set it to the right setting.
Security:
I've once had some little fker try and steal them, but he only got half way and quit as the mounting shaft is around 60-80mm of approximately 8-10mm threaded shaft, and when running a spring washer and 3 locknuts per light with a tiny tiny gap in the bullbar to undo them from they tend to give up pretty quickly. Just mounting them up myself took a while with my bullbar, but it's good to know that just makes it harder for anyone else to steal. I had considered a bit of barbed wire tack welded onto the nuts as 'prevention of theft', but of course thats a bit illegal, haha.
Performance:
I find that until its very very dark these lights don't show their full potential, but when I have been driving on roads through the bush and forests at night these were amazing! I could see for ages and it was a brilliant bright blue/white light. I could see every bug fly past into the light and I could see skip and all his friends far ahead of me and from the sides. I didn't find any vibration in them except during idle.
Overall:
High recommend them as they're a great solid product and there's not much to go wrong when its waterproof (tested that) with a waterproof harness which also makes life so much easier as it is all plug in and go. Instructions were basic, but explained what you needed to do easily enough. Also hard to steal when you use triple locknuts, the bastards give up before they get half way!
Downsides:
One thing...the included on/off switch on the harness has a red LED that stays on continuously, even with the car off, which turns to bright blue when the lights are on. I didn't see that as a good thing to have it on all the time, and yes I know LED's have low consumption, but I installed a switch half way up the on/off switch line which allows me to turn the LED's off, but still use the switch.
Rating: 4/5 Navara Points (would have given 5 if it included HID as standard as they seem to be hot and popular, but the HID version of these lights are around $900)
Model: 225 (blue lense)
Type: Wide/Spot beam combo
Price: $300 posted from ebay
Picture:
Quality:
Pretty decent hard plastic bodies and the lense also seems to be made from a strong clear plastic (think possibly lexan?), but is great as it includes free clear lense covers/protectors. The mounting system is fairly straight forward with a very flexible base when not tightened up, but when tightened up very well they barely move at all. The included wiring harness makes it a breeze to install and also includes a negative/positive wiring switch which means you can wire it up to a cars headlights and it doesn't matter how it is wired. If it's set to positively charged and the lights don't turn on just flick the switch on the little box and it'll set it to the right setting.
Security:
I've once had some little fker try and steal them, but he only got half way and quit as the mounting shaft is around 60-80mm of approximately 8-10mm threaded shaft, and when running a spring washer and 3 locknuts per light with a tiny tiny gap in the bullbar to undo them from they tend to give up pretty quickly. Just mounting them up myself took a while with my bullbar, but it's good to know that just makes it harder for anyone else to steal. I had considered a bit of barbed wire tack welded onto the nuts as 'prevention of theft', but of course thats a bit illegal, haha.
Performance:
I find that until its very very dark these lights don't show their full potential, but when I have been driving on roads through the bush and forests at night these were amazing! I could see for ages and it was a brilliant bright blue/white light. I could see every bug fly past into the light and I could see skip and all his friends far ahead of me and from the sides. I didn't find any vibration in them except during idle.
Overall:
High recommend them as they're a great solid product and there's not much to go wrong when its waterproof (tested that) with a waterproof harness which also makes life so much easier as it is all plug in and go. Instructions were basic, but explained what you needed to do easily enough. Also hard to steal when you use triple locknuts, the bastards give up before they get half way!
Downsides:
One thing...the included on/off switch on the harness has a red LED that stays on continuously, even with the car off, which turns to bright blue when the lights are on. I didn't see that as a good thing to have it on all the time, and yes I know LED's have low consumption, but I installed a switch half way up the on/off switch line which allows me to turn the LED's off, but still use the switch.
Rating: 4/5 Navara Points (would have given 5 if it included HID as standard as they seem to be hot and popular, but the HID version of these lights are around $900)