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Too many times I've reversed into things when off the road in the dark - trees, tents, cows, small children, garages.... Its getting expensive to repair corners, end caps, wrangle bumpers back into a semblance of straightness and pay for a good solicitor.

I'm after a super bright flood light with a wide angle, to mount near the top on the rear.
I've seen

• dinky LED ones, but these look a bit dim.
  LED running lights ala Audi, but these appear to be narrow angle.
  Incandescent ones.
  HID ones.

I'm inclined to wire it up to a switch so it's not automatic when reversing as I don't want to blind other road users.

Any recommendations chaps?

Hella 12V worklamp ?

Any work light got mine from a tractor agriculutral motor factors seem to be the best have mounted mine on the factory hightop and works well other lads mount them just in of the rear light cluster

Yeh I've got a nice work light on mine would do the job got it off ebay

on the back of the cab there... see its got a 55wt bulb in it - you could go up to 100watts with the right bulb
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SPOT-LAMP-WORK-LA ... _500wt_922
Round
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SPOT-LAMP-WORK-LA ... _500wt_922
or square

This is my one which is fitted with a 100 watt bulb. It came off a JCB 20 track machine!

Sort your mirrors out Patrick-youre fine Best regards Baz and Hil,

Thanks guys, got a Hella 12v work light on the way.
And yes Baz, if I got my leccy big mirrors working that would help.

Hi Patrick.

I fitted this Britax number from an agricultural fitters to my old Syncro. It has two 55w halogen bulbs to give a wider spread than the singles.

I bolted it through the bumper, ran the wires in alongside the tow bar mounts along the chassis rail into the engine bay. I spliced into the reverse light switch cable and had a three-way switch on the dash for off, on & on when reverse is engaged. Very handy bit of kit...

Spurred on by reversing into yet another immovable object I finally got around to fitting on the bumper the first of the Hella 55W flood lamps I bought more than a year ago. After cursing crimp spade connections which kept pulling apart I got it lit. Another one going to be mounted on the roof as well.

Hi Patrick

Reckon that should help.

How's the Dehler roof doing? Any photos yet?

Rich

Thread update now, but not what anyone is expecting to see!

Reversing cameras...it's the way forwards (er...backwards?) and have night vision! Cheap off ebay and worth every penny when coupling to a trailer.

Alex

They still don't stop you reversing into things though....do they Jed...

He he he

I have had one of these fitted for a few years now.:

http://www.x-eng.co.uk/X-Lite.asp

Small, robust and good light. Takes a normal 12v halogen bulb.

v-lux wrote:They still don't stop you reversing into things though....do they Jed...

He he he

I forgot he had a reversing camera.......