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Ot ohhhhhh ... When I dropped Seamus off this morning to get his life the buggers had BLUE MAXX tracs ...... You can guess what Sharen did!! LOL
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Bought a 380x380x780 Pelican storage box to keep all my 4wd gear in.
Jeez! Seamus is getting a lot of loving lately.Quote:
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Tired of Brad telling me he was gay!!! LOL won't be when I'm finished - I hopeQuote:
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Rims being powder coated next week too :)
Saw this in ebay and have to have them !!
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Pics? We've just got those black tubs from supercheap. Are ok but would like something abit strongerQuote:
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Should have just sold em and get some better ones with proper alloy nuts not like Nissans steel nuts on an alloy rim. I sold mine for $250 each
Sure mate come fix it in my garage :DQuote:
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Exactly like mine :)
So they're gonna look good then ?Quote:
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sick of towing a trailer just to carry other ppls gear so I went out and brought myself a 800mm wide stretcher,
my mate is going to cut up an old shade sail and make a few walls for my awning, should make a great summer setup
Now I can travel light,
Attachment 51395 bought some ARB led lights from the manufacturer, they are not branded as ARB but LED $237us to the door for the pair
Stropp, those ones are made in China. The ARB Intensity LED lights are made in the USA. Unfortunately they are not the same mate, that story is urban legend, like many surrounding ARB copy's.Quote:
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my understanding was they are the cree the same as arb use and arb are trying to stop the sale of them as usual, not sure but they are very good according to a couple of other blokes that have them too and have had them for some time without any problems, for the price im happy.
Not saying the quality isn't good but they are most definitely not the same as the ARB ones. They might be a good copy but the two are made half a world apart.
More than likely a copy of the Lightforce ones, which are made in China and around which there has been much controversy due to them being almost identical to the ARB ones but released nearly 2 years apart!
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And as a footnote, if I'd spent the R&D $$ on designing a particular product and some mongrel copied it and put it on sale, I would also fight tooth and nail to have it removed from sale.
Stealing someone's IP is no different to stealing your Patrol and should be viewed the same way, yet for some reason we don't.....
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How many parts of an led light can be different?Quote:
Originally Posted by Drewboyaus
The leds may be the same but if the reflector is crap the light output will also be crap.. In saying that I have the Copy of the ARB lights in the 185w versions and I find them awesome
I hate ppl that copy any product,with a passion, but if the licence ran out like on the Tirfor winch I have no problems
Cree is a brand of LED and found in heaps of lights and torches etc
If the reflector is not up to scratch like Fletch says it would be sub standard.
time will tell. LED driving lights are ok for bush roads but they will never out do a decent set of HIDs on outback roads at night IMO
Plenty.Quote:
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LED's, reflectors, lenses, mounting brackets, electrical components, casing, heat sink......
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i have seen pics of them in action and they look awesome, i currently have lightforce 240 hid lights and hope the smaller ones will fit better into the bullbar.
If you want distance with your lights, you cant go past HID. They will always have a longer throw than LED. LED however is awesome for short to middle distance fill. I have been considering buying one of the "spread" type beam ARB LED lights to sit in between my two HID's........
@ Drew use HID in conjunction with a light bar will give
you heaps of spread and the HID will shine into the distance.
Perfect combo I reckon.
Even though my light bar is a "spot" beam its not quite enough for driving at 100 kph
I have my light force hids in the bullbar but don't need or really want them any more. I have never driven on a road so straight I need to see 2kms up the road. My led bar is all I need
I know of a GQ Patrol that a price was agreed upon today ;)
Also those lights can be had for a fraction of the price if you shop around ;) . Instead of arb logo at the bottom it says led but they are the same light.Quote:
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What I mean is; how many parts are copied or just the way they have to be. Eg, a bracket can only be a few shapes. You can't really make a way different shape bracket just so it's not the same as existing ones.Quote:
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Don't get me wrong, I know where you're coming from but surely there are examples out there of products that just have to be the way they are. Kind of like you can't re invent the wheel, you can make it out of sub standard materials but it's main design and function is going to be the same as existing examples.
yep matt thats what just bought $237 us prQuote:
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Do you think they are better or as good as those Marbles/stairs led ?Quote:
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WTF did you sell Agatha for then???Quote:
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Bad combo a new 4x4 GU and a fist full of $$$$$, oh yeah bring it on $$$Quote:
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Ok so the boy can breath through his ears now!! LOL
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Has that even seen a dirt road?Quote:
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Way too clean. :)
HAHAHAH he's filthy!! And yes smarty dacks - he's been on dirt ... Sand moreso ;)
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That pic really highlights the rear springs you mentioned. Needs some weight on the back. Good excuse to buy more stuff :)Quote:
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;) put the 90ltr fridge in the back and chuck the trailer on ......... Man he Musta been sagging in the ass before the new suspension cuz it lift the front 50mm and the back 80mm LOLQuote:
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found a mob on Ebay in that sell those rachett ring spanners.
The set I brought from Aldi had 15mm wtf is that.
Anyway topped up my set with a 14mm and a 12mm
Yeah made me happy now I have to wait lol
my new 800mm wide stretcher arrive via courier this morning ,
all part of down sizing and travelling as light as possible.
Looking at over hauling my power setup to the rear of the gq.
Going to use 26mm2 cable and body earth.
Might stick this in the feed from the battery.
http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item...163330&alt=web
@ Kallen not sure your link is correct