Good on ya fellas, very please. Her older brother is very very pleased. lol
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Good on ya fellas, very please. Her older brother is very very pleased. lol
I bet!!! A new toy!!! LOLQuote:
Originally Posted by MudRunnerTD
OMG!!! WTF!!!
:animierte-smilies-f
I cant believe it! What has happened to all my posts???
All my photos are gone from here! all links on this forum to my photo bucket are now lost???
Speechless........
I cant rebuild that!
Let me have a look at it mate...
Arrrrrgggggghhhhhhh .... I've lost one of my template threads for ideas!!!!!!!!! LOL ... hope AB can sort it for you mate ... deep breaths champion, deep breaths ...Quote:
Originally Posted by MudRunnerTD
Well it looks like the PhotoBucket issue is resolved, can everyone see all the pics? i hope so.
Cheers for all that worked on sorting this for me. Andy your a champ, Bob and Kat thank you both also.
Cheers MR
We did not really do that much as it appears Photobucket had a problem with one of there Servers and they have now sorted it out.Quote:
Originally Posted by MudRunnerTD
Glad everything is now OK
Well been moving house the last month or so and been chained to a trailer. Damn i hate moving.
Thought i would drag this thread back off the bottom of the second page and post a little update, not much but i am keen.
Last week i won an auction on Ebay.... I do ok on that site.
I got a 120amp alternator including a vac pump for my TD42 GQ and it has arrived yesterday. Paid $407 delivered. Brand new not refurbed!.
Nothing worst than you battery going flat at 1am on a night drive cause you have all your lights on and the 70amp Nissan one just does not cut it. No point pumping 70amps and drawing 90+ amps?? something has to give. Makes for a very very dark drive home. been out without enough power to run a CD player!! go the diesel though, dont turn the bloody thing off and its all good.
Best of all the 70 can go in a box as a spare should i do the bog hole thing and kill the 120. will not be keen to do that.
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Last week i won an auction on Ebay.... I do ok on that site.
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you and me both MR....lol...I hope we don't cross paths on the bidding mate...LMAO
Getting ready for a Boys Swag trip above the Vic snow line this weekend. Cant wait.
Fitted up the 120amp Alternator and pumping 14.4V at 1300rpm! Nice!
Also took advantage of a great special on ICOM 400pro UHFs and fitted a new radio to the beast this weekend.
Last but surely NOT LEAST!!!! I just bought a 42" LED light bar to fit to the roof light rack. I did the change over today but ran out of sunlight to finalise the wiring. I'll get some decent pics tomorrow and post them up. Looks very very trick. You would think that i made the rack to take the 42" it is a perfect fit!
was able to remove the 4 HIDs off the light rack in one go and will look to sell them complete with the loom in the next few weeks i think.
Cant wait to turn it on! ITs going to blow me away i think!.
Send me a PM when this happens Daz as I will more than likely have them sold for you mate.....Quote:
Originally Posted by MudRunnerTD
No worries mate, cheersQuote:
Originally Posted by patch697
Here is some crappy pics from my iphone on dusk so not great but you get the idea ;)
http://nissanpatrol.com.au/images/St...g?t=1313329185
http://nissanpatrol.com.au/images/St...g?t=1313329146
http://nissanpatrol.com.au/images/St...g?t=1313329083
I cant wait to turn it on!!!
Quote:
Originally Posted by MudRunnerTD
Gee thanks Daz.................. Now I want one..............................LOL
Hey paul! i am excited mate, dont you worry about that!! I just could not go past the special that Bright Light Autos have on these this month! I figured if not now, When? I told the missus after i had bolted it up.........LOL She did not ask how much and i dont think she will.. Love the missus!
Oh your a lucky man................... On all counts....................LOLQuote:
Originally Posted by MudRunnerTD
Let me know how it goes mate cos having HID's on before hand I'll really be very interested in your opinion.......
Look forward to seeing it turned on MR!!!
Looks unreal mate!
It's pooring with rain here and i have 10 minutes of wiring to do to get the light bar to run.......Damn!!
Nup! i aint gunna wait. time to get the umbrella out i think. fire em up and get some pics. I am keen as to see this thing do its stuff. I expect to be blown away by the light!!
Hey Plas look towards the You Yangs mate, i"m gunna burn a hole in the sky and i am going to make the mountains glow!!
Bloody hope so anyways LOL
Well I'm back from the test drive and pretty happy with the result i have to say.
I am loading up pics for yas now and will post when Photobucket has had it's cow.
Looking forward to the pics mate - that lightbar looks awesome and should throw out some ridiculous amount of light ...
OK you've waited long enough. here is a selection of pics for you.
Firstly i have to say that i am really impressed with the light i get out of the LED light bar. I have taken 4 X 35W HIDs off the roof to replace with this light bar so they had a bit to live up to.
The 35w HIDs were great but had defined beams and gave me a bright spot at 4 locations within my field plus what i was throwing out front.
The LED Light Bar is just a great big Flood of Light without definition. Its like being at a footy match at night under lights, ya just turn it on and it is there. a Glow.
So here are some feed back for you
OK so my setup => 35w HiLo HID headlights, 240 XGT LF 35w HID conversion and now the 42" LED light bar.
In the photo the sign to the far left is 85m away and the trees are 105m in front of me. (paced out by me)
35wHID low beam = Not bad hey!
http://nissanpatrol.com.au/images/St...f/IMG_9834.jpg
35w HID HiLo on High Beam
http://nissanpatrol.com.au/images/St...f/IMG_9835.jpg
Hi Beams and LED Light bar on
http://nissanpatrol.com.au/images/St...f/IMG_9836.jpg
Different location Hi Beams
http://nissanpatrol.com.au/images/St...f/IMG_9849.jpg
Light bar and an oncoming unfortunately
http://nissanpatrol.com.au/images/St...f/IMG_9850.jpg
I could easily drive around like that all night no probs. cant wait to get it into the tight bush where i think it will be like day light.
here are some looking back at the car.
http://nissanpatrol.com.au/images/St...g?t=1313417829
http://nissanpatrol.com.au/images/St...g?t=1313417790
http://nissanpatrol.com.au/images/St...g?t=1313417702
In the next pic you can clearly see that the centre is spot lights and the outer sides of the light bar are spread beams
http://nissanpatrol.com.au/images/St...g?t=1313417662
:thumbup:
I know pics can do no real justice to the full effects of lighting but that is simply smashing MR.
So whats your opinion on light bar v HID's?
Farrr out Thats awesome mate!!!!! Now theres an explanation for UFO sightings hahahaha
Pretty damn impressive mate!!!
Looks like a space ship...lol....That's going on the wish list for sure!
WOW.....that light is amazing.
Thanks for posting the pictures.
they lookbloomin fantastic mate, cheers for that
Cheers guys, I am really impressed with the light output so far and look forward to getting them into the tight stuff on the weekend where i think they will come into their own.
Paul the HIDs where great mate, no doubt. At the end of the day the expectation of a roof bar for me is to provided a good spread of light to the peripheral areas while the big spots where taken care of straight out the front by the front bar. For off roading i am not really chasing distance out of the roof bar.Quote:
Originally Posted by patch697
That being said the 4 x 35w HIDs on the roof bar before where each set at different angles of may 30 & 15 degrees to each side of centre providing me a good spread. They where pointed maybe 30 to 40m in front of me and gave a distinct light beam to each point in the light spread pattern in my field of view. This was certainly workable and when it got tight was awesome.
This LED Light bar though, well it provided light to all areas that the HIDs would have thrown it and more, there is absolutely no definition of the beam and it is more of a Glow. I have read elsewhere someone describe it as "liquid light" and i think that that is an accurate description.
Am i happy? You bet! It was a tough call for me to splash the cash as i already had a great setup. But the special price offered by Bright Light Autos this month was very difficult to walk past.
If i was buying a lighting setup from scratch for the first time then LED technology would be the way to go for sure, and at those prices was well within reach. My problem was i had already spent my allocation for lighting on HID making the outlay quite daunting. Especially when they have been trying to sell this stuff to our industry for way over $1000 per uint! Damn!. oh well will try and recoup a little on the on-sell i guess.
For distance? the pics i posted of my HiLo Headlight set up shows good penetration at the 100m mark and bounce off other signs in the far distance for probably 300m, the LED light bar did not get close to that, Dont need it too though ;)
I will try and get some more pics over the weekend when i hope to use this thing in anger ;)
Cheers guys
Might make this pic my new avatar
http://nissanpatrol.com.au/images/St...g?t=1313417662
I'm sold on em!! An amazing amount of light that as you say, would be awesome in the bush on tight roads etc.
Absolutely awesome :jawdrop:
such a great read.
even if my GQ could be half of yours that would be sweet :D
excellent read, and a great job on the truck !
aarrgh! my eyes! LOL!! That's a great result mate.
Good on ya guys, thansk for the comments.
Well went out last weekend and did Mt Skene, No Snow! damn it. but did some great tracks and pretty tough stuff.
The LED Light bar got a good workout on a very hard track very late Saturday night, just fantastic. Will have to get some trip photos up for yas in the next few days.
Cheers
Heading to Wombat this weekend for a little play, might see if i can find some more big hills to climb
hehehe
Photos dazz, don't forget the photos mate...lolQuote:
Originally Posted by MudRunnerTD
Look forward to the happy snaps mate ... be one of those times when I wish I was closer by to join in the fun no doubt!!Quote:
Originally Posted by MudRunnerTD
dont know how i missed your thread mate ....sorry
great looking bus a little dirty though hahahahahahaha
piccies we luv piccies
Well heading to the depths of the Wombat State Forest to drive the best it can deliver to me tomorrow. I have a Local guide that will be in a GU Comp rig on 37s.
HELL YEAH!!!!!
Watch this space for some Videos tomorrow.
Awesome! Happy wheeling fella and looking forward to the footage!!Quote:
Originally Posted by MudRunnerTD
Well been a big day, Just got home, used my winch for the first time in nearly a year!
Did some great tracks in the morning then took our hosts to the big hill in my previous video posts as they had not been there before.
I gotta tell you that i have probably watched that video 20 or 30 times as i reckon its awesome but i tell ya it made me complacent about that hill. The video does not even come close to giving that hill justice for what it is. I stood on the first step up today and Said OMG! Holy SH1T! If i had not already driven this there is no way in hell i'd be lining up for it. I cant even imagine how the track got there int eh first place it is just sooooo steep.
I have driven some pretty hard core stuff but it will truly stand as one of the most difficult things i am ever likely to point my 4B at. I was struggling to believe that i could drive it today to be honest. Crazy Stuff.
Well i did not get up without winching today and ended up having to winch 4 sections. Some bits were just 37" deep ruts and i hit them with 35s and they just could not do it.
The other guy in the white GQ that i posted before was with me again, this time he went after me and also winched a section. That car is a Blue Printed JPC prepared TD42 with a JPC fuel pump (Beast and about a $15k rebuild)
Too put a dampener on things he got 3/4 up and his engine shut down and it looks terminal. Damn it, towed him the rest of the way and got him to 4x4 Obsessions in Melton as our hosts were the owners an head mechanics from there so they opened up their shop for us.
Doesn't look good for a very hot engine and feeling a bit flat now. There was a heap of professional video shot today by the guys from 4wd TV who was my Navi so will post up a bit when it gets downloaded to you tube.
Big day, Big hill claimed another car.
Sounds pretty full on dazz! Can't wait to see the hill vid...