Pajero Owners Club of South Africa

good evening all

i please need some help, i was out looking at lights to mount ot my vehicle and obviously seeing the new LED bars i was impressed until i heard the price. i want to attempt building my own light bar, i would like to find out if anybody can give me some assistance on where i can get the correct LED's and parts i will need to build a light bar.

any assistance in this regard will be appreciated, who knows i might just get it right for much less

thanks guys
regards
Richard

I will be watching Richard's posting re lightbars with eager anticipation since it is forever been on my most-wanted list. The cost how-ever is bordering on the ridiculous!!

Hi, Richard

Is the led bar for spotlight or under carriage lighting?

You can get high power leds from rs components, some of them need to be mounted on a heat-sink though.
http://za.rs-online.com/web/ .


Regards
Kyle

You can get the bars at Makro I use a 10 LED bar as a camp light +-(R200) Works well and fits on the spot light charger

Wow that's cheap, how bright are they?

I worked out about R1860 for 33, 425 lumen leds.
33*425 = 14025 lumens, if that's how it works...

They use 350mA at 4.7V
So 1.645W * 33 = 54.285W

http://za.rs-online.com/web/p/visible-led/7257638/

But you still need a heat sink for mounting, brackets and a transparent cover plate, plexiglass would work well.

Though it would be better to buy one or two leds first to test out.

Some similar projects...
http://www.jeepkj.com/forum/f202/diy-le ... ild-50779/
http://www.bigjimny.com/index.php/2012- ... uild-guide

I ordered a 120watt, 2 row LED light bar from China. It gives you flood and spot in 1 bar. It consists of 2 rows of LED's. comes with brackets ande evrything. I paid R 1400.

Maybe that is an easier route. It took 5 days to get it from China.

Hi,

I bought this a few months ago:
http://www.visionxwholesale.com/product ... -BEAM.html

It gives a real flood of light !
But is does not go that far. So it is really good for off-roading, not very well for driving on faster roads. It does not go far enough.

A.

Hi Kyle

sorry for the delay in the reply, i need to use them as Spotlights and not underbody lights, not into BLING,so any advice will help.

thank you kind regards
Richard.

Hi Richard, have a look at these ones, they have a very long range. Will make very good usable light for 400 meters and more.
http://www.4x4direct.co.za/shop/index.p ... cts_id=516