Now, not really sure how much 'air time' I'll get out of this, but I don't want to clutter the Landrover's thread with it but I also wanted to show some of the man hours that go into building what has turned out to be my very capable workhorse come the DFVS and the Shopland Collection overall. Also, flashing lights. The child in everyone loves flashing lights, amirite?
As I often work with ageing WW2 military vehicles and transport and sometimes roadside repair therein, its very useful having warning and towing lights on the landrover as I have found out after a few recoveries and breakdowns. The current setup is a VisionAlert Blaze2 on the lamp bar above the screen, Guardian 4 CREE LED rear warning units and 3 CREE fronts. (although the fronts are now due replacement)
I have wanted to fit a light bar to the rear but am also loath to do so what with the trucks use offroad and the potential to damage what is always going to be moderately expensive to replace. I also liked the idea of high level ancillary lighting.
The ideal answer is the AA spec VisionAlert bars, and after finding one for the right money and having hairnet pony express it to me, I'm dead chuffed. They have 4 rotators, as well as stop, tail and indicator units, and this took some hunting to find one with it still fitted, a special rack which allowed the AA vans access to multi-story car parks by letting the lights slide backwards off the roof and over the back doors. So. It fits the brief. Its also not 6ft wide like most light bars. Which is silly.
But. It was cheap, therefore, its a bit mangy. We find ourselves here.
Eww.
Strip it all down. Turns out these have a clever resistor board to dim the beacons at night and all sorts. But I don't need that seeing as the original control board is long gone in someone's bright yellow T4 camper conversion fun..
Note the aluminium track system allowing placement of any of the components easy inside the unit. Bare, clean and no longer green with moss.
Now this is the fate of pretty much all of the additional lamps in the AA bars. I remember a patrol man years ago telling me that they melted these for a past time. I think its a combo from long times with the beacons lit and the inaccessibility of the bulbs so when they begin to fail and burn too hot (that's when they go dim and the glass goes black) no one ever bothered to change the bulbs. All the ones in these are black and melted in sadly.
Ah well. New units.
Don't need the number plate section..
Better
Something like this. Except its not as simple as this. Nothing fits now.
Start trail re-fitting it all
Helpful dog is helpful
There we go. That aught to do it.
And that's as far as we get before the helper really wants to go for a walk.
Wiring next.
As I often work with ageing WW2 military vehicles and transport and sometimes roadside repair therein, its very useful having warning and towing lights on the landrover as I have found out after a few recoveries and breakdowns. The current setup is a VisionAlert Blaze2 on the lamp bar above the screen, Guardian 4 CREE LED rear warning units and 3 CREE fronts. (although the fronts are now due replacement)
I have wanted to fit a light bar to the rear but am also loath to do so what with the trucks use offroad and the potential to damage what is always going to be moderately expensive to replace. I also liked the idea of high level ancillary lighting.
The ideal answer is the AA spec VisionAlert bars, and after finding one for the right money and having hairnet pony express it to me, I'm dead chuffed. They have 4 rotators, as well as stop, tail and indicator units, and this took some hunting to find one with it still fitted, a special rack which allowed the AA vans access to multi-story car parks by letting the lights slide backwards off the roof and over the back doors. So. It fits the brief. Its also not 6ft wide like most light bars. Which is silly.
But. It was cheap, therefore, its a bit mangy. We find ourselves here.
Eww.
Strip it all down. Turns out these have a clever resistor board to dim the beacons at night and all sorts. But I don't need that seeing as the original control board is long gone in someone's bright yellow T4 camper conversion fun..
Note the aluminium track system allowing placement of any of the components easy inside the unit. Bare, clean and no longer green with moss.
Now this is the fate of pretty much all of the additional lamps in the AA bars. I remember a patrol man years ago telling me that they melted these for a past time. I think its a combo from long times with the beacons lit and the inaccessibility of the bulbs so when they begin to fail and burn too hot (that's when they go dim and the glass goes black) no one ever bothered to change the bulbs. All the ones in these are black and melted in sadly.
Ah well. New units.
Don't need the number plate section..
Better
Something like this. Except its not as simple as this. Nothing fits now.
Start trail re-fitting it all
Helpful dog is helpful
There we go. That aught to do it.
And that's as far as we get before the helper really wants to go for a walk.
Wiring next.
