Headlights on the trunk of a car: rating of the best models, installation tips
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Headlights dazzle drivers of oncoming vehicles. Therefore, the SDA (Rules of the Road) prohibit the inclusion of such lighting on public roads.
A self-respecting off-road enthusiast knows how important off-road lighting is. Especially at night. Let us tell you in more detail why headlights on the trunk of a car are so necessary.
Overhead Light: Justified Necessity or Waste Cost
A night drive on a bumpy country road leaves no doubt about the need for additional lighting. Regular headlights are located below the level of vision of the driver: the shadow of even a small bump seems like a bottomless pit. This road gets tiresome.
In addition, the 4x4 format involves overcoming fords, storming mud traps, as well as the development of virgin lands. Headlamps and bumper headlights, already spattered and splattered, are turned off in front of a water barrier, turning the car into a blind kitten.
Additional light in the trunk of the car
The situation changes with the installation of lighting devices on the roof. Now the helmsman's eyes are below the level of the light flux: the shadows disappear, and evenly lit expanses remain ahead. From now on, the fords submit in the light, and the dirty "revenge" from the puddles does not reach the upper lanterns at all.
The best headlights for the trunk and for any wallet
The question of the presence of additional spotlights was closed: without a doubt, there will be a chandelier on the upper trunk of the car. Time to talk about what additional lighting to choose and how much.
Roof LED stick
Manufacturers complete spotlights with three types of lamps: LED, halogen and xenon.
LED Light
They differ in service life - up to 30 thousand hours, low power consumption: a 12 W (Watt) lamp creates a luminous flux of up to 1500 lm (lumens). To achieve such a brightness value, for example, from a "halogen", you need a power of 60 watts.
Halogen
Represent a cylinder with a buffer gas. Lamp life - 2000-4000 hours, color temperature - 2800-3000 K (Kelvin) corresponds to warm tones, brightness - up to 2000 lm. Lanterns with such lamps are often used as fog lamps.
Xenon
Perform in the form of a flask filled with a monatomic gas. Their spectrum is close to daylight, color temperature - 4100-6200 K (from neutral to cold glow), MTBF - up to 4000 hours. Disadvantages: high price tag, the service life of power supplies is reduced with frequent light switching in near-far mode.
Budget
For those who like to save money, taillights with halogen lamps are suitable, for example, DLAA LA 1003 BEM-W made in China. The cost of a lantern with a mounting bracket is a thousand rubles. The price allows you to assemble a fog kit even for a very greedy off-road lover.
Allpin LED Beam Headlight
Allpin LED beam headlight with amber backlight will come in handy on dark off-road terrain. Service life - 30 thousand hours, color temperature - 6000 K, power - 80 watts. This beam with light output type Combo: combines a wide angle (600) a beam for illuminating nearby terrain and narrow (300) a beam of light - for viewing at a distance of 400-500 meters.
Average cost
I'm tired of talking about the golden mean. The segment is inexpensive, but also expensive - the most massive. And the most boring.
IPF 900 Water Proof halogen headlights on the trunk of a Japanese-made car will be appreciated by both lovers of night trips through the fields and fans of the phrase "price-quality". The set includes two units with a power of 65 W each. Lanterns are not afraid of dust and moisture, they are ready to become assistants in conquering severe impassability. They ask for 24 thousand rubles for the set.
IPF 900 Water Proof Halogen Headlights
Xenon headlight Hella Luminator Xenon 1F8 007 560-561 with a useful range of a light beam of 400 m will help you get to places of evening fishing. The pilot of the Paris-Dakar rally marathon will also be delighted with it, maneuvering between the cacti of the night desert.
You have to pay for light. This is not the slogan of the local housing office. This is a harsh marketing truth: a German searchlight is valued at 28 rubles.
Dear
Germans again: LED spotlight Hella AS 5000LED 1GA 011 293-10170 Striker HID170T worth 43 thousand rubles. For this money they promise all the same German quality and brightness of as much as 5000 lm with a power consumption of 60 watts. Not bad for a start.
Forget about the cold glow with a color temperature of 4700 K diodes. This is almost a neutral light, almost natural. The built-in economy mode reduces power consumption to 30 watts. We add a high degree of dust and moisture protection and impact-resistant glass. We get a good and expensive German flashlight.
LED spotlight Hella AS 5000LED
Headlights on the trunk of a car in the form of a set of xenon foglights IPF S-9H14 will cost 55 thousand rubles. They offer to pay such a lot of money for 35-watt D2S lamps with two ignition units, fog reflector protection, a wireless on/off switch, natural light (color temperature 4100 K).
This model of headlights will confidently win in the nomination "The most expensive foglights". It remains to be nominated.
Instead of an epilogue
The question of how legal it is to install spotlights on top of a car worries many. It is possible and even necessary to equip the “iron horse” with additional lighting when it comes to preparing for off-road night trips.
