Hilldweller
SE Expedition Society
Last year my friend Joel wanted to put his spare pair of 7" Eurobeam Hella H4 reflectors to good use so I helped him concoct a way to stuff them in a pair of buckets and wire them as auxiliary lights on the front of his Jeep Wrangler JK.
See this thread. I've seen the results on another forum and it turned out pretty well. Cheap and fun project. Not the best solution by a long-shot, but there are much worse lights out there for more money.
This could have been done much better with a different H4 reflector (or PAR 56 sealed beam like the GE Nighthawk). Cibie, available from Coventry West or Daniel Stern, is about the best H4 you can get. There are also a couple of LED products from JW Speaker and Trucklite that will work.
See my complete 7" shootout for a litst of lights and how they worked.
And since building lights is fun, Scott also wanted to build something. His works better than Joel's since he used a better reflector. Granted, the headlighs on his Jeep are so good now that you hardly notice the driving lights, but they work as intended, didn't cost much, and are both subtle and elegant.
See this thread. I've seen the results on another forum and it turned out pretty well. Cheap and fun project. Not the best solution by a long-shot, but there are much worse lights out there for more money.
This could have been done much better with a different H4 reflector (or PAR 56 sealed beam like the GE Nighthawk). Cibie, available from Coventry West or Daniel Stern, is about the best H4 you can get. There are also a couple of LED products from JW Speaker and Trucklite that will work.
See my complete 7" shootout for a litst of lights and how they worked.
And since building lights is fun, Scott also wanted to build something. His works better than Joel's since he used a better reflector. Granted, the headlighs on his Jeep are so good now that you hardly notice the driving lights, but they work as intended, didn't cost much, and are both subtle and elegant.
