600w of light

[JUDWAK]

after i have put the new bulbs in and the spots on there will be 600w of light on the front of the surf
will i need to up grade to70 amp altinator?
or will a 70 amp do it?

cheers

[stormforce]

I aint got a clue George but your still as mad as ever

[budweiser]

i got in mind eventually, when founds allow fit this, http://www.milneroffroad.com/toyota-...e-electrical-0

[Vultch]

600 watts in theory will be drawing 50Amps at 12volts, I say in theory because you will need some hefty wiring to carry that current without dropping the voltage to the lamps too much.
70 Amps will not cut it, Imagine a stormy night, heater blowing, wipers going, rear window demister etc....you will be over the 70 Amps

[wishbone]

Maybe look into using HID kits on the spots to bring the wattage down. I've got a kit at home to test but haven't tried them yet. (35w instead of 55w iirc)

[J i m s t e r]

If I were in the market for such things, I'd go with a LED bar, they draw much less current.

http://www.toyota-4runner.org/3rd-ge...ht-bars-3.html

[Vultch]

That LED bar looks good but I'd love to see some pictures taken at night comparing its output with that of the headlights.

[J i m s t e r]

IIRC you use spots for distance and a bar for more localised flood.

[JUDWAK]

just got a new alternator a few days ago its the 70 amp
if i refurb the old one i could put that in plae of the ac pump
can that be done?
if so how hard is it to wire in ?

[J i m s t e r]

That LED bar looks good but I'd love to see some pictures taken at night comparing its output with that of the headlights.

http://youtu.be/Hl9zTcq1XXs

Looks good, but I don't find myself on unlit roads that often. I have 2 x Lightforce spots on mine and I guess they get about 20 minutes total use a year.

[Karma Supra]

I had 600W or forward facing light on my 3rd gen (fill beam plus two sets of spots)

It definitely did struggle and I found that after having them, on for a few minutes the fuel gauge would slowly drop down to zero... turning them off and it went back to where it should be.

What I did learn is that wattage does not mean more light...

I was running 100W H4 bulbs before... I just replaced them with *cough* legal Quality 60w (Philips Xtreme vision plus) bulbs and can see ten times better.

Lexus V8 comes with a higher rated alternator... another excuse to justify the swap

[J i m s t e r]

I used to be into Mk2 Golf GTIs and the headlamps were notoriously poor due to VW just extending the loom to deal with RHD.

On the last one I owned, I had a loom made up that cut all this out and also fitted 100W bulbs. Much better.

Shortly after I drove for a few hours in the evening to see friends for a weekend and when I arrived, noticed my headlamps had cracked with the heat!

[JUDWAK]

i have 4 100w spots and i was going to turn my head lights into 100w also
i need the light to catch the thiefing barstewards that keep robbing on my dads yard
iam still doing the project that i have been on with for around 5 years now
i was very close to compleating it but for reasons out of my control
i was stopped in my tracks
now am taking it up again and need the light if i have to get led then i will


cheers guys
saved me burning out yet another altanitor

[red barron]

Fitting the upgrade wiring loom will sort any issues out.

[Karma Supra]

I should add that the 400w of spots were obviously on a totally separate loom, isolating them from everything else.

It doesn't help with voltage drop!