Roo Lite Driving Lights?

Joined: 07 May 2007 Location: Sittin' down!

I'm thinking of getting a set of 180mm Roo Lites by Nite Stalker. Anyone know anyting about them, good bad or indifferent??

I've been told they similar in construction and materials used to Light Forces.

Thanks.

Joined: 16 Jul 2004 Location: Brisbane, Aus.

I received a set of the 220mm ones on monday and hooked them up to the patrol.

They are very bright, The wiring loom is rubbish I think anyway.

I paid $275 for the lot off ebay free postage.

General consensus is they arent as good as the light force in terms of their reflector but for the price and how often you use them you cant beat it.

Joined: 07 Aug 2006 Location: Somerville, Vic OZ

I sell a lot of them and have not had any body complain about them great value for money and they are very good with a H.I.D kit fitted
STEVE

Joined: 17 Sep 2005 Location: Bundaberg/Cairns

Light Force are better I believe. I have a set of light force 240Blitz and my freind has roo and we have found light force to be better.

Joined: 28 Jan 2008 Location: Newcastle

yeh i have found the wiring loom to be rubbish.
They are bright and seem to be tough but i have a set of the big ones and after some long driving the light tilts backwards a bit,i have tried tightening and even use a rattle gun and still cant get it to stay there but yeh good light otherwise

Joined: 16 Jul 2004 Location: Brisbane, Aus.

4runner_boy wrote:

yeh i have found the wiring loom to be rubbish.
They are bright and seem to be tough but i have a set of the big ones and after some long driving the light tilts backwards a bit,i have tried tightening and even use a rattle gun and still cant get it to stay there but yeh good light otherwise

Mate did yours come with a washer in on that hinge to stop it working loose? Also throw a split washer on the outside, sorted mine out!

Paul

Joined: 19 Dec 2006 Location: Canberra

I can vouch for the strength of them, I hit a decent size roo at a tad over 80'ks and one of the lights took the full impact from the head. All it did was shatter the globe. The rest of the bull bar was a write off, snapped in two places.

Joined: 11 Feb 2007 Location: Hobart

oldbrowny wrote:

I can vouch for the strength of them, I hit a decent size roo at a tad over 80'ks and one of the lights took the full impact from the head. All it did was shatter the globe. The rest of the bull bar was a write off, snapped in two places.

so this is why they are called roo lights???

Joined: 19 Dec 2006 Location: Canberra

macca81 wrote:

so this is why they are called roo lights???

Glad I didn't get the bull lights then!

Joined: 12 Feb 2008 Location: Sunshine Coast, Qld

Fitted 180xp Roolites to my Pahjero before doing a Central Queensland trip, on the way home while travelling the dawson highway at night (bad time, too many roo's on the road for that stretch of hard stuff) we hit a roo, lights copped a fair wack and got knocked back.. no damage done, just needed to re-align them and all was good to go again

Skip was fubar too... he didnt like his tyre pressure massage

Joined: 06 Mar 2005 Location: Sunshine Coast Queensland

I have never seem them close, what bulb does the roo lite use? If it is h1 or H3, I was thinking it would be easier and cheaper to convert to HId, than lightforce are, because you dont need to buy an adaptor. So how good are they really, after putting HIDs into them?
Those who say that lightforce are a bit better. What makes them better? is it the bulb and wiring, or is the reflector better as well?
Cheers.

Joined: 12 Feb 2008 Location: Sunshine Coast, Qld

They use the same bulbs as the lightforce.. what makes the lightforce better is the reflector..

Tim

Joined: 06 Mar 2005 Location: Sunshine Coast Queensland

DigitalStillPhotos wrote:

They use the same bulbs as the lightforce.. what makes the lightforce better is the reflector..

Tim

no worries, thanks Tim.

Joined: 13 May 2004 Location: Narrandera, NSW

midi73 wrote:

I have never seem them close, what bulb does the roo lite use? If it is h1 or H3, I was thinking

All Roo and LF lights all use the Osram/Philips JCY 6.35 bi-pin 100w halogen bulb. That is their name... The only difference is that the handheld spot lights use the vertical filament, whilst the driving lights use the vertical filament.

Either way, you really do not need an adapter for either Roo or LF to go HID.

...gotta go looking into pulse circuits too. Some dude has managed to get 10,000 lumens out of one of these bulbs - running at 17 volts. This is the way that they make them flamethrower torches, as in, igniting bits of paper within a second on turning the torch on.

Joined: 31 Aug 2004 Location: Canberra, ACT

bushy555 wrote:

...gotta go looking into pulse circuits too. Some dude has managed to get 10,000 lumens out of one of these bulbs - running at 17 volts. This is the way that they make them flamethrower torches, as in, igniting bits of paper within a second on turning the torch on.

Pulse circuits??? Smile

Would that work with halogen only or the HID as well?

Joined: 13 May 2004 Location: Narrandera, NSW

physh wrote:

bushy555 wrote:

...gotta go looking into pulse circuits too. Some dude has managed to get 10,000 lumens out of one of these bulbs - running at 17 volts. This is the way that they make them flamethrower torches, as in, igniting bits of paper within a second on turning the torch on.

Pulse circuits??? Smile

Would that work with halogen only or the HID as well?

nah, not with HID. The ballasts would only last less than thirty seconds before loosing the smoke within the elctronics I reckon.

Joined: 31 Aug 2004 Location: Canberra, ACT

bushy555 wrote:

nah, not with HID. The ballasts would only last less than thirty seconds before loosing the smoke within the elctronics I reckon.

heh, fair call.
Keep us posted on the halogen pulsing though... Smile

Joined: 19 Oct 2006 Location: Melb

So if l was to convert my roo lites to HID what kit would l need?

Cheers Chris

Joined: 13 May 2004 Location: Narrandera, NSW

ORSM4B wrote:

So if l was to convert my roo lites to HID what kit would l need?

Cheers Chris

PM sent.

Joined: 23 Jun 2008 Location: GRAFTON

Got a set of these a couple months ago, very happy. Thought the wiring harness was a great set up. What are you guys smoking??