Great build Bigtoy! Hope you could deliver to Philippines once its available.
Can your setup support dimming via potentiometer ? exploring possibility of having a High and Low setting so we can have low for non off-road use and high for off-road sorties.
I missed the fact that there was already a groove for the 0-ring. DUH. 4 more screws in the ‘corners’ would certainly help but have you given any thought to just using a thicker piece of lexan/plexiglass or whatever it is you are using for a lens? Just a thought.
Very nice work. Too bad they’re a little out of my price range. I’ll have to stick with cheap hid’s in cheap housings until I can afford a nice LED light bar like that.
A beamshot with the two outer elliptics now would be nice, curious to see how much better side lighting you have now!
Do you have an idea on availability date? weeks, months, years…
Also, any chance the final product will have a lower price tag?
If you have the time, you might also want to experiment with a 5-unit design where the middle three emitters have larger reflectors (say 55-57mm) and the ones on each side have smaller reflectors and are angled out a few degrees. That will greatly enhance the throw down the center, as well as the flood off to the sides.
Also, when you do the beamshots, try a couple different shutter speeds, say from 2 sec to 6 seconds, I bet it will give you a better depiction of the beam.
Best application I have seen of XM-L technology outside the flashlight world.
Oh, almost forgot. You mentioned the optics being 26.5mm narrow; looks like they use aspherics. Have you tried it without the aspherics?
Looks like a perfect mix of hotspot and spill now, very good! :bigsmile:
Would you say the exposure of the picture reflect the same amount of light your eyes were perceiving? If so that’s really a great offroad light for sure, the wait will be worth!
In the picture, was it still mounted on top of your DR Suzuki? I may be wrong, but light seems to be aimed slightly downward, and maybe it could result a bit more throw if aimed a little higher, don’t you?
The pictures are very close to what you actualy see.
Yes, these pics are taken with the light on the DRZ. I do have the light aimed down. Aiming it up did not gain any throw. It just took away the light righ inf ront of you.
Ok, understand what you mean. There would be some personal preference in choosing aiming, depending on terrain and use. Now hurry up and finish them, you have customers waiting! :bigsmile: