spoonana
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| posted on 8/12/13 at 02:50 PM |
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Headlights for Tiger Cat
Anyone have any thoughts or suggestions as I'm thinking of changing my headlights on my Tiger Cat
I currently have 7" and was looking at these:
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/321252591718?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649
they're from furoreltd
Is that member Russbost, if so I'd rather buy from a member.
Cheers
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snowy2
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| posted on 8/12/13 at 06:01 PM |
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Dominators.....they look good........BUT and its a big BUT, on main beam they are quite good (my car has twin lights) but on dip beam you would better
off with a hand held torch! they are VERY poor on dip beam......my car was able (due to its age 1979 reg.) to have 4 dip beams all at 100W and even
then dip was not good.
sometimes you are the pigeon, most of the time the statue.
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russbost
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| posted on 8/12/13 at 07:29 PM |
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Snowy2 I would have a suspicion that either your dominators are not from us (there are many different qualities of Dominator out there, they are not
all the same) or they are not connected correctly. I have seen in the past people have them connected such that on dip beam they bring on both dip
& main filaments but at 6V each, hence very low levels of light!
I can post up some pics of Dominator dip beam patterns if you want, they are certainly far from a hand held torch! If you compare them to our
projector headlights, then true there is no comparison, but then you're comparing a £32 light with a £100 (or thereabouts) light, not really a
fair comparison.
I would say the dip & main patterns on the Dominator headlights compare very similarly to traditional 5 & 3/4 & 7" headlights.
Don't forget if we are dealing direct rather than thro' ebay I can always do a little better on the price
I no longer run Furore Products or Furore Cars Ltd, but would still highly recommend them for Acewell dashes, projector headlights, dominator
headlights, indicators, mirrors etc, best prices in the UK! Take a look at http://www.furoreproducts.co.uk/ or find more parts on Ebay, user names
furoreltd & furoreproducts, discounts available for LCB users.
Don't forget Stainless Steel Braided brake hoses, made to your exact requirements in any of around 16 colours.
http://shop.ebay.co.uk/furoreproducts/m.html?_dmd=1&_ipg=50&_sop=12&_rdc=1
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serieslandy
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| posted on 8/12/13 at 07:30 PM |
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I'm building mine at the moment and took it for a quick run last night and my cheap led torch (not even a decent one) was brighter than the
dominators on dipped.
They still look good though.
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serieslandy
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| posted on 10/12/13 at 08:35 PM |
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I'm glad you said that Russ, I couldn't figure out why I had a dim full beam light on whilst only dipped beam on. It turned out I had the
earth and main beam connections round the wrong way. There MUCH brighter now.
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russbost
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| posted on 10/12/13 at 08:48 PM |
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Well that's the only way I could ever see them being that bad! 
I no longer run Furore Products or Furore Cars Ltd, but would still highly recommend them for Acewell dashes, projector headlights, dominator
headlights, indicators, mirrors etc, best prices in the UK! Take a look at http://www.furoreproducts.co.uk/ or find more parts on Ebay, user names
furoreltd & furoreproducts, discounts available for LCB users.
Don't forget Stainless Steel Braided brake hoses, made to your exact requirements in any of around 16 colours.
http://shop.ebay.co.uk/furoreproducts/m.html?_dmd=1&_ipg=50&_sop=12&_rdc=1
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NOTE:This user is registered as a LocostBuilders trader and may offer commercial services to other users
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snowy2
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| posted on 11/12/13 at 12:07 PM |
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As I said on main beam they were awesome. ....but on dip the flat dip pattern was very bright but even when set "high" just didnt light
the road ahead very well in comparison my old 7"sealed beams were better on dip.
I tried lower wattage bulbs in the lamps to reduce the contrast at the cutoff point on the road to see if my vision was better but it made little or
no difference
sometimes you are the pigeon, most of the time the statue.
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