17-03-2016, 02:06 PM
Hi.
Even my 16 year old car has a 120amp alternator!
My first car was a 1960 VW 1200 with 6v candles, terrible lights and quite dangerous. In fact my 1975 BMW 2002 Tii didn't have great lights either even though they were H4 Halogens!
I suppose I was naughty in my time, I bought a brand new Skoda 120LSE in 1980, it had 5 1/4 inch twin lights, it already had decent wiring and relays for main and dip mounted in the boot (twas in the front) and the lights were good, I went daft with it though and bought a PAL alternator off Skoda Motorsport rated at 90 amps, I fitted 100/80 main/dip bulbs for the outside lamps and 100w H1 for the inners that came on on main beam, 400 watts on full beam was awesome.
Contrary to my previous comments I have found the need for brighter lights, maybe an age thing, maybe because of brighter lights on other cars, the lack of white-lining these days or even badly aligned lights, I just don't know. May I say I have been caught out at night something that didn't even occur in the 6v Beetle.
This is one reason I think the regs need to tightened up, the Rover is low slung and you don't stand a chance with bright and poorly adjusted lights from today's large 4x4 and SUV vehicles. All vehicles should conform to the same lumen output not a big spread of difference in output, being blinded from the rear via your door mirrors is another hazard, fortunately my auto dimming mirror inside works and exceptionally fast but that facility doesn't extend to the door mirrors.
Even my 16 year old car has a 120amp alternator!
My first car was a 1960 VW 1200 with 6v candles, terrible lights and quite dangerous. In fact my 1975 BMW 2002 Tii didn't have great lights either even though they were H4 Halogens!
I suppose I was naughty in my time, I bought a brand new Skoda 120LSE in 1980, it had 5 1/4 inch twin lights, it already had decent wiring and relays for main and dip mounted in the boot (twas in the front) and the lights were good, I went daft with it though and bought a PAL alternator off Skoda Motorsport rated at 90 amps, I fitted 100/80 main/dip bulbs for the outside lamps and 100w H1 for the inners that came on on main beam, 400 watts on full beam was awesome.
Contrary to my previous comments I have found the need for brighter lights, maybe an age thing, maybe because of brighter lights on other cars, the lack of white-lining these days or even badly aligned lights, I just don't know. May I say I have been caught out at night something that didn't even occur in the 6v Beetle.
This is one reason I think the regs need to tightened up, the Rover is low slung and you don't stand a chance with bright and poorly adjusted lights from today's large 4x4 and SUV vehicles. All vehicles should conform to the same lumen output not a big spread of difference in output, being blinded from the rear via your door mirrors is another hazard, fortunately my auto dimming mirror inside works and exceptionally fast but that facility doesn't extend to the door mirrors.
