Driving lights

[lesstatt]

If i mounted some nice driving lights in the nose of my chim as per the griffith would it affect the cooling much enough to bother about. I was thinking of some of the small ones like on a mini, or if anyone has photoshop or a car like that already can i see a pic please

[Barreti]

[heavy breathing mode]

You cannot fight forever Lesstatt.
Give yourself to the dark side.
Its the only way you can save your sanity.

[/heavy breathing mode]

[WokingWedger]

I seem to remember Daz (siliconekid) did this ( or I may just be going mad)

[lesstatt]

I am actually considering changing chim in the spring, i had it nearly 4 years and do fancy a change, quite fancy 5L griff or a Tuscan, always liked the griff look and prob easier to look after than a Tuscan so you never know, trouble is will i be welcome after a chim ?

[SILICONEKID340HP]

lesstatt said:

I am actually considering changing chim in the spring, i had it nearly 4 years and do fancy a change, quite fancy 5L griff or a Tuscan, always liked the griff look and prob easier to look after than a Tuscan so you never know, trouble is will i be welcome after a chim ?

Your not welcome now only joking

I would not class a Griff has a change,its the same car. but double the price and older..I quite like the Tamora

Edited by SILICONEKID340HP on Friday 18th November 13:30

[lesstatt]

Always fancied a Tuscan, just need to find one with full rebuild at reputable place with no issues and all ok, immaculate paint and interior, everything working and less than 30,000 miles for around 13K, any offers ?

[lesstatt]

I would not class a Griff has a change,its the same car. but double the price and older..I quite like the Tamora

Yeah griff is basically the same car but i do fancy a 5L and dont wnt a 5L Chim as i had a Chim for 4 years and fancy looking and sitting in something diff

[lesstatt]

SILICONEKID340HP said:

Im looking at Tamora`s

I like the front of those but not the back, got a big wide ass on it and not in a good way

[SILICONEKID340HP]

lesstatt said:

I would not class a Griff has a change,its the same car. but double the price and older..I quite like the Tamora

Yeah griff is basically the same car but i do fancy a 5L and dont wnt a 5L Chim as i had a Chim for 4 years and fancy looking and sitting in something diff

Have you thought about buying a 5l Chimaers with a different dash board something different to look at !

[lesstatt]

SILICONEKID340HP said:

Have you thought about buying a 5l Chimaers with a different dash board something different to look at !

Yeah thats a Griff isnt it !!!!!!!!!

[FlipFlopGriff]

SILICONEKID340HP said:

I would not class a Griff as a change, its the same car. double the price (hence desirable), older (by months), better looking, better handling and not a womans car - I quite like the Tamora (another tarts car).

Edited by SILICONEKID340HP on Friday 18th November 13:30

EFA. If its the same car it wouldn't be called a Griff.
FFG

[lesstatt]

To try and get back on topic................. what about the lights ?

[haircutmike]

I thought about the extra light malarky as most of my night driving is countryside.

Come on photoshop man!

[Ron McC]

lesstatt said:

If i mounted some nice driving lights in the nose of my chim as per the griffith would it affect the cooling much enough to bother about. I was thinking of some of the small ones like on a mini, or if anyone has photoshop or a car like that already can i see a pic please

Hi Mate,

I had driving lights fitted to my Chim years ago, originally they were wired into the main-beam wiring loom & only came on when main-beam was used. Last year I had X-Works re-route the wiring & they used the instrument light on/off switch under the dash to operate the driving lights & the instrument lights now wired into the sidelight switch. Never had a problem with overheating either.



Cheers.

Ron McC BOF246T & L627YAY

[lesstatt]

Now that looks good, mine has the later nose with the bar in the middle, would have to be careful with size etc

What are they bolted to, is the fibreglass strong enough with big washers etc to spread load

[Ron McC]

lesstatt said:

Now that looks good, mine has the later nose with the bar in the middle, would have to be careful with size etc

What are they bolted to, is the fibreglass strong enough with big washers etc to spread load

Hi, you can just see the heads of the chrome mounting bolts sticking out from the underside of the car. They hold the brackets in place which the lights are mounted to. As far as I can remember there are thick wide washers under the heads of the bolts spreading the "load".

Cheers matey.

Ron McC

[haircutmike]

Looks good Ron.

I have a Mk 1 grill as well.

I intend to ditch the grill, cut away the horrible turned up edge of the fibreglass opening, mount a black grill in front of my oil cooler and rad and mount a couple of driving lights similar to yours,...that's the winter plan anyhoo!