Cibie Super Oscars - spotlights
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Hello all,
Do any of you classic owners race/rally your car?
I am rally prepping my Citroen DS and am looking for some spotlights. A lot of people have suggested the Cibie Super Oscar, have any of you used them? Wondering just how bright/effective they are. I'll be doing night stages through the Alps and other low/no light areas.
This is the kind of thing i'm considering...
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NAWvt_z8I9I/TKJBj3MpefI/...
Do any of you classic owners race/rally your car?
I am rally prepping my Citroen DS and am looking for some spotlights. A lot of people have suggested the Cibie Super Oscar, have any of you used them? Wondering just how bright/effective they are. I'll be doing night stages through the Alps and other low/no light areas.
This is the kind of thing i'm considering...
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NAWvt_z8I9I/TKJBj3MpefI/...
check the regs out whilst we might all remember pics of cars rallying with lots of lights on, nowadays the regs on lighting are very tight . if you have twin bulb type lights then unless you undo the main beam wiring you cannot fit them. if you have single lights then 1 pair of aux lights can be fitted but this also includes any fogs .
djone101 said:
We used to run a pair them back in the day on a Manta A - great spread of light, better than the Oscar + we found. For long range lights we supplemented them with a pair of KC daylighters (with obligatory smiley lamp covers.
I had a pair on KC Daylighters on my manta with smiley facesthey defo are bright
Superb lights, you won't be disappointed.
I had a couple (one 'driving' and one 'long range' fitted with 100W bulbs) on my Landcruiser in Oz 15 years ago. Could see over 600m down the road and a nice wide spread too.
Was cruising down the WA coast one night with them on at about 90kmh, a car came up behind and after a few seconds proceeded to overtake. As he drew along side I flicked the dip switch and he stood on the brakes as everything got very dark in front of us. Pretty funny.
I had a couple (one 'driving' and one 'long range' fitted with 100W bulbs) on my Landcruiser in Oz 15 years ago. Could see over 600m down the road and a nice wide spread too.
Was cruising down the WA coast one night with them on at about 90kmh, a car came up behind and after a few seconds proceeded to overtake. As he drew along side I flicked the dip switch and he stood on the brakes as everything got very dark in front of us. Pretty funny.
I've used Oscars (both normal and Super) and are excellent. For what you've got in mind, don't have two long range ones though, they're pencil beams and no good for the twisty stuff. If that's what you've ended up with, look for a 'drive' pattern lens for one of them, it'll give you a better light mix. And get a pair of stabilisers for them, the wobbling will start after a few miles no matter how tight you've bolted them down.
I also wouldn't worry about huge bulbs, decent quality 55w bulbs will be fine, they don't get as hot and you'll hardly notice the difference.
After mine eventually rotted out inside, I tried Hella 2000's and PIAA 80's. Personally, I like the PIAA's best but they're all top quality lights and look the part. The modern road rally boys have gone loopy over Lightforce from Oz but they look pretty bonkers.
I also wouldn't worry about huge bulbs, decent quality 55w bulbs will be fine, they don't get as hot and you'll hardly notice the difference.
After mine eventually rotted out inside, I tried Hella 2000's and PIAA 80's. Personally, I like the PIAA's best but they're all top quality lights and look the part. The modern road rally boys have gone loopy over Lightforce from Oz but they look pretty bonkers.
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