Spotlights

[V8Wagon]

Ya just don't seem 'em fitted to cars anymore. Did people fit 'em years ago because standard lights were rubbish?

Check out these big beauties....they so don't look right on a modern car!


http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/02-Saab-9-5-AERO-HOT-250...

[Perd Hapley]

They do look wk on modern cars. But then, they looked terrible on a lot of classics too! I think you need a big flat grille to pull off the look. Classic Minis, for example.

[Waugh-terfall]

Have wondered myself, there's a Skoda Octavia Minicab in the city I went to Uni in with some rectangular spots, it looks awful but I guess he does a fair few miles around the country lanes.

On the other hand, my mate has spots on his MINI Cooper, I'm in the market for one, and if I don't buy one with, I'll have them fitted. Not sure what it is about them, but personally I think they look good on MINIs. Can't say the same for any others though really... Save, maybe, Land Rovers with A-Frames or the outgoing Range Rover with an A-Frame, not sure about the new one...

[HustleRussell]

It's the rally influence! Rally cars nowadays don't have chrome bezel halogen spotlights bolted on the grille...

[simonh100]

Agree the spotlights look naff on a modern car, but in defence it looks like the seller lives out in the country so needs all the light he can get! Even makes mention of them in the ad.

[Lemonyfresh]

What a way to ruin a perfectly good 9-5 aero! It's not like the factory xenons/blubs are pants and need upgrading!

They just look utter cack IMO and unless you need x-ray watever you are pointing them at (or are a rally driver!) then they are not needed on public roads. Fair enough if they re being used to light things up on a farm or something along those lines however.