Anyone use landing lights offroad???

BPB · Mar 20, 2009

A customer gave me a pair of aircraft landing lights. They are in housings that look like the round 5" chrome harbor freight lights. I pulled them apart to paint them. They have a sealed GE light that says aircraft landing not for high way use. They are 13v 100w. I hooked one to the battery in my subi and just one illuminated a tree about a 1/4 mile down my street. They seem to have a fairly focused beam. but I think that these will work great in conjunction with a wider focusing pair of lights.

Johnnie Walker · Mar 20, 2009

Very nice!

redneck · Mar 20, 2009

They should work well. It will be about $30 a bulb to replace when they burn out. http://www.aircraftspruce.com/menus/el/landinglights_zlamps.html

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kennzz05 · Mar 20, 2009

pics please

Begster · Mar 20, 2009

I know a guy who had a single aircraft landing light mounted on the flat part of his fender on his TJ. He said it was bright as hell, but I never saw him turn it on.

xjhd4me · Mar 20, 2009

i had some, but they aren't rated for that many hours of use and are expensive to replace

C85D4x4 · Mar 20, 2009

If you under power them, they probably will last longer.

jeeperjohn · Mar 21, 2009

Just get some harbor freight cheapies and put some sylvania silverstar bulbs in and I assure you you'll be happy with the result.

XJ_Otto · Mar 21, 2009

xjhd4me said:
i had some, but they aren't rated for that many hours of use and are expensive to replace

This is the thing I would worry about. Im an aircraft mechanic and these lights arent used for a long time continuously. Maybe 30 mins to an hour but thats about it. Otherwise, Ive thought about using some 727 landing lights, but unfortunately they are 24V so no go. If you got them for free...no harm in trying it out tho!

Silver60th · Mar 21, 2009

If they die, you could buy a new set of lights for the price of just the bulbs. I bought the squarish ones from walmart (that say BAJA on the covers) and they work great for what they are.

pierrexj · Mar 21, 2009

Maybe you could try them as fog lights ,as regular fog lights never seem to do the job in heavy fog,I bet this ones will..!

Anyone use landing lights offroad???

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