7inch or 9inch spotties

[Gurilla Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Gurilla]

Will be getting my tjm bull bar in the next few months installed and will be getting them to install the Toyota wiring harness and narva oem style switch while there

just a wondering what everyone gets ? 7inch or 9 inch spotties ?

are the 9inch to big for the front of the prado ? Interrupts Anything ? “All the new Toyota fancy crash avoidance etc”

im not overly bothered 9inch look more tough but don’t want to have any dramas if there to big ? Lights will be used once a month maybe if that

[Leethal Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close Leethal]

I believe that 9" lights are fine and do not interfere with the Radar cruise control. I think it is more important to decide what your use will be, that is highway where visible distance is the main goal or off road where you might want flood lighting. Bigger diameter lights should throw more light wider/further all things being equal however from my research most light manufacturers tend to sprout distance, distance and distance at 1 lux or even .25 lux which is in my opinion useless information. Yes 1 lux allows you to read a newspaper but I can't see the bloody newspaper at 900m let alone read the sucker !! So a good wide spread of light, 10 lux or more out to 500 m or so is what I look for.
I picked up a set of new Narva Enhanced Optic 180 mm lights for $200 to try before spending a lot more for the 225 mm version or a set of Stedi's or similar. For a 30 watt led light they perform very well, so well I will probably leave them on and I'm looking at fitting a light bar for use off road.

Lee