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60-0040 Baja Designs LaPaz Rock Guard Cover - BLACK
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List Price: $9.95
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Item Number: BD 60-0040
Manufacturer: Baja Designs
Manufacturer Part No: 60-0040
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The 60-0040 Baja Designs LaPaz Rock Guard Cover - BLACK
The B60-0040 Baja Designs LaPaz Rock Guard Cover - BLACK is cheap insurance in order to protect the glass lens of the light.
This 60-0040 Baja Designs LaPaz Rock Guard Cover - BLACK rock guard will protect your Soltek LaPaz Light from flying debris that you will encounter.
Since the 60-0040 Baja Designs LaPaz Rock Guard Cover is a BLACK 60-004 Black Guard is Black it allows you to legally drive with more then 6 lights on your on road vehicle..
The 60-0040 Baja Designs LaPaz Rock Guard Cover is a must have option in order to protect your Lapaz lights from debris on the street or off road.
INFORMATION ABOUT LIGHT MEASUREMENT
A Lumen is the total output of light by a source. This is different
from candlepower, which only measures the light brightness from a
single point within a beam of light. Candlepower ratings can be
deceptive and/or misleading since the user is rarely told at what point
the measurement is made. For instance, a tightly focused beam of light
may rate a high candlepower but if that light only falls on a few
square inches yards away, the light is generally less than useful. An
extreme example of such would be the candlepower measurement of a laser
pointer. While the candlepower would be extremely great, the light
would be near useless for illumination. A 35 Watt HID bulb is rated at
3800 Lumens.
Color Temperature is a measurement in Degrees Kelvin that indicates the
hue of a specific type of light source. Many people have the
misconception that color temperature is a rating of the brightness of
the bulb or HID kit. This belief is completely false. The reality is
that the higher the color temperature, the less useable the light
output.
A perfect example would be a black light. This light has a color
temperature of approx 12,000k and has almost no usable light or lumens
output. Higher K HID kits such as 7000k, 7500k, etc. have been
manufactured for that distinctive blue/purple look as opposed to actual
usable light that they produce. The standard HID color temperature is
about 4300 K, which is approximately the same color temperature as
sunlight. This is the most efficient color for the human eye. Halogen
bulbs have a color temperature of around 3200K, which makes them appear
more yellow in color.
All 35 watt HID lamps of the same color temperature are going to have
the same lighting output 3800 Lumens. This is why the design of the
lens and its optics are the most important factor in an off-road light.
If the light does not illuminate what you need to see, then it is not
doing the job you need it to do.
LIGHTING PATTERNS AND OPTICS
Most lights on the market were designed for on-road vehicles where
lighting challenges are much simpler. Because an off-road car typically
has considerably more suspension travel and body pitch, and also faces
a greater variety of terrain (hills, ditches, holes, dunes, rocks,
etc); lights that work well on a street vehicle are not necessarily
optimal on an off-road vehicle. The best off-road lighting system
consists of multiple lights of different beam patterns. Wide, smooth
patterns that cover the terrain near to the vehicle, and more narrowly
focused lights for high-speed/distance.
There are several different shapes and sizes of lights - round, square,
rectangle, elliptical, etc. The most commonly used shape in off-roading
is a round light in various sizes from 2” to 9”. As a basic rule, the
larger the reflector the more light distribution you will get. However,
because there are so many different applications, there is a need for
the smaller lights as well. The elliptical and rectangle shaped lights
are primarily used where space is limited or a certain “style” is
desired.
There are three basic “patterns” of lights commonly used - “Flood”
(Fog), “Driving” (Euro), and “Pencil” (Spot). A “pattern” describes the
type of light distribution. In describing these different patterns we
will refer to two key terms - “sharp cut-off” and “hot spot”. A “Sharp
cut-off” is where the light distribution drops off dramatically
creating a horizontal or vertical line into darkness. With the pitch
and roll of the vehicle the sharp cut-off affects your ability to see
where you need to see. A “Hot spot” is when there is an intense
concentration of light in a small area. Hot spots can be very
distracting while driving off road; your eyes tend to focus on just
that spot bouncing out in front of you.
A Flood light should be mounted as low as possible on the vehicle.
These lights are typically designed for use in heavy fog or dust. They
have a very sharp cut-off at the top of the pattern but have wide
peripheral distribution. In this case a sharp cut-off is designed into
the pattern in order not to have the light reflect off the fog or dust
back into your eyes but rather cut below the fog or dust. These lights
should not be considered as a main light source for off-roading. If
space and power permits they would be useful for the conditions
described above.
Driving lights are used for 75% of the driving conditions off road.
This is your main source of light; therefore the light distribution is
critical. The ideal Driving light would not have any sharp cut-offs or
intense hot spots. You want to have smooth transitions from light to
dark along with putting light where you need it. These lights give you
good peripheral vision along with decent distance.
Pencil lights are designed to illuminate the trail way up in front of
you. In order to achieve this, the light distribution is concentrated
in a small area. The ideal Pencil light would offer great distance
illumination without that intense hot spot. Whenever possible, this
light should be mounted high on the car. We recommend that you turn off
the Pencil lights when driving in tight, technical terrain so the light
doesn’t distract you.
With all of this said, it should be clear that there is a lot more to a
light than how bright it is or how cool it looks.
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