|
|
12-21-2006, 11:35 AM
|
#1
|
12 Second Club
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Oradell
Posts: 8,368
|
strobe lights
im lookin to pick up a 4 pack of strobes for my parking lights and high beams, nothin to fancy. i was wondering wat brand the cop cars use and wat wattage and an approx price. there not for show use so no ricer crap either!
__________________
86 Camaro
88 Camaro
95 Impala SS
97 Trans Am WS6
98 Blazer ZR2
00 Corvette
04 CTS-V
07 Sublime Charger Daytona
10 Tahoe SSV
12 Tahoe LT
17 Malibu LT
|
|
|
12-21-2006, 12:12 PM
|
#2
|
Co-Founder / Site Admin
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Ewing, NJ
Posts: 22,473
|
This is the place to find good stuff: Galls
- Justin
__________________
1999 Camry - Beigemobile DD
2002 Suburban - Wife's DD
2004 Grand Cherokee - Not running / Project / Selling?
|
|
|
12-21-2006, 12:58 PM
|
#3
|
Admin.
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Hamilton, NJ
Posts: 20,149
|
I thought strobes were illegal. No?
__________________
Vent Windows Forever!
The looser the waistband, the deeper the quicksand. Or so I have read.
Feather-light suspension, Konis just couldn't hold. I'm so glad I took a look inside your showroom doors.
Hey everybody, it's good to have you on the Baba-too-da-ba-too-ba-ba-buh-doo-ga-ga-bop-a-dop
|
|
|
12-21-2006, 01:00 PM
|
#4
|
Co-Founder / Site Admin
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Ewing, NJ
Posts: 22,473
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by BonzoHansen
I thought strobes were illegal. No?
|
I do believe he's a firefighter.
- Justin
__________________
1999 Camry - Beigemobile DD
2002 Suburban - Wife's DD
2004 Grand Cherokee - Not running / Project / Selling?
|
|
|
12-21-2006, 01:04 PM
|
#5
|
Admin.
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Hamilton, NJ
Posts: 20,149
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Tru2Chevy
I do believe he's a firefighter.
- Justin
|
Oh. Ok. I thought they could only have blue lights, not permanently mounted. And need a permit.
__________________
Vent Windows Forever!
The looser the waistband, the deeper the quicksand. Or so I have read.
Feather-light suspension, Konis just couldn't hold. I'm so glad I took a look inside your showroom doors.
Hey everybody, it's good to have you on the Baba-too-da-ba-too-ba-ba-buh-doo-ga-ga-bop-a-dop
|
|
|
12-21-2006, 01:35 PM
|
#6
|
Co-Founder / Site Admin
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Ewing, NJ
Posts: 22,473
|
I know it's blue only and a permit is required....not sure about the removable part.
- Justin
__________________
1999 Camry - Beigemobile DD
2002 Suburban - Wife's DD
2004 Grand Cherokee - Not running / Project / Selling?
|
|
|
12-21-2006, 06:34 PM
|
#7
|
Stalker
Join Date: Aug 2004
Posts: 12,077
|
galls is a good source, thats where my friends shop
|
|
|
12-21-2006, 07:23 PM
|
#8
|
12 Second Club
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Oradell
Posts: 8,368
|
theres a shady line there lol. you just gotta hide the switch or pull the fuse when you go to inspection. i checked out galls real quick, ive ordered from there before but i didnt see any strobe kits, just replacement bulbs, but ill have to look again.
FYI....just found my blue light permit, all it says is permission is granted for the installation and use of a flashing blue emergency light under section 39:3-50 R.S.
__________________
86 Camaro
88 Camaro
95 Impala SS
97 Trans Am WS6
98 Blazer ZR2
00 Corvette
04 CTS-V
07 Sublime Charger Daytona
10 Tahoe SSV
12 Tahoe LT
17 Malibu LT
|
|
|
12-21-2006, 08:46 PM
|
#9
|
Admin.
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Hamilton, NJ
Posts: 20,149
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Tru2Chevy
I know it's blue only and a permit is required....not sure about the removable part.
- Justin
|
Back in the day, the state guys told us no lights permanently affixed.
__________________
Vent Windows Forever!
The looser the waistband, the deeper the quicksand. Or so I have read.
Feather-light suspension, Konis just couldn't hold. I'm so glad I took a look inside your showroom doors.
Hey everybody, it's good to have you on the Baba-too-da-ba-too-ba-ba-buh-doo-ga-ga-bop-a-dop
|
|
|
12-21-2006, 09:46 PM
|
#10
|
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Central, NJ
Posts: 714
|
This is from the permit application on the mvc website:
( http://www.state.nj.us/mvc/pdf/About/BLC-54C.pdf)
MOUNTING OF LIGHTS; CANDLEPOWER:
No more than two blue lights may be installed on a vehicle. If one light is used, it shall be mounted on the center of the roof; the left windshield column; or the front of the vehicle so that the top of the light is no higher than the top of the vehicle’s headlights. If two blue lights are used, they shall be mounted on either side of the roof at the front of the vehicle directly behind the top of the windshield or on each windshield column.
The blue lights shall be temporarily attached, removable lights of the flashing or revolving type, and shall not exceed seven and one-half inches in diameter. The lights shall have a blue lens and shall be equipped with a lamp of not more than 51 candlepower as measured without a lens. The lights shall be controlled by a switch installed inside the vehicle.
ALTERNATING FLASHING OR STROBE HEADLIGHTS ARE PROHIBITED AND SHALL NOT BE INCORPORATED INTO THE HOUSING OF ANY LIGHTING.
|
|
|
12-21-2006, 10:43 PM
|
#11
|
Admin.
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Hamilton, NJ
Posts: 20,149
|
Not permanent (like that says), that is what I was told. Most of us overlooked it since these guys were volunteers. But the state called us on it once.
__________________
Vent Windows Forever!
The looser the waistband, the deeper the quicksand. Or so I have read.
Feather-light suspension, Konis just couldn't hold. I'm so glad I took a look inside your showroom doors.
Hey everybody, it's good to have you on the Baba-too-da-ba-too-ba-ba-buh-doo-ga-ga-bop-a-dop
Last edited by BonzoHansen; 12-30-2006 at 04:46 PM.
|
|
|
12-30-2006, 01:44 PM
|
#12
|
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Hawthorne NJ
Posts: 824
|
I hear that the blue light laws are getting stricter next year and cops are being told to abide with them. From what I hear you can only have a dash light that is under a certain wattage and it can only be placed on the upper passenger side of your windshiel.
I dont know anyone who listens to that, and I still need a permit. You just fill out the form and send it to the DMV right..?
|
|
|
12-30-2006, 03:12 PM
|
#13
|
12 Second Club
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Oradell
Posts: 8,368
|
my chief got us the form, it was one page and a copy of your drivers lisence and he mailed it in
__________________
86 Camaro
88 Camaro
95 Impala SS
97 Trans Am WS6
98 Blazer ZR2
00 Corvette
04 CTS-V
07 Sublime Charger Daytona
10 Tahoe SSV
12 Tahoe LT
17 Malibu LT
|
|
|
03-21-2007, 10:09 PM
|
#14
|
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: South Jersey -08012
Posts: 321
|
yea i no over here we only need the permit and we can have a blue light . I can ask my buddy who works at bestbuy he did all the guys here cars and it seem to be top of the line strobes
|
|
|
03-26-2007, 05:10 PM
|
#15
|
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Willlow Grove, PA
Posts: 142
|
yo man, my good friend is a fire police in PA and he gets his stuff from a place called whelen engineering, they sell all kinds of high quality strobes and lights. heres their site...
www.whelen.com
__________________
|
|
|
04-11-2007, 09:39 PM
|
#16
|
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Hawthorne, New Jersey
Posts: 516
|
Whelen is the major company that makes light bars/strobes.
All the cops around here primarily use whelen and come to think of it we got one of the high end whelen led light bars on our flatbed
They definitly make a good product.
|
|
|
04-15-2007, 04:18 PM
|
#17
|
Join Date: Jun 2006
Posts: 22
|
I got my strobe pack from sirennet.net. They shipped fast and were cheap.
__________________
96' Z28 -
Pypes Pro-V Catback Exhaust
Autometer Gauges
|
|
|
05-28-2007, 05:40 PM
|
#18
|
Join Date: May 2007
Posts: 4
|
the best company to get strobes from is Whelen engineering. that is what is used on all the police and other emergency vehicles use. I"m an ambulance electrician and whelen products are all we use. HTH
|
|
|
03-01-2008, 03:16 PM
|
#19
|
12 Second Club
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Oradell
Posts: 8,368
|
alright, finally got something! went up to the whelen store in pearl river ny and got a 2 pack of the new LED Hide-A-Ways! they work and act like strobes but are LED's. they are installed like strobes, i drilled 1/2in hole in each parking light and screwed them in and sealed em up nice. ran all the wiring and put a nice little switch where the rear defrost switch would be lol. basicly there are 16 LED's per head, 4 on each side so they can reflect off the insides of the lense. theres like 85 patterns to choose from but i went with the typical 3 flash per side pattern.
ill make a video and post it up !
__________________
86 Camaro
88 Camaro
95 Impala SS
97 Trans Am WS6
98 Blazer ZR2
00 Corvette
04 CTS-V
07 Sublime Charger Daytona
10 Tahoe SSV
12 Tahoe LT
17 Malibu LT
|
|
|
03-01-2008, 04:03 PM
|
#20
|
12 Second Club
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Oradell
Posts: 8,368
|
95 z28 with whelen LED Hide-A-Ways
yea camera sucks, they are actually very bright lol
__________________
86 Camaro
88 Camaro
95 Impala SS
97 Trans Am WS6
98 Blazer ZR2
00 Corvette
04 CTS-V
07 Sublime Charger Daytona
10 Tahoe SSV
12 Tahoe LT
17 Malibu LT
Last edited by maroman88; 03-01-2008 at 04:54 PM.
|
|
|
03-01-2008, 04:31 PM
|
#21
|
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Boston/North
Posts: 9,214
|
not bad, just hope you have something else to supplement them, be hard to see them so low
__________________
Quote:
Originally Posted by BonzoHansen
dumbass.
|
|
|
|
03-01-2008, 04:48 PM
|
#22
|
12 Second Club
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Oradell
Posts: 8,368
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Knipps
not bad, just hope you have something else to supplement them, be hard to see them so low
|
yeaa i got a ncie little dash LED light mounted up behind the rear view mirror
__________________
86 Camaro
88 Camaro
95 Impala SS
97 Trans Am WS6
98 Blazer ZR2
00 Corvette
04 CTS-V
07 Sublime Charger Daytona
10 Tahoe SSV
12 Tahoe LT
17 Malibu LT
|
|
|
03-01-2008, 09:30 PM
|
#23
|
Admin.
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Hamilton, NJ
Posts: 20,149
|
Why do you want those lights?
They look very cool. I'm just not sure when you can use them.
__________________
Vent Windows Forever!
The looser the waistband, the deeper the quicksand. Or so I have read.
Feather-light suspension, Konis just couldn't hold. I'm so glad I took a look inside your showroom doors.
Hey everybody, it's good to have you on the Baba-too-da-ba-too-ba-ba-buh-doo-ga-ga-bop-a-dop
Last edited by BonzoHansen; 03-01-2008 at 09:30 PM.
|
|
|
03-01-2008, 09:41 PM
|
#24
|
12 Second Club
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Oradell
Posts: 8,368
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by BonzoHansen
Why do you want those lights?
They look very cool. I'm just not sure when you can use them.
|
read up thru the thread, its an oldie
__________________
86 Camaro
88 Camaro
95 Impala SS
97 Trans Am WS6
98 Blazer ZR2
00 Corvette
04 CTS-V
07 Sublime Charger Daytona
10 Tahoe SSV
12 Tahoe LT
17 Malibu LT
|
|
|
03-01-2008, 09:50 PM
|
#25
|
Co-Founder / Site Admin
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Ewing, NJ
Posts: 22,473
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by BonzoHansen
Why do you want those lights?
They look very cool. I'm just not sure when you can use them.
|
He's a firefighter...
- Justin
__________________
1999 Camry - Beigemobile DD
2002 Suburban - Wife's DD
2004 Grand Cherokee - Not running / Project / Selling?
|
|
|
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
|
|
|