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[oliver122]

Edited by oliver122, 31 October 2014 - 06:44 PM.

[nicklouse]

Used to run 2 up 2 down back in the day. But I was also doing "Navigational" exercises etc.

But your car looks a bit clean.

[mininuts]

Here's a couple of pics taken in the mid 80s. First one at Stanford Hall in 1986. Second one is my late best mates 850 taken, again, at Stanford in 1985.

[MiniMonty]

this is my mini

 

 

Thats a very pretty car as is - and two by two lights are just chavvy.

Get two sweet spots and fit them inside and under the headlights - or maybe do nothing.

 

LESS IS MORE !

[Cooperman]

Having 4 spot/driving/fog lights was originally a feature of rally cars. The reason the 2-up, 2-down is not as popular as 4-across-the-front is because when the rally car needs servicing the two upper lights tend to get in the way of access to the engine and can get moved out of adjustment. Then they may well not get re-set before the next section. I know that is why I mount mine on a horizontal bracket across the front.

In the event that the lights need to be removed quickly from rally cars a single beam fixed with 3 bolts onto low brackets makes it a couple of minutes work to remove all four.

Then, when only two are fitted, as for UK road rallies where 4 extra lights are not allowed, there are no projections with a straight bar, but with 2-up 2-down the mounting lugs have to have padding added to make them legal.

That is the basic history of fitting 4 additional lights.

However, some rally drivers like their main additional driving lights mounted as high as possible, but that's a personal thing really.

[mr cooke]

Thanks for all the feed back and the pics , love the pics from the 80's

think I am going to run 4 across

Thanks all

[carcrazy]

this is my mini

am I right in reading your reg.... B380 MHF

I hope it is as this was my old mini I called her Betty blue

she had a 998 with twin carbs 12g940 head and a rc40 she went like stink!!!!!

the seats were narrowed alfa romeo ones it was surf blue black roof with grp2 arches and polished excacton mini special alloys

I only live in cheddleton, and sold it to someone as a runaround about 40 miles away about 4-5 years ago

if it is get in touch I would love to know more about her I do miss her!!