Spotlights for MG5 facelift

[Julian Edwards]

MG5 facelift 24 plate.
I would like to fit spotlights and wondered if anyone has found a supplier for suitable lights.

The headlights don't give good coverage when turning in dark lanes and I don't think just making them brighter is the answer.

I have seen adverts for spotlights to fit the the old shape.

 

[Paulie68]

MG5 facelift 24 plate.
I would like to fit spotlights and wondered if anyone has found a supplier for suitable lights.

The headlights don't give good coverage when turning in dark lanes and I don't think just making them brighter is the answer.

I have seen adverts for spotlights to fit the the old shape.

The old car could be retro fitted with Roewe Ie5 lights as that had them as an option and used the same bumper. The facelift of the Ie5 doesn't have that option, so there's no factory fit type solution.

For someone with the talent to do so, a set of 4"/100mm round spot lights could be fitted in the position shown in the picture below in the blanked area of the lower grille, either side of the radiator, but it won't be straightforward. Carefully drilling out the grille with a suitable sized hole saw and fabricating suitable bracketry to neatly mount the lights allowing for correct alignment is certainly possible with the right skill set. It's something I've considered, but don't really find the lights to be lacking on mine.

Something like this for the lights.

UNIVERSAL 12v CLEAR ROUND FOG SPOT LIGHTS LAMPS LIGHT 101MM 4" E-MARKED NEW | eBay

SET OF UNIVERSAL CLEAR SPOT FOG LIGHTS.

www.ebay.co.uk

Be aware though, when using auxiliary spotlights, by law, they can only be wired to come on with high beams, not low beam.

 

[Julian Edwards]

Thanks for this information.

 

[Gomev]

When I was younger there was a difference between spot lamps (used as additional lighting) and fog lamps (for driving in fog).
This difference appears to have disappeared in terminology.

 

[Julian Edwards]

Yes indeed, I need something pointing down and to the side

 

[Paulie68]

When I was younger there was a difference between spot lamps (used as additional lighting) and fog lamps (for driving in fog).
This difference appears to have disappeared in terminology.

It's still the same as it was, but people get confused. Spot lights are to augment high beams to throw out huge gobs of extra light and you can pretty much have as many as you like, but they can only be used in conjunction with high beam lighting.

Fog lights have to throw a low wide beam across the road ahead and can only be used in conjunction with sidelights and low beam lighting, and then only in fog conditions. Fog lights are also next to useless if you do try to use them as spot lights due to the beam pattern!

For Julian, I'm not sure what would work, it can't be fog lights, and additional spotlights aren't going to work to help with cornering when there's other traffic about and you can't use high beam.

 

[Julian Edwards]

Thanks, I will have to employ someone to walk in front with a torch.

 

[Paulie68]

Yes indeed, I need something pointing down and to the side

I've not noticed any issue with mine, have you checked your alignment? Maybe your light beams aren't set right.

Also, I'm assuming you've tried dropping them to the lowest setting with the adjuster switch on the dash?

 

[Julian Edwards]

I have been trying different settings, the blind spot is quite significant. I do wonder if MG use more than one supplier of headlights. Some owners seem very happy others don't.

 

[Katmandu]

Hi
I am a new owner of a 74 reg 5 trophy long range and I am old enough to remember using fog and spotlights back in the 60s and 70s. I fitted a rectangular set to my A35.
Fog lights as a pevious response said have a wide narrow beam and were mounted in pairs low down to avoid excess reflection from the fog
Spot lights would be mounted in pairs above bumper height right hand pointing left and left hand pointing right so that you could "see round the corner". Rally cars had a pair for forward and a pair each for left and right hence the large banks of lights they carried on night stages.
In those days you would have two switches one for the fog and one for the spots, there was no requirement to link them to main beams which would have made a lot more sense.
None of the beams were that strong unless you could afford loads of Cibies like the rally cars.

 

[salty]

Hi
I am a new owner of a 74 reg 5 trophy long range and I am old enough to remember using fog and spotlights back in the 60s and 70s. I fitted a rectangular set to my A35.
Fog lights as a pevious response said have a wide narrow beam and were mounted in pairs low down to avoid excess reflection from the fog
Spot lights would be mounted in pairs above bumper height right hand pointing left and left hand pointing right so that you could "see round the corner". Rally cars had a pair for forward and a pair each for left and right hence the large banks of lights they carried on night stages.
In those days you would have two switches one for the fog and one for the spots, there was no requirement to link them to main beams which would have made a lot more sense.
None of the beams were that strong unless you could afford loads of Cibies like the rally cars.

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