At last I have managed to find a pair of rectangular shaped NEOLITE halogen auxiliary driving lamps for my 2005 M-800. I always wanted a rectangular shaped halogen one as it suits M-800 very well. Last year when I did a complete rework of my car, I settled down for a local made auxiliary lamp which was pathetic in terms of light throw though it was extremely bright. Markets are flooded with lot of LED lights. But, I wanted to maintain the period looks of my car.
Fortunately, I visited Nitin Automobiles, J.C Road , Bangalore today and got a pair of NEOLITE Rally 1100 for Rs.720 . I have seen them working on few cars long time back and the throw was pretty good. The product number is NEO-954 .Build quality is not that great and I would rate it 3/5 with the initial impressions.
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At the same time, I was looking for a replacement for NEOLITE 1010 in my Ambassador. The reflector and the outer stone shield cover had become too old .I wanted to get a NEOLITE 1010 even now as I was happy with the performance and value for money. But, I got a chance to look at AUTOPAL auxiliary driving light HL-445 and I was really impressed. Though this is a very old model,build quality is far superior to NEOLITE 1010. The back case is some sort of metal(very strong and durable) and the stone shield is very solid and doesn't bend like my old one. Reflector+glass are normal 700 headlamp ones . They don't come with bulbs and they are H3 compatible. I procured a pair of AUTOPAL lights for Rs.1000 and got a pair of white H3 Bosch bulbs for Rs.78.
I have seen these lights on few old Ambassadors and they were excellent.
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I am yet to fix it and need to see how it works. I shall write a quick review once I get these fixed to my cars.