whelen tir3 leds

kb9suy · Post by **kb9suy** » Mon Oct 25, 2004 7:31 pm

Holy freakin crap. I just bought 2 tir3s whelen leds mounted on the grill. They are so freakin bright you cant even look at them. My dodge dakota has a blue/blue talon above the mirror tir3 led blue/blue on the grill, strobes in the amber corners an a blue deckblaster modified to a remote powersupply. it litterlly is so bright i think i might have to remove the deck blaster so i dont kill someone. Just though i would let everyone know. go buy a set.

nmfire10 · Post by **nmfire10** » Tue Oct 26, 2004 7:13 am

They are a damn amazing piece of warning equipment. The best part about them is the sync ability. You can get all the fancy patterns and not need an external power supply or flasher.

tvsjr · Post by **tvsjr** » Tue Oct 26, 2004 12:36 pm

Has anyone played with mounting two TIR3s either end-to-end (ending up with almost a dual-head TIR6) or side-by-side? Is my understanding correct that Whelen makes brackets to mount a pair of these lights in this fashion? Any ideas on part numbers?

I'm in need of better intersection protection, and have seen excellent results from mounting lights on the side of the pushbumper, facing left and right (so when you nose out into an intersection just a hair, you have those lights directly in the faces of the drivers). I'm thinking a red and a blue synced on each side would look really nice - thoughts? I'm allowed to run any color, so that's not an issue.

KitN1MCC · Post by **KitN1MCC** » Tue Oct 26, 2004 5:52 pm

well u can mount 2 tir3 in differnt locations than the 6's plus they work go in the gil easyer as well

nmfire10 · Post by **nmfire10** » Tue Oct 26, 2004 7:52 pm

tvsjr wrote:Has anyone played with mounting two TIR3s either end-to-end (ending up with almost a dual-head TIR6) or side-by-side? Is my understanding correct that Whelen makes brackets to mount a pair of these lights in this fashion? Any ideas on part numbers?

I'm in need of better intersection protection, and have seen excellent results from mounting lights on the side of the pushbumper, facing left and right (so when you nose out into an intersection just a hair, you have those lights directly in the faces of the drivers). I'm thinking a red and a blue synced on each side would look really nice - thoughts? I'm allowed to run any color, so that's not an issue.

http://store.yahoo.com/sirennet/newwhtisuled.html
Look at the bottom for the brackets Whelen makes for them. If you are side mounting them, you shouldn't need any brackets. You can just mount them on the side face of the push bumper.

tvsjr · Post by **tvsjr** » Tue Oct 26, 2004 9:32 pm

nmfire10 wrote:http://store.yahoo.com/sirennet/newwhtisuled.html
Look at the bottom for the brackets Whelen makes for them. If you are side mounting them, you shouldn't need any brackets. You can just mount them on the side face of the push bumper.

Yep, seen those. What I was looking for was a "surround" that would make the two lightheads look like a single unit, just for neatness' sake. I admit, I'm a neat freak when it comes to my truck. Sounds like I should just get out the drill and be careful...

Post by Pj » Wed Oct 27, 2004 6:48 am

I just got a pair of the Linear12's...and those are freakn awesome... Just can't use them as steady burn though

KitN1MCC · Post by **KitN1MCC** » Wed Oct 27, 2004 1:47 pm

also there is a new aluminum gaurd out for the TIR3 to be used in Wing plow operation you can get a kit with wire and all the stuff to do an install with heave ass tpr DOT cable

Bob · Post by **Bob** » Wed Oct 27, 2004 2:53 pm

Not sure if it's what you're looking for, but Havis makes brackets for the TIR3s. Look at their 'new products' section. They have a universal bracket that allows you to mount the TIR3s next to your license plates. The also have brackets that allow you to stack multiple modules atop of one another.

http://www.havis.com/News_Updates/C-TIR3-NPR-8-04.pdf

echelon0911 · Post by **echelon0911** » Wed Oct 27, 2004 5:32 pm

I believe Strobes n' More has what you're looking for

http://strobeguy.safeshopper.com/32/2323.htm?834

EOppegaard · Post by **EOppegaard** » Wed Oct 27, 2004 8:26 pm

Anyone know the best going rate for these babies somwhere? it seems that $55 is the going rate.

Bob · Post by **Bob** » Thu Oct 28, 2004 3:13 am

For TIR3s? The list price in the most recent Whelen catalog is $92 for blue, amber, and red, and $102 for white. I'd say if you can find them for $55, you're making out ok.

fd2119 · Post by **fd2119** » Thu Oct 28, 2004 7:08 am

Does anyone know if a Havis Crown Vic license plate bracket for the TIR3 would work on a '00 Taurus? Thanks for any and all input!

KitN1MCC · Post by **KitN1MCC** » Thu Oct 28, 2004 2:49 pm

if you need whelen w-mail or pm me

chipjumper · Post by **chipjumper** » Sun Oct 31, 2004 7:38 pm

I was browsing "Fire & Safety Outfitters" web site and they have "new" Predator II LED lights; claim they are generation IV - is that true? What is new about the Gen IV's???

ANyone have or use a Predator II??

KitN1MCC · Post by **KitN1MCC** » Sun Oct 31, 2004 7:44 pm

the predator does not even come close to the TIR tech noligie plus i thinck TIR had a del with whelen only

fireradio · Post by **fireradio** » Mon Jan 24, 2005 10:02 pm

I've heard good things about the TIR3s - but do they do a decent job of piercing (factory) window tint? I'm thinking these would be great for mounting in the rear window of my truck because I could easily design a custom bracket... plus the price cannot be beat for a poor college student such as myself...

Adam · Post by **Adam** » Wed Jan 26, 2005 10:38 pm

Charlie... I have a friend who's selling a red/clear slimlighter TIR6 for nicely under $200

I demoed it today.. and wow.

I have 20% tint and only thing that pierced it well was FedSig SML1 halogens.

The TIR6 slimlighter (and TIR3s would too.. same thing) punched through much brighter than the halogens and kept their pure color. While I was holding it up, I could see my friends fire jacket being reflected on across the street. You won't be disappointed.

fireradio · Post by **fireradio** » Wed Jan 26, 2005 10:49 pm

Awesome! Glad to hear... just out of curiosity, anyone know how the TIR3s compare to a Talon?

tom IL · Post by **tom IL** » Thu Jan 27, 2005 9:00 am

Has anyone mesed with the 500 Series Linear 8's? I've got a dual talon on the dash and I'm looking for something for the grill.

Adam · Post by **Adam** » Thu Jan 27, 2005 2:16 pm

fireradio wrote:Awesome! Glad to hear... just out of curiosity, anyone know how the TIR3s compare to a Talon?

The Talons use an older design, 8 linear leds. Very bright head on as well but the talons have the widest off axis viewing angle of any led because of their design.

Likewise, the Slimlighter M/TIR6 packs the brightest dead on punch, but with lesser off axis angles.

TIR3s, IMO, have a better off axis angle vs the slimlighter because the TIR3s have a protruding lense.

fireradio · Post by **fireradio** » Thu Jan 27, 2005 2:40 pm

Thanks for the info!

Wed Feb 02, 2005 4:57 am

The problem with the older Talons was that they tend to cause RF interference in alot of radio equipment. Whelen has just come out with a new model to correct this problem, but I have been waiting for over 3 1/2 weeks for an order of blues that we put in. I will let you all know when they finally arrive.

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