Car Showroom

[DurhamSparky]

Hi Chaps.

Right, Been to look at a Building at a garage that will be turned into a car Sales Room

Not a huge building and 6-7 cars will be housed in it!

what type of lighting shall i fit to give the customer MAX coverage and make his cars look nice and shiny!

 

[telectrix]

loads of spotlights and buy him a tin of polish

 

[poirot]

Are there any large car salerooms near to you to get some inspiration. Depending on the quality of the cars they may just want a batenholder, anything brighter may show up imperfections.

 

[Amp David]

A couple of 14 watt cfls should do the job

 

[telectrix]

he wants to see the cars, not fall over them

 

[Amp David]

Must be small cars if he's going to fall over them!

 

[telectrix]

Ford GT40 is 40" tall at the highest point. easy fall over the hood

 

[DurhamSparky]

i was thinking of 4x36w 600x600 fittings!! all 32 of them!!

 

[Amp David]

How do you know hes got a GT40 in there?

 

[telectrix]

should be in front of the showroom, hiding the rovers and reliants

 

[Spudnik]

That sounds like your best option, Steve.

 

[Guest123]

Colour rendering and lighting levels are important in car showrooms. The lighting directly over the cars should be of high intensity, whilst areas around the cars should be at a lower level thereby drawing you to the car. A nice clean white light such as a metal halide is good above the cars, as it shows up the colours more vivdly, other areas you could get away with almost anything that gives a decent level but shouldn't take the eye away from the cars.

 

[DurhamSparky]

How do you know hes got a GT40 in there?

his showroom probably cost LESS than the GT40!!

 

[DurhamSparky]

oh i also forgot to mention that i am changing a wylex 4 way box that when hey showed me i nearly wet my self..!! its got no front cover and all the busbar and cables are exposed!!!

 

[Guest123]

More WD40 than GT40 then???

 

[DurhamSparky]

somit like that

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the area with shutters down is the new sales room!! really need to see inside to appreciate how horrible it looks at the min! its been disused for last 20 years and filled up with old car parts and crap!

 

[telectrix]

those old parts and crap are probably worth more than his new cars

 

[DurhamSparky]

lol... there is currently a half of a 206 parked up in the corner!!

im looking at Surface mounted fittings with Cat 2 Louvre

and after years of getting by with changing ballasts and tubes in lights etc i never stopped to think about HF lights and the benifits!!

 

[DurhamSparky]

any body got a good site that i can browse modular fittings with Cat 2 louvre!

 

[AlanWirral]

Yeah surface fittings would be good but a few selected low bay hallides would be nicer

 

[DurhamSparky]

only got 3 meters to play with in terms of roof height!! cant have too much heat coming down fromthe halides!

 

[AlanWirral]

Ohhhh ritey! Surface it is then..Ansell maybe?

 

[Merl]

The 4 x 36w modular fittings with cat2 louvres sound like a good option! Lamp selection will be sumthing to think about too like.

What about Track Lighting?? Gives them the option to position the lighting where they want it, more or less.

Just my thoughts.

Cheers.

 

[DurhamSparky]

got to keep cost down! its a second hand show room and he twisted at the joiners price of 1300 for replacing roof joists!!! haha! wait till he sees my quote!

 

[bugsy]

3m isnt a lot is it? I think its gotta be florries then

 

[DurhamSparky]

exactly!!!