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I've noticed a lot of new cars no longer have the sharp cutoff on their HID headlights, so you get dazzled by oncoming cars. It's also bright enough to damage your retinas if you stare at them, which you sometimes have to do in order to gauge distance etc.
If they're just aesthetic I'm sure you could have them disconnected.
As far as driving lights you could swap out to a more warm light. Even at the same lumens (amount of light) I find that warmer/yellow light easier on the eyes at night than bright white or blue.
Oh cool!!! I have to tell that to hubby!!!
Thanks.
Mine is inspected with the lights and they pass no probs.
They are lovely to drive at night for visibility and I do have an auto dim rear mirror. But unfortunately they seem to bother others maybe without the dimming mirrors.
Dunno. But maybe reaiming the lights can help?? Is there a way to maybe re aim it lower???
But that warm light is a better color for not hurting the eyes I agree.
I've noticed a lot of new cars no longer have the sharp cutoff on their HID headlights, so you get dazzled by oncoming cars. It's also bright enough to damage your retinas if you stare at them, which you sometimes have to do in order to gauge distance etc.
What is a sharp cutoff can I ask???
And you are right because I am not the only ones on the road with these brighter lights...
That's why I said most all lux cars nowadays seem to all have the same bright lites. And where I drive, (also country side) most other cars have these bright lights.
So it didn't bother me till a gent actually stop his car (first time ever) thinking we got high beams on. He drove off after we show him it's low beam.
Mine is inspected with the lights and they pass no probs.
They are lovely to drive at night for visibility and I do have an auto dim rear mirror. But unfortunately they seem to bother others maybe without the dimming mirrors.
Dunno. But maybe reaiming the lights can help?? Is there a way to maybe re aim it lower???
But that warm light is a better color for not hurting the eyes I agree.
Yes, headlight aiming can be adjusted. It used to be that inspection stations had a white board with vertical and horizontal rulers that were used to check headlight aim and adjust it if necessary. But, though the law requires specific aiming, it has been a lot of years since I have seen an inspection station with one of these boards. I asked about it not long ago, when I was getting a vehicle inspected, the mechanic's response was "Nah, I don't bother with that."
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What is a sharp cutoff can I ask???
And you are right because I am not the only ones on the road with these brighter lights...
That's why I said most all lux cars nowadays seem to all have the same bright lites. And where I drive, (also country side) most other cars have these bright lights.
So it didn't bother me till a gent actually stop his car (first time ever) thinking we got high beams on. He drove off after we show him it's low beam.
Hence the question.
The 'sharp cut-off' is an obvious light/dark delineation of the beam, where it is super bright at a low level but the height of the illumination is severely limited.
The lights I recently installed in my wife's Jeep have this feature on the high beam. It is unmistakeable. It took a little while to get used to it.
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Two solutions I'd love. Have a rack of rear facing off road lights. Someone behind with excessive brights, light em up. Just before you drop a bucket of tire flattening jacks in the road behind you. Bye bye.
Same in front, have like a 500 billion cdl power light bar, and hit that when someone has their brights on.
And when out one night in town, a guy in front actually stop and would not move because he thought we had our high beams on. Till my hubby flashes him that it's just driving lights.
My question is..
Did anyone with these LEDs ever gets pulled over by cops thinking they are high beams???
We sure seem to have quite a few people thinking they are actually high beams.
And when out one night in town, a guy in front actually stop and would not move because he thought we had our high beams on. Till my hubby flashes him that it's just driving lights.
The requirement for driving lights/fog lights, is that the beam must be adjusted such that the center of the beam focus point is two inches lower than the actual mounted height of the light itself on the vehicle at a distance of 25 feet while the vehicle is parked on a level surface.
What this means, is that if your 'driving lights' are blinding people, they are absolutely improperly aimed.
The requirement for driving lights/fog lights, is that the beam must be adjusted such that the center of the beam focus point is two inches lower than the actual mounted height of the light itself on the vehicle at a distance of 25 feet while the vehicle is parked on a level surface.
What this means, is that if your 'driving lights' are blinding people, they are absolutely improperly aimed.
Two solutions I'd love. Have a rack of rear facing off road lights. Someone behind with excessive brights, light em up. Just before you drop a bucket of tire flattening jacks in the road behind you. Bye bye.
Same in front, have like a 500 billion cdl power light bar, and hit that when someone has their brights on.
Might also want to bulletproof your car too...
Won't need to bullet proof my car.
As long as other cars on the road is not bullet proof too.
Safe civilized area.
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Just before you drop a bucket of tire flattening jacks in the road behind you. Bye bye. 
