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Being in a lower car now, Mini vs my former Explorer. I definitely notice this a lot more, and it's even worse the rare times I'm in the Midget at night. The Enemy's gate is down. | |||
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I've had multiple cars/trucks with separate high/low bulbs. My 2016 F150 & 2018 Expedition both have a separate high beam bulb. My 2 cars with sealed beam both had dual filament units, but our 87 Suburban had separate [and a 5 unit light bar on the roof] The Enemy's gate is down. | |||
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HERE is an interesting article on the evolution of headlamps in the US, complete with pics. You'll see pics of both round and rectangular dual-lamp vehicles. Thus the metric system did not really catch on in the States, unless you count the increasing popularity of the nine-millimeter bullet. - Dave Barry "Never go through life saying 'I should have'..." - quote from the 9/11 Boatlift Story (thanks, sdy for posting it) | |||
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Tenacious Tempestuous with Integrity |
Isn't it ironic that as we got older , we bitched about not being able to see driving @ night because our headlights were not bright enough! Now technology has listened and provided us with amazing bright headlights, and we are bitching about them being too bright! The life as a curmudgeon is tough sometimes, but bitching is something that ( we ) all do very eloquently! | |||
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Buy that Classic SIG in All Stainless, No rail wear will be painless. |
I drive a Jeep Wrangler Rubicon. The OEM headlights are so dim, a person sitting on the front bumper holding a lit candle in each outstretched arm would provide more useable light. A year or so ago, I stumbled on a pair of gently used JW Speaker aftermarket LED 7" round headlights. They are DOT & Transport Canada compliant and are labeled as such. (legal for on road usage) I have previous experience with the JW Speaker LED lights, they were sold as a factory accessory on my Harley-Davidson Road King for the high/low headlight and dual driving spot lights. Link: https://www.jwspeaker.com/prod...off-road-headlights/ The Jeep Wrangler also has factory fog lights mounted in the front bumper. The fog lights are about useless with the OEM halogen incandescent bulbs. Each stock fog light bulb is about 250 lumens. I installed some Diode Dynamics plug & play aftermarket LED fog light bulbs. Each Diode Dynamics LED fog light bulb is 1400 lumens. So ~ 500 lumens for the pair of stock halogen fog light bulbs, 2800 lumens for the pair of LED fog light bulbs. Link: https://www.diodedynamics.com/...p-wrangler-pair.html I consider the stock factory forward lighting on my Jeep Wrangler to be so poor, it is almost criminal to sell a new vehicle with such piss poor lighting. The LED replacement/aftermarket lighting has completely resolved the forward lighting deficiencies. I installed the LED lighting myself, and I have them aimed very close to the upper legal height limit concerning my state laws for motor vehicle safety inspections. (beam cutoff hot spot height) Is the new LED lighting extremely bright? Yes! Is it offensive to oncoming vehicle traffic? Yes, but no more so than many new vehicles sold today. I can now see clearly during nighttime driving. It was money well spent. Last year we were towing equipment back to the house from the recreational property. Two tow vehicles, two loaded trailers. The better half happened to be out in front of my Jeep on the 30 minute drive back to the house. As soon as we arrived home, she came storming out of her Tacoma bitching. She stated she would NEVER drive at night again out in front of the Jeep. NRA Benefactor Life Member NRA Instructor USPSA Chief Range Officer | |||
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I have a 2023 Toyota Highlander with the auto-dimming high beams feature turned off. I tested it when I first got the car but they didn't dim soon enough to suit me. I only use the high beams on dimly lit highways. I also discovered that my clear fog lights cast a low, but wider, light that allows me to better see deer and hogs getting ready to make suicide runs. Those turn off when I use the high beams, which means that I rarely use the highs. "Cedat Fortuna Peritis" | |||
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That's because Ford trucks are currently one of the worst offenders for shitty headlights with tons of glare that blinds everyone around. It's like Ford didn't even try to avoid it. The other worst offenders are Jeepers that either bought garbage upgrades or didn't bother to aim them when they replaced their stock headlights or lifted their vehicle. "The people hate the lizards and the lizards rule the people." "Odd," said Arthur, "I thought you said it was a democracy." "I did," said Ford, "it is." "So," said Arthur, hoping he wasn't sounding ridiculously obtuse, "why don't the people get rid of the lizards?" "It honestly doesn't occur to them. They've all got the vote, so they all pretty much assume that the government they've voted in more or less approximates the government they want." "You mean they actually vote for the lizards." "Oh yes," said Ford with a shrug, "of course." "But," said Arthur, going for the big one again, "why?" "Because if they didn't vote for a lizard, then the wrong lizard might get in." | |||
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Staring back from the abyss |
One of the biggest problems around here are folks towing trailers, boats, RVs and/or having a bed full of firewood or other weight (especially this time of year) changing the angle of attack. The problem wasn't nearly as bad with the old "softer" headlights. These new ones fry your retinas. ________________________________________________________ "Great danger lies in the notion that we can reason with evil." Doug Patton. | |||
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I live in a rural/semi rural area and at night it’s really dark very few streetlights except main roads and even those are under lit. Wife’s 2013 4runner had old incandescent bulbs that don’t cut it. And burning out every few months not able to figure out why. Even the really expensive sylvania silver star etc. So I upgraded the low beams to LED. It’s literally night and day. The high beam is still incandescent and pretty much useless now as it doesn’t add much when hi beams are on Vs LED only low beam. Was driving it the other night and must have high beam flashed about 3 times in 5 miles. Sorry my lights are bright dude. And there is no focusing them per se. You plug the new bulb in where the old bulb was. Can’t really adjust up or down short of Jimmy rigging a shade or visor of some kind over the bulb assembly. | |||
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I haven't converted any but have read that you are supposed to change the bowl/reflector when you go LED. There are many different styles/designs out there, kinda hard to get in to detail. It does make sense that you would have to change more than the bulb considering the direction of light is different. | |||
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No More Mr. Nice Guy |
The reflectors are designed for the shape of a specific bulb. LED bulbs emit in a different pattern than incandescent, so an LED will almost certainly spray bright light outside of the desired area. When I replaced the halogen bulbs in my 2015 motorcycle with LED it took trying several different brands before finding one that matched the (stupid) angular geometries in the reflector. | |||
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My other Sig is a Steyr. |
Yup. The filament bulb has a light source parallel with the reflector. The LED (and to a lesser extent, HID) bulbs are perpendicular to the reflector. Just because they are made to fit in the hole does not mean that they are compatible with the housing assembly. | |||
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Having had cataract surgery on both eyes along with follow up laser surgery and being 75 yrs. old I avoid night driving if at all possible. Signed, an old fart, lol! | |||
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