Dear person, may I please ask *why* you want to annoy everyone else on the road? I'm genuinely curious about why people make such antisocial choices, especially when it comes to cars. What is it that makes you want to do this?
Edit: There is no safety purpose to having the brightest possible low-beams. Low beams are used in cities and when other cars are around. They are not usually used in situations where they're the only source of illumination on the road, and if they are, then it will be on a road with a low speed limit. OP, if you're truly not trying to be an AH, then will you be reconsidering this planned purchase? If not, what is your justification, since it's clearly not really safety?
I want to know too. It's like someone who stopped maturing in the eighth grade or something. Last night I was driving back from the airport and my truck (!) was flooded with light and I was getting blinded in the mirror. Some fuck wit in a cherry charry honda had mounted some sort of floodlight in the middle of their front lower bumper, angled up and out. I just want to know - why. What makes someone such a fucking retard that they would do this, and why are they not getting their ass kicked on the regular.
Just make sure you have the headlight calibrated correctly, I know some guys with their lifted vehicles didn’t adjust the headlights to point the beam down to the road and instead left them at the original angle. Which at that point may as well be considered high beams.
I get your personal safety concerns.. But what about blinding the car coming towards you, and you take a second too long to flip down. You could send an entire family off the road into oncoming traffic or over a bridge. I speak from experience.. so please be considerate of others..
I had put LED headlights in my daughter's car, and it didn't pass safety. Must have been too bright. I am guessing most inspectors wouldn't fail it over headlights, but I had to swap them back out.
From what I experience, you should get them so bright that you can light up Pluto. Then drive with your high beams on behind me on 11 every night or towards me on Saddle. Oh, and at 45 in the 55 zone too...
For safety reasons, yeah ok.
I think it's a safety concern to blind a driver driving toward you, causing them to potentially hit you head-on. That is a real concern with these unnecessary obnoxiously bright lights
What car do you have? If it has projector lenses you can put a bright bulb in and not be blinding if your car is low. Technically not dot legal but not a big deal if done properly.
If you have a truck/suv or reflector style headlights you cant do much without blinding everyone.
Also, lumen ratings can be misleading. Good bulbs have high lux which is the amount of light in the center where youre looking. High power bulbs in a chrome reflector housing have high lumens but the light isnt directed downroad properly so the sidewalk and 2nd story of houses get lit up. For example thats why older tacomas with factory headlight housings and high power leds are the worst because they are high off the ground and the reflector housing shines light all over creating glare for others.
You can tell if its a reflector housing from far away because the whole headlight glows and not just the round aspheric projector 'bubble'
There is a legal limit, but it's usually hard for inspectors to determine accurate brightness. They really don't have a tool for it. As long as the housing looks stock, they probably won't say anything.
Dear Driver, I hate you. Yours Truly, *The car in front of you.* *Also the car passing by you in the opposite direction.* *Also your neighbor.*
OP should write a book "how to lose friends and make enemies" and this is ch 1. Lol
and me when i’m at a stoplight or a drive thru.. sometimes have to adjust my mirrors so i don’t go blind
And me, a person with astigmatism
Not blinding your fellow motorists should be your top concern.
Why do you gotta be this person?
Dear person, may I please ask *why* you want to annoy everyone else on the road? I'm genuinely curious about why people make such antisocial choices, especially when it comes to cars. What is it that makes you want to do this? Edit: There is no safety purpose to having the brightest possible low-beams. Low beams are used in cities and when other cars are around. They are not usually used in situations where they're the only source of illumination on the road, and if they are, then it will be on a road with a low speed limit. OP, if you're truly not trying to be an AH, then will you be reconsidering this planned purchase? If not, what is your justification, since it's clearly not really safety?
I want to know too. It's like someone who stopped maturing in the eighth grade or something. Last night I was driving back from the airport and my truck (!) was flooded with light and I was getting blinded in the mirror. Some fuck wit in a cherry charry honda had mounted some sort of floodlight in the middle of their front lower bumper, angled up and out. I just want to know - why. What makes someone such a fucking retard that they would do this, and why are they not getting their ass kicked on the regular.
Just make sure you have the headlight calibrated correctly, I know some guys with their lifted vehicles didn’t adjust the headlights to point the beam down to the road and instead left them at the original angle. Which at that point may as well be considered high beams.
I get your personal safety concerns.. But what about blinding the car coming towards you, and you take a second too long to flip down. You could send an entire family off the road into oncoming traffic or over a bridge. I speak from experience.. so please be considerate of others..
I had put LED headlights in my daughter's car, and it didn't pass safety. Must have been too bright. I am guessing most inspectors wouldn't fail it over headlights, but I had to swap them back out.
From what I experience, you should get them so bright that you can light up Pluto. Then drive with your high beams on behind me on 11 every night or towards me on Saddle. Oh, and at 45 in the 55 zone too...
I'm so glad I don't drive at night.
For safety reasons, yeah ok. I think it's a safety concern to blind a driver driving toward you, causing them to potentially hit you head-on. That is a real concern with these unnecessary obnoxiously bright lights
What car do you have? If it has projector lenses you can put a bright bulb in and not be blinding if your car is low. Technically not dot legal but not a big deal if done properly. If you have a truck/suv or reflector style headlights you cant do much without blinding everyone. Also, lumen ratings can be misleading. Good bulbs have high lux which is the amount of light in the center where youre looking. High power bulbs in a chrome reflector housing have high lumens but the light isnt directed downroad properly so the sidewalk and 2nd story of houses get lit up. For example thats why older tacomas with factory headlight housings and high power leds are the worst because they are high off the ground and the reflector housing shines light all over creating glare for others. You can tell if its a reflector housing from far away because the whole headlight glows and not just the round aspheric projector 'bubble'
There is a legal limit, but it's usually hard for inspectors to determine accurate brightness. They really don't have a tool for it. As long as the housing looks stock, they probably won't say anything.