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re: Car headlights are out of control

Posted on 1/10/16 at 8:59 pm to
Posted by cssamerican
Member since Mar 2011
7111 posts
Posted on 1/10/16 at 8:59 pm to
I had a uncle who installed a light bar facing backwards so he could blind people behind him when they where blinding him.
Posted by mikelbr
Baton Rouge
Member since Apr 2008
47469 posts
Posted on 1/10/16 at 9:03 pm to
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I drive a car I hate when a truck with LED HD lights passes me or gets behind me


Happens every night in the AP deliverin pizzas out there on them dark pville roads.
Posted by WestlakeTiger
San Antonio, Tejas
Member since Feb 2012
9439 posts
Posted on 1/10/16 at 9:06 pm to
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Cars that are designed to have Xenon/HID aren't the problem. It's the people with halogen housings going around installing Xenon/HID bulbs in them. 

Old cars with 8000k/10000k/12000k lights are a sad joke.





All this. Projector housings are designed to "cut off" a certain pattern. Halogen housings cannot do this. The PD have the ability to issue tickets if they are trained on how to spot this. But usually they are too busy shooting dogs and harassing ethnic groups.
Posted by HarryBalzack
Member since Oct 2012
15221 posts
Posted on 1/10/16 at 9:07 pm to
Not only are they bright, but it appears that the pussification of America has reached the point that people no longer know how to point them, either.
Posted by sullivanct19a
Florida
Member since Oct 2015
5239 posts
Posted on 1/10/16 at 9:10 pm to
quote:

Agree. I've never understood why car companies nowadays think it's a good idea to blind every vehicle you meet. I personally want oncoming traffic to not be blinded.... Tends to lessen the chance of a wreck.


What kind of lights do you guys run in your Vespa club?
Posted by ELT
Member since Nov 2012
208 posts
Posted on 1/10/16 at 9:11 pm to
Was just telling my wife this a week ago. Glad to know it's just not me. Sounds bad but I think they almost do need to regulate them.. Not to mention when a cop has his blues rolling at night, blinds you for a mile in either direction
Posted by bee Rye
New orleans
Member since Jan 2006
33961 posts
Posted on 1/10/16 at 9:16 pm to
It seems like every arse hole who feels the need to lift his truck doesn't adjust their headlights accordingly
Posted by sullivanct19a
Florida
Member since Oct 2015
5239 posts
Posted on 1/10/16 at 9:16 pm to
I want to know why Obama is not out there fake crying about these bright lights.

Much like Mark Richt, Obama has lost control.
Posted by dragginass
Member since Jan 2013
2740 posts
Posted on 1/10/16 at 9:18 pm to
quote:

My truck has a leveling kit


Which means you need to adjust your headlights. You can't lift the entire front end of your truck and not expect the lights to follow.
Posted by Paige
Vice President of the OT
Member since Oct 2010
84748 posts
Posted on 1/10/16 at 9:24 pm to
You upvote your own posts?
Posted by bee Rye
New orleans
Member since Jan 2006
33961 posts
Posted on 1/10/16 at 9:24 pm to
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My truck has a leveling kit
i read this as "I am a douche bag"
This post was edited on 1/10/16 at 9:26 pm
Posted by HarryBalzack
Member since Oct 2012
15221 posts
Posted on 1/10/16 at 9:28 pm to
You don't?
Posted by Jake88
Member since Apr 2005
68073 posts
Posted on 1/10/16 at 9:28 pm to
I think it was worse about 5 years ago and has gotten slightly better.
Posted by slackster
Houston
Member since Mar 2009
84753 posts
Posted on 1/10/16 at 9:30 pm to
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Same thing goes for those bright arse lights cops use on their units as well.



This. Most newer cop cars have the ability to control whether the lights are on in the front, back, or both, but even then, they're fricking out of control at night. That blue is piercing and you basically have to drive 100 yards while blind.

On the other hand, I drive a later model SUV and although the lights are stock and I never use my high beams, people flash me fairly often at night. I won't flash my highballs back at them unless they repeatedly do it to me, but I'm not going to go out of my way to change them for someone either.
Posted by chinquapin
Member since Aug 2015
139 posts
Posted on 1/10/16 at 9:34 pm to
Keep your old arse off the road
Posted by chinhoyang
Member since Jun 2011
23344 posts
Posted on 1/10/16 at 9:47 pm to
My ex-wife in residence makes me pull over when a truck or car is behind us with the new bright lights. When the car or truck passes, we pull back out.
Posted by gplayerjr
Lafayette, La
Member since Sep 2008
1100 posts
Posted on 1/10/16 at 9:47 pm to
If you have a leveling kit on your truck, you may need to adjust your headlights. The angle is more than likely blinding on coming traffic
Posted by VetteGuy
Member since Feb 2008
28110 posts
Posted on 1/10/16 at 9:50 pm to
OEM lights are awesome.

Cops have shitty, bright lights as do the numbnuts that put $29.95 HID lights in their two gen old Chevy/Ford trucks.
Posted by MikeBRLA
Baton Rouge
Member since Jun 2005
16451 posts
Posted on 1/10/16 at 9:51 pm to
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On the other hand, I drive a later model SUV and although the lights are stock and I never use my high beams, people flash me fairly often at night. I won't flash my highballs back at them unless they repeatedly do it to me, but I'm not going to go out of my way to change them for someone either.


If you get flashed that often then your lights are probably aimed too high. If that is the case you can adjust them, no need to change them.
Posted by tigersownall
Thibodaux
Member since Sep 2011
15304 posts
Posted on 1/10/16 at 9:55 pm to
I'm only 25 ??
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