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The problem is that everyone installs aftermarket headlights without bothering to adjust where they're pointed, so the lights are pointed directly in your face
by potta_coffee 8y ago
The problem is that everyone installs aftermarket headlights without bothering to adjust where they're pointed, so the lights are pointed directly in your face instead of down at the road.
- rootusrootus 8y agoYeah, the vast majority of people don't do actual retrofits, they just get some cheapo ballasts and HID bulbs and shove them in the existing projectors/reflectors. Since the HID arc is oriented and shaped completely differently from the halogen filament, it usually results in some terrible hotspots above the cutoff. And the quality of the light is frequently worse than just leaving the stock bulbs in. Even some of the dedicated retrofit enthusiasts go a little too far IMO. The pursuit of the almighty sharp cutoff line results in an on/off style of lighting. Go down a dip in the road with zero light above the cutoff and suddenly your line of sight is 20 feet.