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Xenon lights are obnoxious because they are so much bluer than standard lights, they are that much more blinding; outdoor lights that are too blue (or full-spec
by blahedo 13y ago
Xenon lights are obnoxious because they are so much bluer than standard lights, they are that much more blinding; outdoor lights that are too blue (or full-spectrum) have the paradoxical effect of making everything darker by contrast, and much harder to see.
I can't stand cars that have xenon lights, and I was glad to see their numbers start to decline in the last couple years.
- StavrosK 13y agoMy car also self-levels its xenon lights, and they are never at the other drivers' level. I never see anyone being bothered by them at all.
- auctiontheory 13y agoI never see anyone being bothered by them at all. WTF. How on earth would you know whether drivers going in the opposite direction were being blinded by your lights?!
- fsckin 13y agoYou can see very clearly where the higher intensity area of the beam cuts off, and he probably doesn't get flashed by oncoming cars.
- StavrosK 13y agoIf only there were some sort of signal other drivers could make to indicate my beams were too high!
- smileysteve 13y agoXenon lights actually have a lower cutoff on the drivers side because the designers were aware of onlooking from the opposite direction (and on the left of the car in the U.S.)
- streetnigga 13y agoThey are bothersome, you see this comment saying they are bothersome.
- StavrosK 13y agoYes, but I don't see anyone flashing at me to turn them down...
- streetnigga 13y agoYou know what happens when you flash a teenager who has super deluxe Xenon lights? You get flashed back, double blinded. "Turn them down." What do you have a rheostat on your headlamps? Keep them "down."
- blahedo 13y agoWhat possible good would that do? You can't make them un-xenon. If I flash my lights or not, you'll still just keep toodling along blinding everybody in the oncoming lane.
- StavrosK 13y agoIf I see ultra-bright lights, I assume the other driver has the high beams on and flash them. If you can tell that they have misconfigured low beams, you wouldn't do that, but I'm going by my experience and assume that at least a few drivers would act the same way.
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- rhizome 13y agoThe blue headlights you see are different than VW factory HIDs. 8000K or 10000K aftermarket halogens marketed as xenons to car tuners that look like crap.