headlights on new cars to bright or is it me?
I see eye dr every year, mid 60's, 20/20 with bi-focles for close up stuff. Dr says my eyes OK. I notice that newer cars headlights are supper bright. Just me or anybody else notice this?
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TUCQUALA wrote:
Back in the '70s and early '80s, lots of people where installing "european" headlights in their vehicles. Used halogen bulbs, good glass with mirrored interiors. BUT, the DOT considered them illegal!! Not a sealed beam, water could get into lamp causing corrosion and deterioration of light output.
Look at what we got now!! Plastic lenses that yellow and fog, crack easily, water inside!!! Don't know what happened to the DOT and headlight regs, but seems like they don't do anything about it anymore. You'd think they would be all over the car mfgs for the poor quality lamp assys nowdays and make them replace them with a good glass assy.
And, as to the newer led stuff and aftermarket stuff, they seem to be completely missing in action!! Go figger!!
I agree, best light combination of lights I ever had was a set Lucas flame thrower driving lights, and a matching set of their fog lights.
The driving lights were switch controlled, and tied into high beams, would light up about 1/3 mile of freeway, but only two lanes wide very tight beam.
It was all about reflector and lens design.
