LED headlight conversion
The headlights in my 2007 Dodge 2500 are very poor, especially after driving my daughter's 2016 Toyota with LED headlights. I have aimed them with my 5'er hooked up and my airbags adjusted to keep my ...
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DrewE wrote:RLS7201 wrote:
I put LEDs in my 2013 CRV. They are great! No adjustment required. They put the hot spot on the road about 30 feet in front of the car.
They do not shine in the rear view mirror of the car in front of me. I went to a large commercial garage door at night to see the pattern. No out of place stray light.
Richard
A hot spot on the road 30 feet in front of the vehicle is not good. That tends to focus your attention there, much too close to be able to react to anything except at very slow speeds. That also makes the pupils in the eyes close a little and so reduces distance vision.
Having lots of light near the vehicle does make the lights look nice and bright and effective to the driver. It's an unfortunate irony that this is misleading and they are not actually as effective. (There does need to be some balance in things, of course. One doesn't need or want a black hole in front of the vehicle. Even illumination, perhaps with a bias towards farther distances, is ideal--with a good cutoff for the low beams.)
Installing bulbs other than the type specified makes the headlights no longer DOT approved and therefore at least technically illegal, for what it's worth. Unless egregiously bad I suspect you're not too likely to be fined or otherwise harassed.
OK, then tell us where the hot spot should be for low beam head lights. I'm sure you are a qualified/trained expert in the automotive lighting business. If you feel the need to condemn, then offer the documented correct answer.
And you might want to read this.
Richerd
