(OPINION!) LED Replacement Headlamp Bulbs
No instruments...merely stare and compare. Where I drive there are no goose-stepping over-regulatory restrictions about bulb replacements I have as of this morning ordered and replaced 13 sets o...
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When a group (6) drivers walks 100' away from a car showing low beam settings and they immediately agree "The color of the lights is distinctive - white" and say, the brilliance does not in any way offend them, I have to take it seriously.
The new cars I see in México and the USA with HID factory lamps are positively slanted toward high K of the spectrum BLUE. Incandescent headlamps swing toward "Warm White". To me pure white is not sunlight - correct me if I am wrong. Sunlight has a definite yellowish tint.
But as far as headlamp illumination is concerned I could care less about the twenty-two-million shades discernible to the human eye. I could care even less than that the exact color rendition of a pothole or gray steer. I want to SEE the hazard.
And yeah, not blinding an oncoming driver so he veers into my lane is also a consideration.
So is another point not discussed here NOT LOADING THE VEHICLE UNTIL THE REAR SAGS WHICH WILL BLIND AN ONCOMING DRIVER 10-TIMES WORSE than the points nit-picked over in this thread. My toad had weak rear coil springs. The FACTORY bulbs blinded oncoming drivers. I fixed that in a rush with variable rate MOOG springs. Now 300# in the trunk does not lower the rear one-inch.
I do not like the dimness of the tail or stop lamps. So I ordered (4) CREE bulbs. I also have a multitude of sealed LED amber and red lamps and if I do not like how I end up with the CREE bulbs, then on - go side markers.
Writing about "distractions" --
The last trip I made on Interstate 5, had me passing big rigs with light-show grade amber and red LED marker and clearance lamps. Seeming 6 dozen of them.
If not having the ability to analyze beam pattern, light scatter, and degree of improvement of illumination proves to be too much...
Perhaps an even more challenging task of safe driving may also be overwhelming and therefore may I suggest not being on the road when I am...?
The new cars I see in México and the USA with HID factory lamps are positively slanted toward high K of the spectrum BLUE. Incandescent headlamps swing toward "Warm White". To me pure white is not sunlight - correct me if I am wrong. Sunlight has a definite yellowish tint.
But as far as headlamp illumination is concerned I could care less about the twenty-two-million shades discernible to the human eye. I could care even less than that the exact color rendition of a pothole or gray steer. I want to SEE the hazard.
And yeah, not blinding an oncoming driver so he veers into my lane is also a consideration.
So is another point not discussed here NOT LOADING THE VEHICLE UNTIL THE REAR SAGS WHICH WILL BLIND AN ONCOMING DRIVER 10-TIMES WORSE than the points nit-picked over in this thread. My toad had weak rear coil springs. The FACTORY bulbs blinded oncoming drivers. I fixed that in a rush with variable rate MOOG springs. Now 300# in the trunk does not lower the rear one-inch.
I do not like the dimness of the tail or stop lamps. So I ordered (4) CREE bulbs. I also have a multitude of sealed LED amber and red lamps and if I do not like how I end up with the CREE bulbs, then on - go side markers.
Writing about "distractions" --
The last trip I made on Interstate 5, had me passing big rigs with light-show grade amber and red LED marker and clearance lamps. Seeming 6 dozen of them.
If not having the ability to analyze beam pattern, light scatter, and degree of improvement of illumination proves to be too much...
Perhaps an even more challenging task of safe driving may also be overwhelming and therefore may I suggest not being on the road when I am...?
