Auxiliary driving lights
I had a new bumper w 4 ports for extra lighting put on my truck. I choose spot lights for 2 of the openings, I'm not certain if I should add another pair of spots or go w floods. My purpose for addi...
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monkey44 wrote:enblethen wrote:
Monkey44: you may want to check and get your lights adjusted.
OP: I installed a pair of LED driving lights wire through a switch in the control circuit to a relay to act as daylight running lights. The switch is to turn them off when parking so as to not blind other campers. relay is wired to a good 12 volt hot location and the control is wired from a hot in run fuse location.
I aimed the lights slightly to the right so as to not blind on coming traffic. They are mounted lower then center line of headlights.
My lights are fine - it's the oncoming drivers that hit eyes high and bright. Manufacturers continue to brighten lights for safety, but eventually will brighten themselves right out of safe driving at night.
BMW has some pretty good tech to really take advantage of high powered headlights. Unfortunately, they ship them to the US w the systems inactive because it's not legal here.
