Pickup trucks headlights evaluated
Not HD trucks unfortunately: Pickup Mag I'll say that my F350 headlights are awful. I added an LED lightbar to the front to compensate. But its use is limited.
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Driving in the city...lighting isn't that important...street lamps and the other
vehicle headlamps light pretty much everything needed to see...
Out on the road, it is another matter and depends on the terrain & how you drive
Night vision out there needs to have very low ambient as posted above...turn down
your dash lights and everything else inside the vehicle
Folks who re-wire up everything should know that, that is only a good thing when
going slow...if going fast...too much light close by hampers good vision for speed
For lighting up something close only distracts, as if going fast...there is NO TIME
nor will the vehicle react to avoid...lighting up the distance is the way to go and
why turning on low beams and fog lamps NOT the thing to do
The angle of view (eyeball height to the lamp bulb height should have distance.
The closer they are to each other, the less contrasting shadowing to help seeing
what it is...
Towing has way too many have their rear drop more than their fronts...to have
their headlamps pointing too high. Worse with those who have HID's and/or some
other higher wattage lamps.
Add to that, very poor DOT lighting specifications. Scatter is way too much vs
E-Code, which has almost no scatter. Someone mentioned that, that cut off is too
much...well...that is a a GOOD thing for on coming vehicles. If you need to see
above that cutoff...you are going too fast for those conditions
Here is what a good E-Code beam looks like with almost no scatter
Good E-Code beam
Here is what a not so good E-Code beam looks like. Notice the scatter above
the cutoff...that will get into the eyes of oncoming
Here is a DOT beam and notice the scatter above their attempt of a cutoff
This is a HOW2 aim E-Code lamps. Traditional E-Code on the left and the 'z' version
on the right
Another HOW2 aim your headlamps
vehicle headlamps light pretty much everything needed to see...
Out on the road, it is another matter and depends on the terrain & how you drive
Night vision out there needs to have very low ambient as posted above...turn down
your dash lights and everything else inside the vehicle
Folks who re-wire up everything should know that, that is only a good thing when
going slow...if going fast...too much light close by hampers good vision for speed
For lighting up something close only distracts, as if going fast...there is NO TIME
nor will the vehicle react to avoid...lighting up the distance is the way to go and
why turning on low beams and fog lamps NOT the thing to do
The angle of view (eyeball height to the lamp bulb height should have distance.
The closer they are to each other, the less contrasting shadowing to help seeing
what it is...
Towing has way too many have their rear drop more than their fronts...to have
their headlamps pointing too high. Worse with those who have HID's and/or some
other higher wattage lamps.
Add to that, very poor DOT lighting specifications. Scatter is way too much vs
E-Code, which has almost no scatter. Someone mentioned that, that cut off is too
much...well...that is a a GOOD thing for on coming vehicles. If you need to see
above that cutoff...you are going too fast for those conditions
Here is what a good E-Code beam looks like with almost no scatter
Good E-Code beam
Here is what a not so good E-Code beam looks like. Notice the scatter above
the cutoff...that will get into the eyes of oncoming
Here is a DOT beam and notice the scatter above their attempt of a cutoff
This is a HOW2 aim E-Code lamps. Traditional E-Code on the left and the 'z' version
on the right
Another HOW2 aim your headlamps
