I Made a Huge Mistake Buying These Headlights
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- Why Not to Buy New Headlights for Your Car, DIY and car repair with Scotty Kilmer. LED vs HID vs Halogen headlights, which is better? How to make headlights look brand new. How to install headlight bulbs. How to restore headlights. How to change headlight bulb. LED headlight bulb installation. LED and halogen headlight review. Car advice. DIY car repair with Scotty Kilmer, an auto mechanic for the last 51 years.
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Why is Scotty losing his house???
madPaulX 😳
Hey Scotty, I’m thinking about getting a 1977 Chevy Camaro. Would that be a good buy or a waste of money?
Hey Scotty I was going to buy my 2008 Honda Accord new headlights because mine are faded and I wanted to start from scratch, do you think that’s a good idea or just that restoration kit and put those LEDs you suggested
Hey scotty what's ur opinion on the Fixd plug vs expensive trouble code readers
The worst offenders are the folks who jack up their pickups and install bright blue headlights. The lights are the same height as car windshields. There ought to be a law against that.
there is
Then get a truck
there is but what police department enforces it ? HBPD (Huntington Beach) Ca might as they 19 years ago were ticketing trucks with big tires and no mudflaps.
Color (Kelvin's) is NOT a unit of measurement for brightness (Lumens).
There is.
Even in states with no inspections.
Height
aiming
brightness
like sppeding.... nobody reeeealy cares
I hate these lights. Especially on Trucks. So many jackasses love to tailgate.
Very true, doesn't help that their lights are so damn bright
Prince Revolver and put their light in the driver side mirror too
Highly annoying
Clay S no proof of that
Clay S small P advantage
Is big dongs need blue pill 💊
To work after 40🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
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@smalldickgame
Pretty funny how Backup cameras are now required, but headlights that blind every oncoming driver is permitted.
I think he meant standard for safety
Because the headlights are aimed incorrectly
@@jjm2948 why should I?
The Toyota Corolla with Lazer headlights are the worst, they bling you from far away.. stupid Toyota.
Where are back up cams required? Majority of cars don't have em
Scotty, I’ve noticed a lot of people often have misaligned headlights or their low beams aimed way too high.
That's generally the main problem, conversions from Halogen to LED often require changing the housing as to not dazzle other drivers. People skip this step to save costs. The problem isn't the LED lights themselves, as all the grumpy old men in the comments suggest, but rather corner cutting. I've been driving cars with LEDs from factory and have never been highbeamed to shut off the lights.
@@SigmaticGames Totally this. I replaced the halogens in my Hyundai with the Boslla kit that Scotty talks about and noticed they were totally aimed too high. Fortunately the set-screws were able to bring them down to the proper level.
When I bought my car oddly enough one of the lights aimed higher than the other. I could see it against my garage. It bugged me so much so I had to change it soon after. I had to take apart the whole front of my car just to get the headlights out to adjust the aim of the light. What a day that way
That happens on projector headlights too, sometimes the right one is either lower or higher, same on the left
It's strange this video is put up after I was highbeaming a newer Chevy 2500 or 3500, tonight, as it's lights were so blinding. It ended up flashing back and I didn't even realize until the last second because the low beams were so much brighter or something.
Kids?
More like old hags who use high beam on their LED.
You have no idea how many soccer moms in their SUV are blinding everyone around them.
I can't stand being blamed for crap that isn't my fault and that I'm not in control of. It's always the kids' fault.
They can't help it. They are too busy texting to worry about blinding others. Sheesh!
Old hags:
"It's not my fault I'm blind as a bat at night! So I'm going to blind everyone else so I can see."
"But those god damn kids tho. How dare they try to blind me! They have passable vision to drive at night! So they should be the blame for blinding drivers."
Goobers
And don't give a F.
Lights on police and other emergency vehicles have gotten absolutely ridiculous. They often wash out everything else on the road at night creating a hazard of their own.
We wouldn’t feel the need to keep increasing brightness if people actually paid attention to the road and put the phone DOWN.
Maybe that's part of the reason a driver should slow down and pull over for emergency vehicles...
Yes, the cops lights destroy your night vision. Then you're unsafe for 5 minutes.
Should be noted that the beams should be adjusted to a proper height by the set screws on the headlamp unit. A lot of people just toss the bulbs in and go which is a huge part of the problem.
Moving from one technology to another, often the tilt of the beam needs to be adjusted. This is the main reason a lot of people get "blinded"
I did replace the halogens in my Hyundai with the Boslla LED set that Scotty talks about and they are definitely brighter, but no one oncoming would notice because I had to adjust them down quite a bit.
I live in the “country area” and let me tell you on back roads I can’t see anything if newer cars drive past on the 2 lane roads they are crazy dangerous
I also cant see anything with my halogens on a country road
Same thing I deal with where I live. And it's worse, my car sits low, so I get it in all my mirrors. And if it's a truck, that just loves to ride right up on me, it lights up the whole interior of my car. One of these days, one of those fools is going to catch me in a mood without my daughter in the car. And they're gonna realize some of us with older cars, just don't care.
Me either
Same
I wonder what the effects of the added light pollution would be too, seeing as we already had too much of it before LEDs came around
I tried LED light bulbs for a year in my 09 Equinox Sport. I put the original halogen bulbs back in. The hi beams in the LED weren’t any brighter than the low beams. And you really couldn’t adjust them very well. I think it depends on your headlight housing if LEDs work properly. The halogen headlight housings were designed for halogen bulbs.
I’ve seen some headlights on the highway that are cloudier than old Tupperware
Daniel Iles - Small Business haha
Few people relize they can be repaired.... and in 5 minutes.
At least the Tupperware has a lifetime warranty....
I've seen some people who are so stupid they don't even turn on their lights and then crash.
MV Master - They deserve the "Darwin Award!"
My car used to go through regular headlights relatively quickly until I converted to LEDs. I also had them professionally installed so they would be aligned correctly. I love them. They last tremendously longer and I can see the road better.
That's because most of the halogens in auto parts stores are junk. Osram makes the best halogen bulbs. But places like Advance don't seem to sell them.
If someone is tailgating me on their high beams, someday, I'm going to prop up a mirror on the rear window or chrome wrap my car to see what's up.
I just put a 2 foot light bar on my rear bumper. Just in case I Need to get someone's attention. 👹
No tailgating bruh!
LOL thats a good idea. Get a person in the back to put up a mirror
Alexander/tailgating.
Run your door power mirrors all the way up and in.
Go 60 ft behind your car with a flashlight and adjust the mirrors manual ratchet adjustment so the light shines right back at you.
When you get a tailgater just run your mirrors to the stops and he gets to see his own headlights.
It works.👍
They are too bright and the new white/blue color makes them blinding.
Marshall Smith™ definitely and dangerous too
Yup, I flash my high beams on oncoming traffic cause I always think ppl are driving with their high beams on. Really irritating.
@@willzavala9890 Then they actually turn there high beams on and you think. Holy F***!
The blue tint ones are the worse
That's why I keep a spot light in my car, the next guy who has those lights are going to get a spot light in the face.
03:49 Thank you so much for Scotty's feedback. Your opinion means a lot to improve our bulbs. 😊
LEDs should be aimed down to avoid blinding people. If you live up north then stick with halogens so it can melt the snow off the headlights
@KHLegend - really good point. I see many new cars in winter with lights obscured by snow or ice. This was not a problem before LEDs. Ontario even started using LED bulbs on snowplows. Huge mistake, as the rear lights are totally insured as soon as they start plowing. I like to refer to these solutions as "California Tech", cuz they may work well in that world, but not so much in mine!
Good catch...that is a downfall of LED headlights AND traffic signals.
@@BigEightiesNewWave Yeah, but, they're SAVING THE PLANET! 😂
I live up north and we just brush the snow off before we drive like our roofs it's the law. D'uh 😲
Michael Angelo Same here in Connecticut where I live! You've gotta clean off your car almost completely! Cop sees ice on your lights, is snow on the roof, you get a ticket
Thank you, Mr. Kilmer, for shedding light on this subject !!!
I wear my sunglasses at night... 😎
And listen to the song while you're driving 😆
A song that was 30 years ahead of it's time.
I’ll listen to that song on my way home later this evening
That reminds me of The Blues Brothers
@@timboslice1979 "It's 106 miles to Chicago, we've got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark, and we're wearing sunglasses."
"Hit it."
HID should only be used in projector headlamps not reflective ones!
vaibhav Yeah. From my experience, HIDs blind a lot more than LEDs. Mostly because people are idiots.
Yep....hit the nail on the head!
I drive HID on my reflectors and I love blinding people
I love HIDS in my projectors, I tried them on halogens and they are just a scattered bright all over the road
Unless it’s like the Subaru Forester’s headlights where it uses an HID bulb in a reflector housing that was specifically designed around the HID filament
I agree with you Scotty.
You need decent set of LED replacement bulb if you want to upgrade the old halogen bulb, and most importantly you need to align the headlight correctly after installing LED bulbs.
Cheaply designed LED bulbs tend to produce too much glare since it doesn't correctly reproduce light output of a halogen bulbs
I wonder if Blinding headlights is part of the reason so many people in the US want to drive SUV's. Perhaps they want to be the Blinder, Not the Blinded.
Woody Balto It’s a dog eat dog world, blind or be blinded.
sitting 15" higher above the road helps
*Or they don't want to get blinded as when your in a car.*
Huge SUVs and trucks need to be better regulated. Very few people who own them know how to properly drive them. It doesn't help that people are unwilling to put down their phones while they drive...
Better blinder than blindee? Better to be the hammer than the nail, is what they selfishly assume.
Adaptive beam technology is such a good example of things coming full circle again. The origins of "High" and "Low" has nothing to do with power. As auto lights were originally gas fired. The projector literally had a rod connected to them that you pulled back for Low which dipped the headlight down and pushed forward for High which raised it up more parallel to the ground.
It's pretty incredible the utter failure of government on all levels on protecting road users from these hazards.
if you think the government is suppose to help us(in anyway) well then I have some bad news for you man
xq39 government regulation is the dumbest thing you can ask for.
That’s how abominations are made like “start/stop” technology because of government regulation EPA/CAFE rubbish
Government on all levels are too busy criminalizing "the others" instead of protecting law abiding citizens. Durn Republicans and supremacists cry babies.
@@ShawnFXthey're supposed to serve the people. But 2/3 of politicians don't. We aren't supposed to serve *them*.
Scotty, you didnt aligned the lights after installing the HID. is to why you would get people flashing you with the high beam.
You forgot to factor in that electrical systems increase resistance with age which typically decreases total voltage and overall light output of halogen. I used to get flashed all the time on my Mustang. As it had aged the lights have dimmed even with electrical maintenance, new bulbs, and a high output alternator.
Also, as for using HID bulbs in a standard reflector you were getting flashed because the focal point of light is not in the stock location so you beam was different from factory. Yes they are definitely brighter but putting in a reflector not specifically designed for HID it makes the problems much worse as light shines in places, IE higher, than designed by the factory. It's the same reason good aftermarket LED bulbs mimic the single filament and you can also tune the exact location to have the factory light spread.
my older car read 11.3 volts at the bulb when on bright.
i installed relays for $ 15 and now it shows 14.1 volts.
@@hotrodray6802 I've heard that really helps. I'm mainly stubborn and would like to improve my overall electrical system. With today's newer computer controlled cars that even more important.
I only use HID bulbs in cars that have projector headlight assemblies.
Thats the key part with HID. They need to be mounted in actual HID projector housings. If you just throw them into into a reflection housing your going to blind everyone you pass.
Exactly.
@@Dargonic Absolutely. Reflector style assemblies were never intended to work with high discharge lamps, and more often than not, the beam is anything but concentrated or under control.
I believe in the kelvin ratings you choose as well.. i run 5500k hids and they are a nice natural white light.. none one has high beamed because they arent this stupid blue light u see on these hondas.....
I love HID bulbs. The thing people don't realize is any time you put in aftermarket lights there is a chance the bulb won't sit in the correct place in the reflective housing, which will cause you blind other drivers. Sometimes re-aiming the lights can fix it, but not always.
I've actually gotten used to seeing other cars on the road with hid or LED headlights and if I find they're blinding me I checked to see if one of us is on a hill first which is usually the case.
@@robertknight4672 indeed a lot of times it is just the terrain. Especially where I'm at in PA... Everything is a hill!
I found that rubbing alcohol cleans cloudy light boxes. Just rub it with a paper towel until most of the alcohol evaporates. Might need to do it twice for really cloudy plastic. I don't know why but it seems to work as well as a $30 polishing kit I bought years ago
No it doesn't unless you have some strange problem like you've been driving through a marshmallow factory and just need to get the goo off.
I would be happy if they went back to simple round glass headlights that worked very well for many years.
I love the headlight on my 2019 Corvette Grand Sport. They also so much longer than they did years ago. HID and LED can work together without looking bad.
Many years ago, when cars had round headlights, a friend of mine got angry at people not turning their bright lights to dim at night. He purchased two aircraft landing lights and if an approaching car refused to dim his lights he flashed the aircraft landing lights. Problem solved. With today's bright headlight LED options it is important to make sure the new beam pattern is the same as the original. If they shine to high they will blind oncoming cars and the lights will have to be manually adjusted downward. Large pickup truck regularly suffer from this problem Thank you for another great video!
Are you from Michigan?
I remember hearing that story.
I can’t stand how bright they are and how expensive they are I hate the blue light wavelength
LED headlights are tuned to be emit white light from the factory, those who drive with blue headlights, modified them themselves.
Verliebt you’re wrong companies offer different color temperature you can choose from like true white or the blue shade you are speaking of
I'm not wrong for where I live, since in Europe they're obligated by law to make headlights on new cars emit white light, nobody offers any other option, but I still see people sometimes with blue light coming from their headlights. there are kits available to change the color of your lights even here, some people also paint the glass on their headlights.
few years ago it was simple, low beam had a yellow or blue tint, high beam was all white, so you'd know what they're using. yellow was from cars with halogens, blue from cars with xenon bulbs, but now all have to be white.
Oscar Aguilar the blue is really tough on the eyes
Verliebt just a blue type of light is extremely hard on the eyes especially when your eyesight has to readjust to the rest of the cars that have white and then the few cars that are coming at you with bluish LightNot good and very dangerous
The halogens in my old mustang light up about 10 feet in front of me with the high beams on.
Seems like everybody and their mother have their brights on. It's annoying as hell. The output on these bulbs should be standardized.
I love my Acura HID’s. They are focused and project a flat line that keeps them from blinding other drivers.
my 2005 Montego was same. Sharp cutoff engineered properly.
My Honda Accord Euro in Australia is an Acura. The low beam Xenons are fantastic
Yojo: what model and year Acura for the HID's you love?
0:12 and yet again Scotty’s cat steals the show!
Hope Scottys cat stays off the street.
Remember you have to adjust your headlights if you're gonna install hid on a halogen assembly, I'll say just spend a lil more and go for projectors
Halogens are the best. They get nice and hot that they melt caked on ice and snow.👌🏼
and they put out plenty of light and are cheap to replace.
Actually, that is a problem with LED traffic lights. Up north they get packed with snow and the LED's will not melt it. The old tungsten bulbs get hot and melt the snow off pretty quick.
@@jwelchon2416 They're putting defrost circuits in the Led traffic lights now.
@@miketonon7946 because LED puts out about 4x the light if not more. On a motorbike halogen just does not cut it anymore,
@@jwelchon2416 factory led headlights all have built in defrosting
If you live in Pennsylvania like i do it's smart to use a bulb that warms up because in the winter it melts the ice on your headlight covers. Have a good day
I love my mid 90's truck
No Air conditioning
No power windows
No automatic transmission
It has Everything 😃
Ken Alexanderstein I love my early 40's sedan.
No ac
No power windows
No auto transmission
No seatbelts
No turn signals
No reverse lights
It has nothing but it's all original and still drives and that's all I need!!
Got a 90 Chevy 5spd 4x4 with 348,000 miles love every minute I put in it
Mustn't be japanese
I like those old vehicles, nothing to break, nothing to fix. I get my keys re-made at the local hardware store. :)
It's all good and fun to have a manual truck until you come across a sleight incline.
One likely reason why people were flashing their high beams at you Scotty was that you were using HIDs with standard reflectors instead of projector lenses.
I still love your videos 😀
HID Bulbs are great in a housing just signed up for them. Using that kind a bowl and a House in design for halogen does not work.
Voice to text is not your friend.
@@obsoleteoptics I don't think my phone understands "Texican"
obsolete optics 😂😂
Another thing is to make sure your headlights are aimed properly. My truck came with the headlights aimed too low. I added airbags to the back which made it worse so I had to adjust them. And especially true if your car has been in an accident of some sort. That will also help.
I remember adjusting my headlights on a garage door, to prevent smacking a deer and not blind the other driver.
I noticed Scotty didn’t mentioned that HIF headlight systems and usually LEDS too are best in projectors. If your car came with halogen bulbs you most likely will be okay putting in good LED bulbs like diode dynamics SL1 which are meant to mimic the beam pattern of halogen bulbs but you’ll most likely want to do a projector retrofit or have one installed for best lighting upgrades. Most people with blinding LEDS have them in halogen housings that weren’t meant for them
30 to 60 bucks each ?!?! Nooo way dude, I just use candles. Scented candles for date night.😆
Lay out a blanket & light a candle behind the back of a family dollar. Date night.
I work an overnight shift so I ride my motorcycle at night a lot. I swapped the standard bulb in my motorcycle to an LED. I was highbeamed the first night. I lowered the focus, a lot, and haven't had any problems since. The LED is WAY brighter and I feel safer using it, both at night and during the day. ANY advantage I can get to get motorist to see me is a good thing.
@food4 thought Let me repeat myself, "I lowered the focus, a lot, and 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗻'𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗺𝘀 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗲."
I did a HID retrofit on my cars. Installed projectors into factory housings. Came out great. I can see the road AND it doesn't blind other drivers
Most people dont even know what a retrofit is. But kudos to you. I also run retrofits.
I find that new Audi, BMW and Mercedes have headlight bulbs that are just way to bright and are actively destroying my vision to the point where i now have some form of Photophobia.
@@navigation4653 he is not looking at the lights, the lights are looking at him
Navi Gation hope your Mom/Dad/Wife/husband/Granny/Grandpa/kid doesn’t look directly into the lights either.
Flag on the comment - Unnecessary Mean internet reply.
Navi Gation “German car hatter”
The brightness has nothing to do with it. It is simply because they are aimed too high. The new honda civic is the worst offender of this. They're aimed too high out of the factory and are way brighter than anything else on the road today (not the projector headlgihts on base models but the multi LED headlights). If they were correctly aimed, nobody would care because the lights arent hitting them in the eyes.
I put 8th gen JDMastars LEDs in my 2011 Civic for my low beams and it was the best purchase I've ever made! They were $189 but they don't blind people, my subs don't dim the lights any more and I get a nice clear HID type light. With these LEDs, they don't throw light everywhere. You get what you pay for with LEDs.
I've got misaligned headlights and one of 'em is always calling Batman. 😠
I know exactly what ur talking about blinded every night driving around people need to adjust them towards the ground more instead of straight ahead This is one thing that really upsets me. Love the pop up Headlight s
Lucie having fun in the background
I get bright lighted all the time in my civic, and all I did was put new assemblies on since stock ones were terrible. Still using halogen bulbs too.
Even some of the daylights in cars like Honda Civic are disturbing.
New Honda Civics ARE disturbing.
I did notice that!!And Honda Accord and Nissan Maxima the same thing.
It has everything to do the fact that older headlight housings were reflectors. Sticking HIDs or LEDs in them will make them too bright for oncoming traffic. They are fine in projector headlight housings though.
Headlights are like my boss.
Not to dim..not to bright
Thanks for posting this Scotty! I can't believe that these really bright lights are even legal. Now if we could get our lights dimmed down, but it would be nice if folks would turn on their lights at dusk.... Some many people don't turn on their lights until it's darn near dark....
There should be a class action suit against car companies for selling fading defective light casings.
You've mentioned before that LED's don't get that hot, but on the contrary, they actually get VERY HOT!! Many bulbs actually have built in fans to keep them cool.
Turn down your high-beams.....
The reason people kept flashing you is because you stuck HID bulbs in a non projector housing which in addition to being illegal, also doesn’t properly focus the light beam because the focal point of the filament is no longer properly located in the housing which causes glare that blinds oncoming drivers. Led bulbs, and HID bulbs should only be used in projector housings which have a sharp and clearly defined cutoff to prevent blinding glare to oncoming drivers.
Scotty man love the videos! That pic at the end with the old lady honking because they love Jesus was such a good joke!
Yeah my 2002 BMW E46 330ci Clubsport has Xenon HID headlights from factory. £70 ($90) per bulb. But they nice and bright and my car has auto levelling and no issues with oncoming cars. Love 'em.
H.i.d's bulbs are meant to be put on projector headlights not reflector housings
Not true. They are meant to be put into housings designed for hid. There are projectors that are designed for halogen use. Look up retrofits and maybe you'll fully understand.
Funny thing is, those large ridges Scotty is holding onto on the LED bulb are heat sinks, I never understood why something so energy efficient generated so much heat as to need heat sinks.
@behexen250 either way, it's wasted energy.
Which does Scotty hate more?
Chevys or plastic headlights?
Fiats
Pretty sure we all hate both.
Chrysler
don't forget that alignment of any lights is very crucial... even old halogen will blind you from oncoming traffic if they aimed to high... and no one cars about that..
Nike: "Just do it".
Scotty: "😹 Just Don't".
Glad to see you got the Bossla Bullet lights. Backed those on Kickstarter and have been very happy with them.
I really hate when some people be driving with their high beams on , I swear I be ready to snipe them lol
Those people driving with high beams on are either blind or they need to replace those low beams light to see better at night
@@JoseHernandez-gx7ev yea for some people but not all of them are blind or need replacements I've younger people just be driving around doing whatever while driving and have their high beams some be right behind and it kills my eyes when reflect into my rear view mirror
Thank you Scotty. Picked up a get around corolla LE 150K miles but everything works...it's actually a daily driver with a slightly beat up front end. Why do 4000 worth of (minor but poorly placed) body work to 2 fix headlight bulbs and a bumper? I found 7" dietz type and hi-low 55/60 halogen bulbs to fit. 2 drilled holes and it's back to legal, adjustable and everything.
hey Scotty, do a video about your cat, please!
Her name is Lucy...Lucy Kilmer.
I thought her name was Purrola.
i'd like a tour of that bookshelf!
Her name is Val...short for Valerie.
Never too many cat videos. 😺😺😺
Got some stock replacement bulbs from rockauto. They were so dim they were completely unsafe at night. I think sometimes they get reject parts from manufacturers.
If Scotty Kilmer played minecraft:
"Here's why Diamonds make the best tools."
I like the trucks who have the big rectangle lights on the front which blind you even in the day time.
Aww Kilmer, I thought you were going to give away a tube of toothpaste for someone to polish their headlamp housings with!😜
Donald Hollums holy guacamolely 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
One problem with LED headlights in the northern states is they don't help melt snow while driving. As far as auto dimming - GM's Autronic eye system - 1953.
Many of the people that complain about bright lights, have not cleaned their windshield...
What's your point?
@@Ammut6 Oh so it's OK to blame others for YOU not being able to see, because you are too lazy to clean your windshield...
@@kramnull8962 ...ok 😂
Just tonight, going home, the opposite guy flashed his lights on me -- insinuating that I had my high beams on, when in fact, my high beams were off. And this is not the first time some stranger mistook my lows for highs. Your vid affirmed what I have been thinking all along after these experiences -- that these modern headlights, especially LED ones like the ones I have on my vehicle, really do shine brighter that a lot people mistakenly think you have high beams on.
Love the cat.
Lucy
Also if you need to make your headlights look new again, use Sylvanias restoration kit. I've done a lot of headlight restorations with all different kinds of kits and can tell you that the Sylvanias kit is the absolute best. You don't use a drill which means it takes an hour per headlight to do it well (the first sanding step is the most important!). In the end you will have a crystal clear headlight, usually have to re do it every other year but it's a lot cheaper than buying OEM lights (aftermarket will always be worse)
Agree 100% on the Sylvania kit!... and usually only costs about 20.00
If you are blind by someone super bright lights and you have a accident who is to blame
I'm my country you are. If you are blinded by the headlights of a vehicle coming towards you, you should slow down or stop.
I was blinded by a new Toyota Corolla in town driving and I almost hit an elderly lady that was slowly crossing an intersection that she did not get through before the traffic light changed. I had to slam the brakes hard screeching the tires when I noticed her and it was close, within inches of hitting her. If this oncoming car had been a car with regular headlights from 2005 I would have seen her at least 5 seconds sooner. They say the LED projection lights are safer but I think that is only on the highway when traveling fast. In town it is not for sure.
My 2005 Montego had wonderful HID's The factory HID's cut the beam off very precisely so they don't blind people. They are engineered properly , while still putting out a very bright light that has the correct color temperature.
Cool i'll just buy candles
I saw a video that showed the proper way to install HID lights, which included installing a projector, which would project the light properly, especially if the height of the projectors was adjusted properly. Those old Celica lights almost certainly have no projectors, so the light from the zenon bulbs go all over the place, blinding people.
DID YOU SEE THE CAT AGAIN
Deja Vu. We're living in the Matrix.
I bet that cat was born with earplugs,lol
When i was little, it was just a screw driver to change out round or square sealed beams. Took like just few minutes to do. Now, if im lucky, takes like 15-20 min, removing plastic panels, squeezing down on the plastic bumper and wiggling the plastic headlight housing out to reach the back, pop open the round cover and remove the bulb/socket.
me when the video started:
scottys kitter is there
i have a combination of HID & LED light bulbs on my truck. they are very bright, but you have to be responsible and take your vehicle to an empty, flat parking lot and aim that beam properly! it will make a huge difference. the traffic lights are getting brighter too. i think they have been changed over to LED technology.
never touch the bulb with your finger...oil residue is bad news
Aerodynamic glass headlight windshields were used by many car models until 1967 in the USA when they were made illegal for new cars. VW Beetles and Kombis used them. Jaguar XKEs used them. Some others also.
For sale in the USA they had US standard sealed beams, either 4 x 5-3/4" or 2 x 7" behind the glass. The only problem I ever knew of is that the space between the glass cover and the sealed beam was not airtight and would have dirt gradually collect on the inside of the cover glass and on the sealed beam lens. Most drivers never bothered to clean them.
In 1967 Citroën restyled the nose of their D models, going to four headlights and aerodynamic cover glasses. They were immediately illegal for new cars in the USA, so instead of two ~7" high/low lights and two ~5" long range lights they got four 5-3/4" sealed beam lights, no glass covers. In 1970 their SM got six sort-of rectangular lights: two high/low lights, two high beam lights and two long range lights under aerodynamic glass covers. All illegal for new cars in the USA of course.
The aerodynamic plastic headlight units of today are actually sealed beams. For the USA they have silicone "rubber" seals on the bulb unit. The only time they're not sealed is during bulb changes. The plastic light unit is the outer lens of this sealed beam unit.
I replaced my headlights with strobe lights. That way it looks like I'm the only one moving.
Steven Wright
I’ll stick to my 5k HIDs and change em out once a year. The output of light is worth it. I also switched my turning signals to LEDs to make them WAY brighter.
I hate the new headlights. You almost have to wear welding glasses while driving at night!
I agree, I have anti glare highest level glasses and they help but not that much. Led need to be mandated.
HID lights need a special light assembly to cut them off from shining into the eyes of oncoming traffic. You can look right into them and they don't blind you. When I put the brights on, they mechanically lift the shield and lift the lights. In MN they have saved me from hitting deer many times.
Many people put them in regular assemblies that aren't meant for them and then you blind everyone.
The issue isn't brightness, it's poor headlight aim and idiots running bright LEDs for fog lamps in heavy traffic
bingo. you can aim the headlights so they dont go above half of the person car infront of you, quite an easy fix. but retards just throw the lights in and blind you.
@@DiamondScuff this only works on flat roads and where I'm from its all hills and valleys. You can aim the lights down really far and they still blind people over long hills.
@@practicalguy973 if you put it low enough even going up and down hills it wont do too much blinding, even if your in a truck. the hill would have to be like 70+ degrees to go up enough to make the lights blind the other person.
Scotty, having lived in Germany for quite a few years, I can you that you are close in your explanation. It comes down to the US laws regarding SEALED HEADLIGHT BULBS! Forever in Europe, they used non sealed glass bulbs that weren't considered safe here in the US. Our sealed bulbs back then imploded during an accident because they were sealed up under a vacuum. The unsealed glass bulbs in europe had the replaceable internal bulb you could change out, but in an accident, large shards of glass went flying. Then came along the crappy plastic headlight housings we have today and as they say, the rest is history.
My girlfriends high-beams are always on😲😁🤔 ❤️
They have built in adjusters. just give them a light twist. 😂
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In the early 1970’s, a friend of mine bought a late 1950’s model Cadillac for $100 (as I recall). It had a sensor on the dash facing forward that that would automatically dim the high beam lights back to low beam when a car approached from the other direction, then would return them to high beam after the car passed.