Stupid Headlights!
10-07-2001, 11:17 AM
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Stupid Headlights!
After I swapped out my stock H4's for Catz Galaxy-Whites, my beam pattern has been all screwy.
The beam makes like a slanted line against my garage door.
Like this ----> /___/
It looks like two slanted lines with a flat section in between...the slanted beam is much more pronounced on the passenger side.
Anyone else with this problem?
I've jiggled the hell out of it and tried to reseat the bulb too...any other suggestions? It drives me crazy at night!
The beam makes like a slanted line against my garage door.
Like this ----> /___/
It looks like two slanted lines with a flat section in between...the slanted beam is much more pronounced on the passenger side.
Anyone else with this problem?
I've jiggled the hell out of it and tried to reseat the bulb too...any other suggestions? It drives me crazy at night!
10-07-2001, 12:08 PM
#3
Re: Stupid Headlights!
Originally posted by NJ_MAX2000
After I swapped out my stock H4's for Catz Galaxy-Whites, my beam pattern has been all screwy.
The beam makes like a slanted line against my garage door.
Like this ----> /___/
It looks like two slanted lines with a flat section in between...the slanted beam is much more pronounced on the passenger side.
Anyone else with this problem?
I've jiggled the hell out of it and tried to reseat the bulb too...any other suggestions? It drives me crazy at night!
After I swapped out my stock H4's for Catz Galaxy-Whites, my beam pattern has been all screwy.
The beam makes like a slanted line against my garage door.
Like this ----> /___/
It looks like two slanted lines with a flat section in between...the slanted beam is much more pronounced on the passenger side.
Anyone else with this problem?
I've jiggled the hell out of it and tried to reseat the bulb too...any other suggestions? It drives me crazy at night!
Max
10-07-2001, 01:00 PM
#5
Originally posted by yo_its_ok
Welcome to Automotive Reflector Technologies 101.
H4 Housings always make the passenger side light reach up further to see road signs. If you notice also on your driver side, the slant is towards the passenger side, once again the reason its like that is for your safety to light up those road signs on a dark road.
On H4 HIDs, its alot more pronounced, but believe it or not, the light pattern is 100% better than stock. There is more beam control on where its supposed to go on the road, and not all over the place reflecting from the bottom part of the housing which sends lights shooting skyward due to the contour of the lense which also refracts light up due to the curvature.
-Peace
Welcome to Automotive Reflector Technologies 101.
H4 Housings always make the passenger side light reach up further to see road signs. If you notice also on your driver side, the slant is towards the passenger side, once again the reason its like that is for your safety to light up those road signs on a dark road.
On H4 HIDs, its alot more pronounced, but believe it or not, the light pattern is 100% better than stock. There is more beam control on where its supposed to go on the road, and not all over the place reflecting from the bottom part of the housing which sends lights shooting skyward due to the contour of the lense which also refracts light up due to the curvature.
-Peace
On a side note - cars imported from Japan, GB and other places where people dirve on a goofy(J/K) side of the road - their stock pattern is \----\ which makes them illegal in some countries without housing mods (like masked housings) since they blind oncoming traffic insted of lighting the signs etc.
Max
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