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Old Oct 16, 2005 | 01:58 AM
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OEM Cefiro beam cut-off question

I've had the OEM Cefiro headlights on my Maxima for a few months now. They are great, good beam pattern, and great illumination of the road. One thing I noticed was that the 15 degree flare to the right has a very clean cut-off but the horizontal cut-off to the left has somewhat of a blurry but straight cut-off, After riding in my aunts Sequoia for the last few days at night, the cut-off for both the flare and the horizontal are equally sharp, same with most other H4 equipped cars. Can someone please explain why this is? Maybe it has the to something with Taiwanese Road regulations since the OEM Cefiros come from Taiwan.
Old Oct 16, 2005 | 11:19 AM
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try another set of H4 bulbs? If you have aftermarket bulbs they are not the most precise bulbs, esp those blue ones.

My hi/low HID kit is pretty sharp on the horizontal but the area "between" the beams will be not so sharp cuz of the left flare.
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Old Oct 16, 2005 | 12:32 PM
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these are the chome ones? what is the brand in the lense?
Old Oct 16, 2005 | 02:40 PM
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I'm using the H4 bulbs that came with the headlights.
Old Oct 17, 2005 | 12:10 AM
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This is my beam pattern, I'm using the stock H4 bulbs that came with the headlights. Does anyone see anything unusual about the beam pattern?

Old Oct 17, 2005 | 06:57 AM
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they look tilted to the left a bit. and i see what you mean abou the beam pattern. are you blinding anyone or are they insufficiently lighting the road in front of you?
Old Oct 17, 2005 | 09:23 AM
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They are tilted down on the opposing traffic side to minimize glare... I actually like that feature. I don't have any problems with it.
Old Oct 17, 2005 | 02:39 PM
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those look normal to me. i love the pattern of h4's! with out projectors thats the best you can get.
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