This is for people with Xenon headlights or the bright white lights...
do other people on the road ever flash you with their lights? Thinking that you have your high beams on? How often does this happen? Do you find this annoying?

 

I have the PIAA's and I get it pretty often. If I really feel like F'ing with them, I'll slow down to get behind them and really show them my high beams!

 

I used to get "flashed" regularly with my PIAA Super Whites, but haven't gotten "flashed" yet with my 2K2 HIDs.

I guess I need to raise them a bit.

 

yeah its happened to me a few times, it never occured to me that my Xenons my have something to do with it--WOW, it all makes sense now

 

I have PIAA Super Whites too. I don't get flashed though
I never re-aimed my headlights after I lowered my car.

 

I have stock headlights and fogs and i get flashed all the time.

 

I got flashed when I aimed the HIDs too high.

 

I get flashed with the Raybrigs I have in there.... not very often, but sometimes... lets see what happens with the 2k2 HIDs

 

I'm with ICE, I never been flashed, even when I thought it was aimed too high cause I could no longer see the light on the ground. But still it dont blind other people because of the nice FLAT pattern that it output-ed.

 

Yeah I got flashed a few times for my PIAA xtreme whites. But not recently - guess more people have hids or non-oem bulbs and people are getting used them around here.

 

yes.. with the 2k2 HIDs, no. even aimed high. I only brought them down to the stock position because the High pattern was too high. God help the poor fool that flashes me.. I'll give them a free Xray with my highs

 

I get flashed all of the time by oncomoming traffic. The best thing to do is wait until they are eal close, flash them your bights right when they are right in front of you. Works all of the time(LOL).

 

So does anyone know how to re-aim the lights? I got people pointing middle finger at me. And the sad thing is that I am always too tired to fight back. So i guess I have to re-aim my lights. But I have no knowledge of how to so can someone teach me? Thanks a lot

 

Just once so far... in a hilly road and I was sitting on the top of the hill waiting for a left turn. A guy coming in the opposite direction "flashed" me, so I "flashed" him back...

 

I get flashed and I'm just using the Cool Blues...it's usually after I've come up on someone on the hightway and made the pass. oh well....I thing a bit might have to do when I'm passing them seeing how the Max's headlights throw more light to the right...probably lights up their cabin pretty good...

and thats even with the haze on the headlight plastic that will never go away

 

Safecut will knock out that haze. make the lights look brand new again.. just clean them well with soap and water, use a ultra soft cloth and fold it alot while cleaning. Pepboys + $8 + old cotton tshirt + 15 mins = new looking headlights.

 

Alright but this stuff, dont it only clean on the outside? What good is that if the haze or whatever it is looks like it is on the inside?

Just wondering before I roll over to Pepboys for my weekly Saturday visits.

Dixit

 

he's talking about the white-ish yellow haze on the outside.. safecut was the only thing that would touch it on my 2k headlights. I hope I dont have to use it anytime soon on the 2k2s, but I swear that 2k2 plastic seems softer.

 

Yes! quite often. damn idiots. probably should blind them. It's annoying all right

 

All the time but you should see how fast they take there brights off when i flash them back

 

If you blind them, that means they know you're there.

I do this mainly because of the incredible level of retardism on the road in my area (MD/VA/DC area - Paul, Nauman, and myself all got hit recently...) Driving with my hi-beam lights on intentionally has probably cut down on the number of dangerous "lane intrusions" by 95%. Also, this has cut down on road-rage induced WOT middle finger extended passes when the aforementioned things happen, so my fuel mileage has picked up as well. :-D

Ironically, I never get flashed for my hi-beams

 

btw, this girl pulled up next to me while I was at a stop light and flashed me. Does that count?

 

i think that means something else

 

i get flashed at alot..i dont get too (#$(*% cause the HID's are pretty bright. with hid's i have no hi beams..which kinda suxx..but its all good. best part is when you let people cross the street at night..the way they shield their eyes and start walking faster

 

dont' gotta worry about them flashing at me, their hands are too busy rubbing thems sore eyes after the hid strikes them..

 

8 mm hex bolt in the back of the light assembly (white-ish plastic, I think). Use a 1/4 drive ratchet, and you'll probably need a short extension as well. Shine the lights against a wall and just crank them up or down as necessary. Then road test. Not sure about side to side aiming, it's been a while. If the far end of the low beam pattern is set to illuminate the road surface out to about 200 feet you won't have any problems with drivers that can't tell high beams from low beams, the low beams will actually be useful, and the highs won't be somewhere up in the trees. If you have fogs, crank them up a little to fill in under the lows.

My own experience is that perhaps one oncoming driver per 3 months has any problem with that aim (and that individual may just be counting white lights and thinking that 4 = high beams must be on).

Norm

 

OT but related. I've been living in Korea for 7 months. What is really cool about driving here is how courteous people are. One big thing is when driving at night. When you pull up to a red light, it is a common practice to turn your low beams off(parking lights only). So rather than sit at a light and blind everyone that is turning or going wherever, they care about others. This is an amazing concept to me and I've never seen it in the US.

Yes, "Caring about others", hmm, definately a weird concept.

Zam

 

I do that at drive thrus, but that would be tough on a ballast if you are driving stop and go in Downtown traffic.

 

hahah not to be racist or anything.. but i heard people in china do that just to "save electricity" HAhaha.. wehni heard that i thought it was pretty funny, they'de shut off the AC too.. but of course the engine would still be on.

 

I second that.... I have a chinese friend who is here in houston. She purposely up the themostat cos some idiot told her that by doing so it can save lots of gas..... and as much as possible, she drive with a/c off.... Imagine driving with also no a/c in texas weather..... that was the one and only time i sat in her car....

 

I'm usually speeding to fas for for anyone to consider flashing me!

 

Is Safecut the stuff put out by The Wax Shop?

 

its says Swirl and Haze remover. Someone else on the board recommended it and it worked great for me. Just be careful.. use a super soft cloth, remove all dirt first, and rub lightly yet repeatedly.

 

lol...I've noticed that in India too. I don't know if its courtesy or saving energy. Plenty of drivers just leave their brights on.

 

Damn India is retarded, I was there a couple of years ago, and their whole system of "HORN OK" written on the back of all the trucks, I still aint figure out what the hell that means.

Dixit

 

hehehe...driving over there is fun... no rules...

 

...no roads either?!?!?!

 

I get it all the time cause i have HID headlights and foglights and on the foglight I removed the reflector so it blinds everyone...

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