IML: '68 Headlights (halogens)

["Klebert L. Hall" <swampyankee@xxxxxxx>]

>Quoting Kate Triplett <ad_ablurr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>
> As I am not having much luck in finding a new home for Lucille, This is
one
> of the things I had on my "list" for her. In this dark-winter climate,
having
> brighter halogen headlights  (or even better than that!) is just plain
safer.


   When you do this, I beg you to just replace the high beam units (that's
what I've done with my '69). I realise that on an empty road, bright
headlights are a life saver, but in even light traffic I believe the benefit
is outweighed by the blinding of oncoming drivers. I find that modern lights
(especially the HID ones and those accursed Xenon units) are bright enough
to leave afterimages on my retinas - actually, even some modern *brake
lights* can do this (just what I need, the guy in front of me is stopping,
and I have to squint).
   A couple years ago, I was driving from Rhode Island to Milwaukee. In the
wee hours of the morning in northern Ontario (scenic route), on the two lane
undivided provincial highways, oncoming cars with their high beams on could
wipe out my night vision from over a mile away, leaving me only able to
really see the portion of the road directly illuminated by my lights. Sure,
I could've switched to my brights, but then we'd both be blind. Hitting a
moose is quite dangerous, but I'd wager not as bad as hitting my 2+ ton car
at our combined velocity. Sometimes I was reduced to pulling onto the
shoulder 'till they passed.
  I really hate the headlight-brightness-arms-race the car companies are
engaged in; I wish we were back on the 2-or-4 sealed beam standard, styling
be damned.

  Sorry for the rant.
      -Kle.
      '69 Crown 4DHT




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