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mike5511 Enthusiast

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Most all of those "bright lights" bother us older folks. Y'all that run them are lucky I'm retired......or we'd be liable to have a visit!?

Er1cB Enthusiast

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17 hours ago, reardiff said:

 

How do you know if your headlights need adjusted?  I just went up to a 33 inch tire and 1.5 level, would this be enough to have to adjust?

I would bet the front end level made quite a difference. i'm sure you should adjust them down.

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I bet they need an adjustment that’s why I won’t do any lift or level kit. Level the truck only thing left is a squatting ass. Hit the gas ass drops front points up your lights are always changing direction.


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Jav_eee Enthusiast

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I bet they need an adjustment that’s why I won’t do any lift or level kit. Level the truck only thing left is a squatting ass. Hit the gas ass drops front points up your lights are always changing direction.


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I mean.... you could adjust them and avoid that. It’ll be as if the level was never installed


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I don't really have an answer but I'm in MA and my Silverado, my wife's Atlas and my sons' RAV4 and S90 all have OEM LED headlights and I am not aware of any police concerns.

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I don't really have an answer but I'm in MA and my Silverado, my wife's Atlas and my sons' RAV4 and S90 all have OEM LED headlights and I am not aware of any police concerns.

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That’s because OEM setups don’t cause the glare that bothers other drivers.


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TBHiker Enthusiast

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I see more threads pop up with factory led headlights in LT+  having issues being flashed ?

 

I have never been flashed with led bulbs in my custom.

OkieMedic Enthusiast

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Please dont put LED or HID bulbs in a housing not designed for such a bulb. Not only will it produce blinding glare for other drivers, in most cases you will also experience decreased usable light output as the housing will tend to scatter the light instead of properly reflect it in the proper direction. 

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Please dont put LED or HID bulbs in a housing not designed for such a bulb. Not only will it produce blinding glare for other drivers, in most cases you will also experience decreased usable light output as the housing will tend to scatter the light instead of properly reflect it in the proper direction. 

True for HID, but some LEDs, the filament placement is the exact same as a standard halogen bulb, and are perfectly safe to use in a reflector type housing, and with LEDs watt to lumen ratio being better than halogen, they actually do increase your light output.
Dunn Senior Enthusiast

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21 hours ago, OkieMedic said:

Please dont put LED or HID bulbs in a housing not designed for such a bulb. Not only will it produce blinding glare for other drivers, in most cases you will also experience decreased usable light output as the housing will tend to scatter the light instead of properly reflect it in the proper direction. 

at one time this was probably true, everything advances with time....

Er1cB Enthusiast

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On 8/25/2020 at 3:56 AM, OkieMedic said:

Please dont put LED or HID bulbs in a housing not designed for such a bulb. Not only will it produce blinding glare for other drivers, in most cases you will also experience decreased usable light output as the housing will tend to scatter the light instead of properly reflect it in the proper direction. 

IRT the first part: It doesn't seem to bother other drivers but I could be wrong. As far as decreased usable light output you are definitely wrong, I LOVE the light output of my LED bulbs.

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On 8/20/2020 at 10:33 AM, reardiff said:

 

How do you know if your headlights need adjusted?  I just went up to a 33 inch tire and 1.5 level, would this be enough to have to adjust?

There are specifications for the height of the illuminated area at a given distance on level ground. I used to find a wall and have my truck a distance away and then adjust the lights to get the beam pattern I wanted with the low beam setting.

 

Forget about lifted trucks, the ones that are "leveled" have the front end raised up and I doubt any of the people doing this are adjusting their headlamps afterwards.

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