cgatch

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Has anybody heard about this possible crackdown on supposedly illegal HIDs? I just caught the tail end of the news while changing radio stations on the way to work. I have surfed the net but can't find anything.

wwest

HIDs are basically ALL the same "brightness", some have a wider color spectrum therefore better nightime color rendition.

I suspect that when the "crackdown" comes, if it ever does, it will be over the lack of self-leveling on the after-market systems.

KayGee

http://www.usatoday.com/money/autos/...complaints.htm

bitkahuna

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Agreed, and as it should.

ChrisK

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I bet you that out of 1,800 complains about 1,300 are people that are having problems with Honda Civics, or better yet any Ford products, with "fake" HID super-whites. Also, I bet that 1,700 people out of 1,800 that complained would confuse the real properly adjusted HID with Ford Taurus or Mustang with cheap Super-Whites.

So, maybe NHTSA should first do the study about people understanding the difference between real HID or fake lights before trying to take this any further.

Just my $.02

P.S. I never got blinded by luxury/real HID, while 95% times I actually got blinded the Ford product was the cause.

wwest

Of what difference does it make?

Aftermarket "off-road" BRIGHTER bulbs or HIDs not properly "leveled", both should be out-lawed.

CamRen

out of 1,800 complains about 10 complaints are prolly about my HID's lol haha suckers ! Blind ya! ha



my gs has OEM hids wit out auto leveling.
and its pointed all the way up, no way to adjust em i broke the leveling motor tabs trying to center the hids (oops) till any CrACkDoWn, who ever is getting blinded would have to deal with it

sorry

alexus

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damn it

why do we have to take responsibility for people who made their lights look all the way to the signes instead of road??

i mean.. it doesn't really matter weither its halogen or hid if lights doesn't aim on the road then nothin will help..

alexus

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oh and another thing.. whoever complaining about this.. i'm pretty much sure that they not always can see the difference between halogeen white/blue lights and real hid

alexus

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http://vbulletin.alexus.org/showthre...id=662#post662

///MDex

Unless you have to deal with it when an oncomming car becomes blinded by your lights, they crash, then sue you; only easily to find out your headlights were not properly aligned / broken, and you are at fault.

sorry

mooretorque

Even properly aimed and aligned, HIDs produce more glare/scatter than quartz halogens. The phenomenon (from my reading) isn't well understood, since the pattern cutoffs are quite sharp. But it still ain't too bad, even with these aged eyes.

Mercedes HIDs seem to produce more scatter than Lexus/BMW/Acura (unscientific study based on my observation of oncoming traffic) but the worst offenders are still older GM DRLs.

Makes me want to take crowbar to highbeams. (Calm.....OM......Ommmmmmmmmm..........Ommmmmmmmm................too much road rage..........calm). Ok, I'm better now.

GS4Will

hey Doc,

meditation is good for body and soul...

biggie27

Im sure they wont crack down on lexus's or the higher end cars, just because its a known fact that they come stock with the car. So I wouldnt worry about it too much , now if you have a civic with HID's then I would start worrying

tod071

I agree with Biggie, just tell the cop it came with the car. My friend's a cop and they don't really bother with high-end cars. "Sorry Ociffer, but that's what the car came with"