Thread: mjeds - 1939 Tudor.. starting my mods.

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"If I could legally shoot out the lights with a pellet gun every time one of these bozos gets behind me I would. "

I hear you there, I just about need sunglasses at night anymore, and I don't even own a pair for the daytime. When I was blinded by that dummy faces LED taillights I thought, I might as well get used to this crap. I had a vehicle with projector headlights, they are a step back in lighting in my opinion. I hated those things.

Originally Posted by 53 Chevy5

"If I could legally shoot out the lights with a pellet gun every time one of these bozos gets behind me I would. "

I hear you there, I just about need sunglasses at night anymore, and I don't even own a pair for the daytime. When I was blinded by that dummy faces LED taillights I thought, I might as well get used to this crap. I had a vehicle with projector headlights, they are a step back in lighting in my opinion. I hated those things.

I agree about projectors with inadequate bulbs.. with proper HID bulbs, they do very well at focusing the light, my wife's 2007 Camry had projectors with halogen bulbs and they were useless IMO, the light output was horrible. Reminded me of my 1978 Trans Am with rectangular sealed beams. I took them apart and replaced the halogen projectors with proper HID projectors from a Lexus, and installed Lexus OEM HID ballasts and bulbs in them, properly focused and built to SAE/DOT standards, not aftermarket $25 ebay cr@p that blinds everyone. The light output was very good and properly focused, I did a ton of testing to be sure she wasn't blinding oncoming traffic or people she was behind..

Her new 2017 Camry has LED lamps in a reflective housing with a "bubble" front that looks like a projector, but it is nothing more than a glass shield (actually probably polycarbonate plastic) to spread the LED light 120° as the LEDs only direct light forward without the scatter shield, when I removed the "bulb" as it were, it is a single fairly large LED mounted on a plate and aimed forward, no side lighting at all, so the "bubble" provides the left to right spread.

My Lexus RCF has Triple LEDs, that is 3 small lights, one aimed 60° off center to the left, one aimed 60° off center to the right and one directed forward.. accomplishes the same light spread as my wife's car with 3 small LEDs instead of one big LED. My lights = $1200 to replace (per side), my wife's $400 per side, I guess 3 times the bulbs 3 times the cost.

[QUOTE=53 Chevy5;568955]"If I could legally shoot out the lights with a pellet gun every time one of these bozos gets behind me I would. "QUOTE]

I'm with you! I've even thought of somehow creating a lazer that would take out a headlight on an oncoming car that's blinding me. A friend wants to tell me how they are so much safer because of all the light. I laugh and ask how safe can it be when the cars coming at you have drivers with their eyes closed? I've resorted to placing my left hand in a position that blocks the oncoming car but I can see my side of the road without getting my retinas burnt through.