I am soooo sick and tired of having people think that I have my highbeams on when they are not on. I have people blinding me all the time, tonight I couldn't see and almost hit someone crossing the street.... guy with the sports car who doesn't know how to drive.

It just really pisses me off that people do that, I know HIDs are bright, but they are not that bright.

Anyone else have a crazy story about something like that?

 

Every now and then it happens to me. I hate it when the jerkoff in front thinks I'm high beaming him and he'll slam his brakes or slow down.

 

Are they aimed correctly?

If the driver coming towards you, or the driver driving in front of you is below the cutoff of your headlight, it will be extremely bright.....

 

Everyone flashes me for my lights, I don't care though .... more attention

 

I don't think people flashes high beam because they think you have hi beam on. It could be the case if you are coming down from a hill or something. In most cases though I think becaus I"ve seen before is that people hi beam you due to the changing color of your light. One time I saw this man hi beam the first year TSX because their light flickers a lot. People just thinking, "what the hell, why that car's light changing to so many colors"?

 

i don't mind. when i'm on the highway the people in front of me just change lanes.

 

i got it from time to time in the S too... them i throw my highbeams on just to let them know they wasnt on...

one time a camty was tailgating me an di was going 80mph ( standard speed on SOCAL FWY's)
they high beamed me like 3-4 times.. and there was no one else on the road...
he goes around me then cuts me off slows down.... now im pissed.... i high beam him ... you see he swing side to side real quick.. then pulls aside outof the way of my headlights.. man we got a kick out of that !

 

Yeah.. are some of your guys headlights aimed correctly?

And yes.. the headlights are bright.. REALLY bright.. 4300k = The amount of Kelvin's equal to Sunlight - Is that.. "not that bright?"

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 1of4k &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Yeah.. are some of your guys headlights aimed correctly?

And yes.. the headlights are bright.. REALLY bright.. 4300k = The amount of Kelvin's equal to Sunlight - Is that.. "not that bright?" </TD></TR></TABLE>

i actually adjust mine on the high side! same thing with the EVO

 

yeah i think mine are too low actually... im gonna raise them up a bit...

 

Yeb... I hate it too.

 

I think I'm going to check the alignment, but they look like they are aimed in the right direction.

I must admit I get a bit of pleasure out of making people feel stupid for flashing me without reason.

 

If you guys are lowered and haven't touched the headlights.. you GOTTA re-aim them NOW!!!

 

i aimed mine so the right side is higher so i can see street signs and people on the side walk. and my car is lowered.
in the service manual it says to aim them 25 ft away from a wall and they should be a certain amount of milimeters high from the floor. idn the rest i'm too lazy to go look it up

 

1) Park car on level ground, 25ft away from a wall.
2) Upper cut-off of the headlight should be 22-24" above ground.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Mr. Projekt &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">1) Park car on level ground, 25ft away from a wall.
2) Upper cut-off of the headlight should be 22-24" above ground.</TD></TR></TABLE>

im gonna make mine 24.5" cuz im a rebel... haha

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by SupersonicBlueGSR &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

im gonna make mine 24.5" cuz im a rebel... haha </TD></TR></TABLE>

wow youre such a badboy... ROFL!!!!! hahahahahahah

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by WowOzYouRock &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

wow youre such a badboy... ROFL!!!!! hahahahahahah</TD></TR></TABLE>

yeha you no it... im the type of guy thatll stand underneath a "no loitering" sign for an extended amount of time for no reason... excpet to look badass...

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by SupersonicBlueGSR &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

yeha you no it... im the type of guy thatll stand underneath a "no loitering" sign for an extended amount of time for no reason... excpet to look badass... </TD></TR></TABLE>

or maybe you couldnt read or doesnt know what it means... ROFL

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by WowOzYouRock &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

or maybe you couldnt read or doesnt know what it means... ROFL </TD></TR></TABLE>

someone thinks there funny... hey you remind me of somebody...

 

so your a big fan of him? ROFL

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by S@nt0s &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i got it from time to time in the S too... them i throw my highbeams on just to let them know they wasnt on...
</TD></TR></TABLE>

I'm a big fan of this move.
"if you thought that was bright.... BAM SUCKA!!!"

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 1of4k &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Yeah.. are some of your guys headlights aimed correctly?

And yes.. the headlights are bright.. REALLY bright.. 4300k = The amount of Kelvin's equal to Sunlight - Is that.. "not that bright?" </TD></TR></TABLE>
4300K is a measurement of color, not intensity. Intensity is measured in Lumens. Color may be a little confusing, because the K represents Kelvin, which is a measurement of temperature (like celcuis or farenheit). However, in light bulbs, it only refers to color, not brigthness. The origin of using K to denote color is in the definition: a black body radiator heated to 5500 Kelvin gives off a certain color of light (mostly white, but slightly yellow, matching sunlight).

For the record, sunlight is closer to 5000-5500K. 4300 is more red than daylight, which doesn't sound right to me because I think the OEM S2000 HID is bluer than daylight. That means higher than 5500K.

 

If only you could afford a real car with real HIDs

 

wth...s2k's dont have auto leveling headlights? that blows...but then again its my first S and i used to have a beemer and i work on mercedes.....so i guess im a little spoiled....not used to this bare knuckle stuff