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04-04-2016, 02:41 PM

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You'd think with it being Spring, and baseball started yesterday, fishing season is upon us that everyone would be just a little bit happier!

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04-04-2016, 02:43 PM

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You'd think with it being Spring, and baseball started yesterday, fishing season is upon us that everyone would be just a little bit happier!

Snowing here :-( but I 100% agree with you

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04-04-2016, 02:43 PM

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You'd think with it being Spring, and baseball started yesterday, fishing season is upon us that everyone would be just a little bit happier!

Or even Nascar. I was at Martinsville Speedway for the race yesterday. And now I have a hell of a sunburn.

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04-04-2016, 03:28 PM

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Researching with the manufacturers or distributors will only provide you with the information THEY want you to know. After all they want to sell you their product.

If anyone is going to do any research on this go to NHTSA or Dept of Transportation DOT.

My advice - you have halogen housings - buy a good quality halogen bulb. PIAA for example...DOT approved!

A large well known manufacturer will not open themselves up for lawsuits. Also, Federal regulations are way out of date regarding current lighting options provided by vehicle manufacturers and lighting vendors. The last thing on the docket was the use of HID lamps by auto manufacturers and the complaints of other drivers on the road.

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04-04-2016, 03:29 PM

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You'd think with it being Spring, and baseball started yesterday, fishing season is upon us that everyone would be just a little bit happier!

Every day I am alive I am happy. Life is too short.

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04-04-2016, 03:34 PM

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let me ask for some advise. Not to hijack our thread. do these types of LEDs really cause problems with oncoming drivers at night?! My headlights terrible cant see well...and I know they are designed that way on purpose as to not blind drivers. I was thinking of some LEDs and adjust beam downwards a bit but my wife too says not to as I will be a pain in the ***** to other drivers. I want it brighter and to see better but I dont want to get flashed all the time? what if any are my o[ptions here. Im thinking LEDs as I see a lot of new cars with them and they arent too bad oncoming....a bit but not too bad..and I can always aim downwards a bit??? live in country so seeing is a mist with all the deer!!!!!!

Fello New Yorker..... Thanks for input.....

If you aim them down so you dont cause as much of a glare to oncoming traffic, you will cut down the distance the light reaches, which in your case probably defeats the purpose of putting the bulbs in, because you want distance for deer and other critters on the road. Your ideal remedy is a proper hid retrofit. Good distance, wide beam, light where its supposed to be.

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04-04-2016, 03:41 PM

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You'd think with it being Spring, and baseball started yesterday, fishing season is upon us that everyone would be just a little bit happier!

An exam today and tomorrow, as well as snow and no delay or cancelation well into April and after spring break has really killed the vibe here hahaha

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04-04-2016, 03:57 PM

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MASTERS WEEK!!!

sorry back on topic.

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04-04-2016, 04:11 PM

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As for HID bulbs not having a high and low, that's because they are designed to be used in projector housings which have a cutoff shield that when in low blocks and creates the cutoff and when high is activated raises or lowers the shield to reveal all the light output without a cutoff.

If you're going to inform people at least give them accurate information so they can make an informed decision.

Not all HIDs are designed to be used in projector housings. The 2005 Mercury Montego, I had, came with factory HID and they were not projector housings. Also, the high beam was a separate halogen bulb that came on in addition to the low beams.