thunderstruck
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Yep, so as of yesterday, I am no longer running my HID kits. I'm back to my old TruView halogen bulbs 
. Apparently, I didn't realize just how bad the glare really was. When I installed my kits, I walked in front my truck and didn't believe that the glare was bad at all. It also didn't seem that the light was scattered or diffused based on what I could see from the front seat. The cutoff looked fine as well.
So for about a month or so after, nobody ever flashed me at night. But after that month, more and more people started to flash me, one even pulled over
. Considering that I live in a VERY small town and take a not-so-busy highway to work everyday where I usually meet the same people everyday, I guess people got tired of being blinded by me. I didn't want to lower my headlights any further, because if I went too much farther, my highbeams would have been very close to where my lowbeams were with the halogens!
So I had my friend take my truck down a road while I went the other way in his. We turned around and headed back towards each other. DAMN! The glare was pretty fucking rough from a distance. That same night, I met about eight or nine cars on my way home from his place. I think all but one flashed me. That was the nail in the coffin, yesterday I pulled out the kits and reinstalled my old halogens.
... and it sucks! I used to drive around with these!? Holy Crap. I definitely miss the brightness and color of the HIDs, but I really don't want to be "that douchebag that blinds everybody" or any extra attention from the cops. It's not all bad though, my lights come on instantly again and I no longer have to be careful to avoid "hot restarts" when changing high and low beams. I also now realize how uneven the light spread was. There used to be a few hotspots and deadspots with the HIDs, but the halogens are completely even.
So now I have two Apexcone HID kits laying around. I have some local friends interested, but if they back out, I'll let them go for cheap to TMC members.
. Apparently, I didn't realize just how bad the glare really was. When I installed my kits, I walked in front my truck and didn't believe that the glare was bad at all. It also didn't seem that the light was scattered or diffused based on what I could see from the front seat. The cutoff looked fine as well.So for about a month or so after, nobody ever flashed me at night. But after that month, more and more people started to flash me, one even pulled over
. Considering that I live in a VERY small town and take a not-so-busy highway to work everyday where I usually meet the same people everyday, I guess people got tired of being blinded by me. I didn't want to lower my headlights any further, because if I went too much farther, my highbeams would have been very close to where my lowbeams were with the halogens! So I had my friend take my truck down a road while I went the other way in his. We turned around and headed back towards each other. DAMN! The glare was pretty fucking rough from a distance. That same night, I met about eight or nine cars on my way home from his place. I think all but one flashed me. That was the nail in the coffin, yesterday I pulled out the kits and reinstalled my old halogens.
... and it sucks! I used to drive around with these!? Holy Crap. I definitely miss the brightness and color of the HIDs, but I really don't want to be "that douchebag that blinds everybody" or any extra attention from the cops. It's not all bad though, my lights come on instantly again and I no longer have to be careful to avoid "hot restarts" when changing high and low beams. I also now realize how uneven the light spread was. There used to be a few hotspots and deadspots with the HIDs, but the halogens are completely even.
So now I have two Apexcone HID kits laying around. I have some local friends interested, but if they back out, I'll let them go for cheap to TMC members.
