Thread: D4 high-beam alignment

Pic of LED driving lights as requested. I have to start on the roof next .

Regards Trif.

Yes I have possum lights too.

Perhaps it's a design issue for climbing hairpin bends at night. Can't see any other reason unless they were designed by a zoologist.

Diana

Originally Posted by discotwinturbo

Pic of light bar.

Brett....

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Sorry bout this. Probably should know the answer, but why is your picture so small Brett?

Originally Posted by Mungus

Sorry bout this. Probably should know the answer, but why is your picture so small Brett?

Don't know mate. When I click on the pic it comes up full screen for me, both on the forum and on the forum runner app.

Brett....

Originally Posted by Lotz-A-Landies

Yes I have possum lights too.

Perhaps it's a design issue for climbing hairpin bends at night. Can't see any other reason unless they were designed by a zoologist.

Diana

I think the same - particularly if caught out late in difficult circumstances where 'normal' lighting would not provide the view of the situation. ie coming out of a decent about to head up a steep rutted hill - gives you chance to pick your line etc. it's one theory and to be honest I don't mind extra illuminated scenery

I find the lights quite distracting - they illuminate close bits in the trees which take your focus of the stuff a bit further away and i get the sense that my pupils are a little bit more constricted than they otherwise would be, making things further down the road a bit harder to see.

i plan to remove the bulbs or put blown ones in there so they don't work.

i'm not a big fan of putting HIDs in there, as these are the "flasher" lights which come on when you flash someone in daytime without lights on- HIDs don't do well being turned on and off continuously

cheers
lucas

The rare quick flash doesn't get to heat the bulbs much and even if it did shorten their life a little, having good visibility of the verges and around bends every every time I drive at night far outweighs any reduced life of cheap HID globes for me.

Originally Posted by irondoc

I find the lights quite distracting - they illuminate close bits in the trees which take your focus of the stuff a bit further away and i get the sense that my pupils are a little bit more constricted than they otherwise would be, making things further down the road a bit harder to see.

i plan to remove the bulbs or put blown ones in there so they don't work.i'm not a big fan of putting HIDs in there, as these are the "flasher" lights which come on when you flash someone in daytime without lights on- HIDs don't do well being turned on and off continuously
cheers
lucas

Geeez ........ how many people do you "flash" when you're out on the road. I drive the 600km between Perth and Kalgoorlie at night regularly, and might occasionally "flash" one or two people per trip.

And at "daytime" when these lights come on as you say - I rarely flash anyone.

But seriously though, turning hid's on & off continuously does no damage to them. I have a couple of predators on the front of the D4 that are permanently wired to hi beam (through a relay) - whenever I "flash" anything, whether it's daytime or at night, the predators also "flash" - and that's an eyefull. I've had these predators for more than 10 years now and they've been on at least 4 different vehicles over that time - still working as good as the day they were new.