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Old 09-04-2010, 09:58 PM   #1
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any have this issue?

I love my HID's and all but it doesn't matter where their pointed I am getting flashed, I personally stood infront of them from a matter of many distances and took the girlfriends car and tried the same thing. its not that their annoying that you can't see bright their just plain bright and people think its my highbeams and its getting quite frustrating I never had this issue with the aurora and im getting to the point of just not caring of people flashing me ill just stare and the nicely lit clear side of the ditch on my end.

and I also find the alero lights make it seem quite bright in the lens, my buddy's g5 with the HID kit doesn't seem as bright ( both bought the kits at the same time and same 6k's ) I am just guessing its because his headlights and bigger so it doesn't seem as offensive to other drivers as it does with mine ( his light output is similar to mine )

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Old 09-04-2010, 11:42 PM   #2
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It's probably frustrating for the people flashing their lights at you too. Maybe they are too bright?
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Old 09-05-2010, 12:01 AM   #3
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This is exactly why HIDs should really only be used in projector headlights (or at least something better than GM mediocraty). The reflector and lens just are not very efficient at using the light that's being produced, not your fault. If you are running bulbs higher than 35 watts you could try weaker bulbs -or- aim them down more -or- eyebrows??? Take care
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If they're aimed down properly it should be no issue... dim bright lights annoy the shit out of me when people are behind me, only because they're aimed up high. If you're lighting up the headliner inside the car in front of you, they're aimed too high.
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Old 09-05-2010, 02:19 AM   #6
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Craziness. I never get flashed and my headlights are adjusted the same as the day I bought it.
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Old 09-05-2010, 08:08 AM   #7
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my headlights are right at the .6 to -.6 on bubble and it doesn't light up the inside of cars infront of me ( I checked for that ) I think its just my neck of the woods people just don't know what kind of lights they are.

my kit is 35 watts I was thinking of 55 watts but now im glad I didn't. I tried pointing my lights as close to the ground as possible ( with still being able to see 15 to 20 feet infront of me ) and I still got flashed quite a bit so I figured ill just set it were I like it and go with that, maybe ill do the projector upgrade or see if the aurora headlights fit in with few mods later on
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my headlights are usually mid-bumper on the car in front of me...
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Old 09-05-2010, 08:49 AM   #9
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im going on a longish trip tonight will see how it is then on the highway compared to the backroad highway im normally on
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I never get flashed in either of my Alero's.
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Old 09-06-2010, 07:34 AM   #11
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well long trip on a true highway last night and only got flashed once, I think their fine and im just dealing with people locally who just wanna flash because they don't know what kind of lights they are
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