Thread: Shaded lights are getting me down

Re: Shaded lights are getting me down Thanks for everyone's replies, but I still would love an answer to: - Is this how all 2010s are? - Is this how they're required to be by law? - If not, how do I adjust it?

Re: Shaded lights are getting me down // Quote: Originally Posted by xvs It's not the sides I'm talking about, it's the top. <snip> Top or sides, my point is the same: the brightness of the lit areas make the dark areas appear even darker. If you start with dimmer lights, the dark areas appear not so dark. It has to do with the way human eyes adapt to light and dark. You can see this when you walk a trail at night...

Re: Shaded lights are getting me down Quote: Originally Posted by aroide I got traded in my 2007 Prius for a 2010 Prius V. And yes, the headlight aiming is scary. Things just pop out of the darkness as the line between bright (which is very bright) and dark is something like 2 car lengths in front of the car. I almost hit a coyote the other night. My wife has an 09 Acura MDX which does have a distinctive line between light and dark, but the...

Re: Shaded lights are getting me down Quote: Originally Posted by Jabber Years ago, I replaced my headlights with an aftermarket set of projectors. The cutoff line looked really odd. Like this \____ \____ . The left edges weren't cutoff. Those lights were for a right hand drive market (Japan and Britain). For Left Hand Drive (Us, Canada, Europe) they look the opposite. This gives you a cut-off on the oncomming lane but lets the light...

Re: Shaded lights are getting me down // Quote: Originally Posted by PriusLewis I have an old set of Lucas Square 8 fog lights (REAL fog lights from Back In The Day) that I plan to set behind the grille in my Gen II so I will have some REAL light to bring up on demand. Why do Brits drink warm beer? Lucas made the refrigerators.

Re: Shaded lights are getting me down I've also noticed that visibility is very limited on descents of short fairly steep hills. While you can see very well going down, you may have little idea as to what lays ahead in the road where it flattens out (without the hi-beams). There is a rather definite line at which light ends and darkness begins; the effect of the abruptness is to make seeing into the shadows very difficult. Greg

Re: Shaded lights are getting me down I don't like the cutoff ... it's too low. I posted something asking how to adjust the height of the headlights but keep forgetting to actully do what was posted there. It's still light when I drive home from work so I don't drive at night often enough for it to REALLY bother me. But it's starting to get dark sooner so I may have to take a look to see if the height adjustment fixes...

Re: Shaded lights are getting me down I got traded in my 2007 Prius for a 2010 Prius V. And yes, the headlight aiming is scary. Things just pop out of the darkness as the line between bright (which is very bright) and dark is something like 2 car lengths in front of the car. I almost hit a coyote the other night. My wife has an 09 Acura MDX which does have a distinctive line between light and dark, but the line is MUCH further out in front of...

Re: Shaded lights are getting me down Headlights need adjusting.

Re: Shaded lights are getting me down The cutoff is a product of the projector style headlights. There is very little you can do about them short of actually cutting the metal inside the projector lamp and altering it. And that is NOT something you want to do. Years ago, I replaced my headlights with an aftermarket set of projectors. The cutoff line looked really odd. Like this \____ \____ . The left edges weren't cutoff. After putting...