More lights for night driving

It depends, if you do not have driving lights yet on the rig. You can install a set. Be careful though, most State and Provincial regs will state how many lights you can legally have on while driving. This usually isn't a problem on lone stretches of roads when you would use you high beams anyway.

The hardest thing is getting the lights all aimed well. That is more trial and error than anything.

 

I think that aiming is THE MOST crucial thing about lights in front. I've seen so many drivers running with poorly aimed lights you woulda thought their brights were on but they weren't. Also some of those "newer" blue lights that increase vision are a beeyotch on the eyes ...at least for me

 

with todays halogen head lights, they are 50 - 80 % brighter than previous lights available. I rarely have a need to use mine. if they are aligned correct, that should be enough. or if the plastic lens over the bulb, like on some volvos are yellowed, then high beams make a world of difference. it does make a driver feel a lot safer when he can see wider & farther, but when it blinds other drivers, it just is not that safe for either.

 

As long as they are aimed right I have no issues with the newer lights...but #### some of these guys out there are running halogen fog lights, spot lights, bright head lights and a million chicken lights....I'm sure they can be seen from the international space station.

Don't get me a wrong a well lit chicken truck is a thing of beauty to me but when some of the newb super truckers starts lighting up the sky I get a little peeved


DRIVERS LEARN HOW TO AIM YOUR #### HEADLIGHTS AND NO ONE WILL BEEYOTCH AT YA ON THE CB

just my opinion

 

Making sure that the headlight lens covers are CLEAN too helps out a lot! Dust and salt build up in the winter actually dim your headlights.

 

What truck do you drive? On some trucks you may swap lamps with better, for example I used to install H4 Headlamps on Century class with european pattern and got better light, and truck is not a glare monster! You can add a pare of Hella 90 mm LOW BEAM lamps in bumper (HID ore Halogen H7) and get good light pattern w/o blinding effect.

Usually only one pare of fog lamps are alloved, additional lamps may be illegal, and in some states cops may pull your over for tiketing.

In some headlamps (for exampel Columbia) HID blind onconig cars!

Well, this weekend I gonna create new thread about headlamp conversion, how to make light better and not to blind other drivers.

 

Definitely do that driver...I think the problem really lies with the companies and the drivers not knowing "HOW" to do it. If it comes from the factory that way it's "supposed" to be right. I've heard drivers telling me how it's a new truck and this is how it is no way to readjust the lights...I was like WTF there has to be some way to make it more road friendly!!!!

 

why do I advice ECE headlamps. In Europe right beam is higher to let driver see sighns, pedestrians.... You can use ECE aproved headlamps in many states, but plantc can intall DOT aproved headlamps only.

ECE headlamps look brighter and MUST BE AJUSTED CORRECTLY according ECE requirements, elce you'll make glare truck!

HID in reflector type headlamp is very bad thing.

D2R bulbs may be used in reflector type lamps, all other bulbs are illegal.

If you have projectors for H7 you can unstall conversion HID bulbs ore D2S. No glare.

European projector shield is asymetrical, US shild is symmetrical. Hella usually makes projector for all markets (exept RHD) with moving shield. Its installation depends on country you use lamp.

So my advice - never put HID in HB5 Lamps. I did HID conversion on my taurus with 90 mm projectors. HID LOW beam. H7 - high beam







You see sharp edge of beam and that's why no glare effect.

 

A lot of trucks that run in Northern Ontario run "Moose lights". They are usually long range Hella off road lights or similar. Regular headlights don't shine far enough to see the big buggers in time to stop.

If you ever are coming toward one that is a bit slow on dimming the lights, it's like the sun coming at you!!!

Bill