Headlight problem

I too was not at all mistaken. Your original post was indeed a display of a poor attitude. Essentially you and at least one other was saying it ain't your job.

Ain't no wonder this country is going to hell in a hand basket.

 

Or....and I'm just spitballing here. This country is going to hell in a hand basket because companies offer warranties on products but don't bother making quality products because they can count on some fool to tinker with it potentially voiding the warranty and turning a minor problem into a major issue.

I have been working on motorcycles for years and I'm darn good at it, but if I bought a new bike and it had a minor issue that was covered under warranty I wouldn't touch it myself until the day the warranty expired.

I'm not sure why someone would be less of a truck driver if they don't want to tinker on a truck they don't own. Less of a mechanic maybe, but this isn't themechanicsreport.com

Don't get me wrong I can understand why someone would want to fix minor issues themselves, but I don't think those that choose not to or are unable to should be hassled for it.

 

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And Red Hot Messy Lips Hoolihan says " Oh, Capt. Peabody, your next in line in the Chain of Command. Frank, this is your chance !!! We've waited sooo long, darling !!!

 

Wait no more, young lady.

But, but, but you said you were ready for the negative comments.

I was just obliging your request, missy.

 

okay...sorry no time to read or search but i have a question. I have a 2016 cascadia. as you probably know the low beams are worthless. at about 20'-30' out it goes to a wall of black. I installed much brighter bulbs in low beams, why...WHY....is there still that wall of darkness at same distance...wtf?? It is much brighter in the 20'-30'....but it just stops...i mean stops at that mark. The only thing i could see,...in the low beam side...there is a plastic cylinder covering over the end of the bulb inside there. The high beam side doesnt have it. Is THAT what effects the beam? THAT is a f'en joke. No wonder you hit deer when forced to use low beams around traffic. The low and high side both use the H11 bulb. It doesnt matter how f'en bright a bulb you put in there.....i guess. I wanna modify,...but couldnt find anything about breaking that stupid piece out of there. If i could,... i would put stock back in...then stick super brights over in high beam. NO STUPID ### SARCASM,....just asking what others did. Thanks

 

Put the old bulbs back in, get your headlights adjusted properly to factory specs.

Getting brighter bulbs just blind other drivers.

 

Never in any Cascadia I've ever driven. And I've driven a fair few. Probably a good 100 of them. "Benefit" (about the only one) of working for a local company that does not have assigned trucks. Now a Volvo... But that's not the question.

Go get the truck headlights adjusted, and get rid if the bright lights. Once adjusted they will just blind other drivers.

 

People transversed this country for years with 35w sealed beams and no complaints; Putting out less then half the light your Crapcadia does.

Crapcadia headlight already blind other drivers on the the low beam. Maybe truck driving isn't for you if you can't drive a Crapcadia on the stock low beam.

And thanks for digging up a 6 year old thread to tell us your a poor night driver.

 

I agree that with @Ridgeline that brighter bulbs aren't the answer. The thing you should do is aim your headlights.

In a Cascadia it's dead easy. You don't have to open the hood. Park in front of a building or other object at night so you can see how far the low beams are projecting. On the outside of each headlight is a plastic screw head that takes a large torques bit. If you don't have a torques bit that fits you can use a pair of small needle nose pliers.

Turn that plastic screw to adjust the beam up or down. Be sure after making the adjustment you then turn on the high beams to make sure you haven't adjusted the beam so high it isn't touching the ground ahead of you.

After making adjustment pay attention to whether oncoming traffic is flashing high beams at you to indicate your low beams are too bright. If that's the case then stop and bring them down a little bit.

When I was with Swift I drove several brand new trucks, Kenworth T680's and Cascadia's. NONE of those brand new trucks had properly adjusted headlights. All of them had the headlights aimed so low it was exactly as you described, complete darkness 40' beyond the hood.