Volvo Headlights

How new, which model?

Friend drives one, a 780 and says he drives on high beams, and seldom gets flashed. I drove one a day and made sure to get the Cascadia back.

The FL shop at least in Oak Creek, WI is selling replacements that look similar to the FL housings that fit Volvo.

I see lots of Volvo and others fitted with driving lights set below the main headlights in the bumper.

Just throwing some ideas out there, try the high beams first. Good luck with finding a solution that works for you.

 

Are the lenses clear? You could try just replacing the low beam lamps if the lenses,are clear, new lamps are brighter.

They gradually lose brightness.

The friend has replaced his. They burn out regularly, it seems. He has a deer guard, which may deflect some light from going too high.

I know that when I pass one at night, I'm lighting ahead of them from mid trailer or even the trailer tandems, on low beam, and high beams are great once I get ahead.

I have noticed road glare more on other trucks with poor low beams, so I'm wondering if you can raise the aim a bit.

 

I don't know that you can find bulbs to substitute in a Volvo.

Giving a little more thought, see if you can raise the aim, even on the Paccar trucks, the close glare is reducing what you can actually see downrange.

They make h11 bulbs double wattage, and those should never be substituted for the 55 watt standard rating.

I can switch high beams with low beams in the Cascadia, while the Columbia took different bulbs for high and low beam, just like most of the trucks out there.

I don't care for the optional led lights, bad color for foggy conditions.

 

My Oldsmobile has that problem, too. I have some more to switch with them. See what you can find out about the moisture, might have been leaky housings used in some of them.

 

I agree, actually don't like Volvo myself, either no trouble at all or trouble all the time.

Easier to drive what you are used to, I felt like a fish out of water doing those tight docks with that 780.