anyone get flashed while you driving with HID?

[johnnyofhk]

i always get flash by taxi driver from incoming traffic, is it because HID is too bright? I am driving CL9 lux, no mod at all

[kiet88]

lower your head lights

[dahon]

as kiet88 said, your beams aimed too high buddy...
alot of euros with HIDs i find have really bright beams aimed high

[d15z1SUX]

yeh i get beamed too every now and then... who cares though lol.

[Pumped]

i dont think its the angle of your beams

thats just a standard euro feature :) lol

happens all the time

[yourfather]

if its unmodded its ADR compliant. dont do anything.

[kiet88]

if its unmodded its ADR compliant. dont do anything.

doing nothing is being an irresponsible driver... its might be ADR compliant, but you should still lower the beam.. the robot/person who installed the lights at the factory may have adjusted it too high.. you should still lower your light beam to be considerate to other drivers...

if you were the in the other person's show, you will want the light not going directly in your eyes

[dc2dc2dc2]

lolz
hai lucas

[d15z1SUX]

hid's with reflectors are good for stunning kangaroos

[kiet88]

everyone's entitled to their opinion. maybe irressonpible is wrong word.. maybe more considerate to others...

if you find that your consistently getting flashed maybe you should lower them... if its ever odd person every now any then, then just leave it as it is...

[damienm]

i get flashed at traffic lights but yeh i just flash them bak n giv em a finger

[.QD]

The HIDs auto levels itself...

[d15z1SUX]

lol... if i flash my lights my high beam is like lower and dimmer than my hid's lol.

[d15z1SUX]

well dont know about lower... just no where near as bright.

[glengowan]

i get flashed at traffic lights but yeh i just flash them bak n giv em a finger

Another clown to contend with on the road, is it any wonder that there is road rage

[EUR003act]

The HIDs auto levels itself...

yes but the manual height still has to be set correct so the car knows what is the correct level...

if your getting flashed ALL the time (not the occasional person that doesnt understand legal HID projector beam cutoff) you should lower them, chances are they're way too high, ive seem alot of stock cars (HID and halogen) straight out of the factory way too high...

[biee2]

i've had hid's since the first day i got the car and never been flashed.....i just adjust them abit lower than the usual high. i parked my mums car in front of my car at night and then park my car in the rear and then use my mums car as a guide to how high the beam should be. i keep it just below the boot lid and it seems to keep people happy

[Crapdaz]

this has got to be noobish, but isn't the euro automatic height adjustment?
how can you change them ?

[EUR003act]

this has got to be noobish, but isn't the euro automatic height adjustment?
how can you change them ?

its automatic height compensation... so you set the height the lights should be... and then regardless of your load (fat people in the back) it adjusts the lights...

i made a thread ages ago on how to adjust it... i would try searching but my browser is being gay

[damienm]

Another clown to contend with on the road, is it any wonder that there is road rage

wouldnt you get pissed if they kept flashing you throughout the whole time at the traffic lights

[aaronng]

as kiet88 said, your beams aimed too high buddy...
alot of euros with HIDs i find have really bright beams aimed high

NO. It is a caused by the Euro's HID projector design. It has too much glare. The cutoff line can be below the rear windscreen of the car in front, but the driver will still get glare through the rear view mirror. Cheap HIDs, the projector design is not as good as Lexus and BMW. I find Mercedes HIDs glaring as well.

[EUR003act]

i find the aurions with the HIDs the worst... they just always seem to be shining in my eyes :(

[LXRY]

i always get flash by taxi driver from incoming traffic, is it because HID is too bright? I am driving CL9 lux, no mod at all

Personally I wouldn't touch the head lights, the euro has one of the most powerful lights on the road, and thats a good thing.

Don't lower the head lights just lower the car's suspension ;)

[dahon]

NO. It is a caused by the Euro's HID projector design. It has too much glare. The cutoff line can be below the rear windscreen of the car in front, but the driver will still get glare through the rear view mirror. Cheap HIDs, the projector design is not as good as Lexus and BMW. I find Mercedes HIDs glaring as well.

i agree it definately is the glare factor. thats why im not a fan of cheap HIDs, using HIDs for those that are always city driving? (why would you need em in the well lit streets?) and those glary ones in general.

[EUR003act]

i wouldnt count the euro's as cheap... they're made in germany from what i could find...

and alot of people doing projector conversion like using the euro lenses...

its the fords/holdens/toyotas that are using plastic lenses and poor quality glass that produce all the glare...

[Type R Positive]

I can manually adjust beam height from inside the car!!!

[tony1234]

I can manually adjust beam height from inside the car!!!
Showoff.:).The dealer(mine does)checks the aim of the HIDs every 20K i think.It's only 10 min.job.

[FAT VTI]

Personally I wouldn't touch the head lights, the euro has one of the most powerful lights on the road, and thats a good thing.

Don't lower the head lights just lower the car's suspension ;)

words of wisdom.

[tron07]

I flash idiots with modified HIDs that are aim too high all the time.... so far euro's HID are okay

[Crapdaz]

euro ones are alright only thing people get annoyed is when you bounce on the road.
That's when they think your car is high beaming.

[iinjektd]

i got HID on my dc5..
how do u adjust the way the beam shoots out?
isnt it just plug in and thats it?
please help.. so sick of being high beamed...
im one of them!

[tony1234]

i got HID on my dc5..
how do u adjust the way the beam shoots out?
isnt it just plug in and thats it?
please help.. so sick of being high beamed...
im one of them!
Open the bonnet.Look at the back of each headlight,there would have to be some sort of adjustment.I know where it is on Euro not sure where on DC5.