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Originally posted by Brian Carlton
Larry, my vision is so bad that I cannot even tell that an eye chart is on the wall, much less try and read it. Glasses are my only salvation. When those blue lights come at the lenses of the glasses they refract into a blinding halo of light that immediately renders me without the capability to see anything else on the road in front of me. The blue light also has the same effect on the windshield, which, unfortunately, has been installed in the vehicle a few too many years.
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Hey, never occurred to me but my glasses and windshield must have the same effect.
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Originally posted by Brian Carlton
The visibility that I get with the Hella H4's on low beam is about 150 feet. When that is not enough, the high beams literally will light up the road for 700 feet. This is certainly sufficient for any driver, and, when used judiciously, will not blind anybody.
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Exactly! My e-code Cibies are wonderful, great beam pattern, tons of light, and they don't blind anyone. Just in case I ever need any extra light, I've installed a second pair of Cibie headlights where my fog lights were... aimed them a little higher and a little more "outward", and now when there's nobody anywhere nearby in the dead of night I can light up half the state if I want to ;-). All without blinding anyone i normal driving conditions.
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Originally posted by psfred
Xenons are physically painful to me, very hard to keep my eyes open, even on a divided four lane.
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I didn't mention this earlier (because I figured it was mostly caused by mis-aimed Xenons) but they are sometimes physically painful to me too. On those occasions its pointless keeping my eyes open - it hurts like a ***** and I can't see for ***** anyway. I generally close my eyes and hope I don't hit anything over the next sex or seven seconds.