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Wow, you are an angry man. Personally, while I agree that those lights are annoying at times, I think driving our cars would be a little boring if we couldn't do these kinds of things to our cars. -Rich ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jacob Hoffman" <cobyhoff@hotmail.com> To: <type3@vwtype3.org> Sent: Wednesday, August 07, 2002 10:21 AM Subject: Re: [T3] HID lights for your 'back? > I hate those things! Freaking hondas with their fast and/or furious > drivers. Do you think the typical giant aluminum wing toting front wheel > drive exhaust tip moron knows how to aim their new HID's? Of course they > do. They know how to aim them right into oncoming traffic. Banish them > all! Down with glare! > > Jacob Hoffman > '71 FI AT Squareback > '76 Westfalia > > > >From: "incynr8" <incynr8@lawngnome.org> > >Reply-To: <type3@vwtype3.org> > >To: <type3@vwtype3.org> > >Subject: Re: [T3] HID lights for your 'back? > >Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2002 09:07:14 -0400 > > > >From: > > > >http://lighting.mbz.org/faq/#overwattage > > > >The marketing types like to brag about how the light color of HID > >headlamps has been "specially tuned to mimic the sun". In actuality, the > >light spectrum has *not* been "tuned" to anything, aside from tweaking > >the gas and evaporated-salts mix to conform to regulatory definitions of > >"white light". The bluish tint is a side effect of using an electrical > >arc as the light source. This color is quite good to drive behind, but > >is vastly more likely to cause glare to oncoming drivers > >(overstimulation of Retinal Purple in the human eye by this very color > >range absolutely FOOZLES night vision for a long time after relatively > >brief exposure). In fact, it was law in France for many years that > >headlamps had to produce light with substantially LESS output in the > >blue frequency range where HID lights are particularly strong, > >specifically to reduce glare to oncoming drivers. > > > >A backlash has already started in Europe, where drivers are complaining > >about being blinded by BMW's overloaded with a trunk full of beer. > > > >Unlike US and Canadian regulators, European regulators recognize the > >danger presented by excessive headlamp glare, and so European cars with > >HID lamps MUST have dynamic headlamp levelling. On-the-fly headlamp > >vertical aim adjustment has been required by European directives for > >quite some time now, but dashboard dial control of the vertical aim has > >been acceptable. No more! Recent European regulations require that the > >headlamp levelling of HID-equipped cars be linked to the suspension > >system of the car so the lamps don't glare as much to oncoming traffic > >when the rear of the car is loaded-down or the car is heading up a small > >hill. > > > > > > > >------------------------------------------------ > >To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <type3-off@vwtype3.org> > >For more help, see http://vwtype3.org/list/ > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com > > > ------------------------------------------------ > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <type3-off@vwtype3.org> > For more help, see http://vwtype3.org/list/ ------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <type3-off@vwtype3.org> For more help, see http://vwtype3.org/list/