Everyone loves my truck. I have been getting FLASHED

[rayofsi]

when i first got my 4runner, i had a 800 mile drive home. lights were so poorly adjusted that it was pretty much shooting 15 feet in front of me onto the ground.. factory doesn't always check headlight alignment

 

[Nobody Special]

when i first got my 4runner, i had a 800 mile drive home. lights were so poorly adjusted that it was pretty much shooting 15 feet in front of me onto the ground.. factory doesn't always check headlight alignment

Should I assume it was brandy new?
Kinda weird for a Japanese built vehicle.
They are very detail oriented. (No pun intended):yo:

 

[rayofsi]

Should I assume it was brandy new?
Kinda weird for a Japanese built vehicle.
They are very detail oriented. (No pun intended):yo:

yup brand new!
i just thought it had crappy headlights.. eventually adjusted it, but still found it to be crapy hah. Happy with my alpharex

 

[ElectroBoy]

You can rest assured that streetlight technology is driven by 2 factors, power consumption and overspill. Street lighting is now more uniform and lower. Enough, but just enough.

In my city the streetlights are being replaced by LED lights. They are way brighter, very white, and really illuminate the road for greater distances. And they do not spill any light into the yards or houses along the street. It’s a pretty dramatic cutoff. It’s better visibility for driving but when I walk around the neighborhood at night I have to wear a baseball cap to shade my eyes when walking under the lights.

 

[Cajun_TRD]

If you lifted or leveled your truck you'll need to adjust them After I raised the front 1" to level it people started flashing me

 

[Nobody Special]

In my city the streetlights are being replaced by LED lights. They are way brighter, very white, and really illuminate the road for greater distances. And they do not spill any light into the yards or houses along the street. It’s a pretty dramatic cutoff. It’s better visibility for driving but when I walk around the neighborhood at night I have to wear a baseball cap to shade my eyes when walking under the lights.

Same here.
Are they a greenish color housing?
Sofaking bright. Especially the units on warehouses and such. :shocked:

Did you ever record or look at one thru your phone and see if they flicker?
I had to get rid of LED's in my house as the S.O. was getting headaches.
We finally narrowed things down and removed the LED's.

LED Streetlights Are Giving Neighborhoods the Blues
Early adopters of LED street lighting are struggling with glare and light pollution

 

[ElectroBoy]

Same here.
Are they a greenish color housing?
Sofaking bright. Especially the units on warehouses and such. :shocked:

Did you ever record or look at one thru your phone and see if they flicker?
I had to get rid of LED's in my house as the S.O. was getting headaches.
We finally narrowed things down and removed the LED's.

LED Streetlights Are Giving Neighborhoods the Blues
Early adopters of LED street lighting are struggling with glare and light pollution

That’s a good article. Many years ago the decision was made here to keep the streetlights in a low level red/yellow spectrum to limit light pollution for nearby observatories. Now that concern has apparently gone away in favor of cost savings. I have to say that the older streetlights are way too dim and reddish. But these new LED lights are super bright and a challenge to get used to.

Now that cars are transitioning to LED you can understand the discomforts of drivers, used to seeing the yellow halogens of approaching traffic, now getting blasted with the brighter whiter light. Especially if cars are being delivered with unadjusted headlight aim.

In your home lighting issue, you could have been irritated by early generation bulbs with a too high color temperature or cheap bulbs that had a visible flicker. Newer bulbs are better and some have better CRI.

 

[97BlackAckCL]

It definitely sounds like your headlights are aimed too high and need adjusted/lowered

 

[Nobody Special]

That’s a good article. Many years ago the decision was made here to keep the streetlights in a low level red/yellow spectrum to limit light pollution for nearby observatories. Now that concern has apparently gone away in favor of cost savings. I have to say that the older streetlights are way too dim and reddish. But these new LED lights are super bright and a challenge to get used to.

Now that cars are transitioning to LED you can understand the discomforts of drivers, used to seeing the yellow halogens of approaching traffic, now getting blasted with the brighter whiter light. Especially if cars are being delivered with unadjusted headlight aim.

In your home lighting issue, you could have been irritated by early generation bulbs with a too high color temperature or cheap bulbs that had a visible flicker. Newer bulbs are better and some have better CRI.

Here is more if you want.
I can attest to this as I know people in the field.

Big Brother: Streetlights That Watch and Listen | Live Science


They travel the country installing in airports.
Anyone with access can tune into any camera in any LED at any time, and turn the lights on and off as they wish, even from the other side of the planet.
Kind of comforting if you have a pissed off, jilted employee, dontcha think?

 

[Nobody Special]

It definitely sounds like your headlights are aimed too high and need adjusted/lowered

Yeah... Whoda thunk Toyota would miss the ball on something.

If I am behind a sedan on level ground, the cutoff is JUST below their sideview mirrors. Maybe 2" lower, if that.

 

[patkelly4370]

check and adjust your headlight aim, mine came very high from the factory

This.
It seems headlight aim is no longer part of vehicle prep.
I got a new big rig and the (effin LED) headlights were aimed too high. I adjusted them myself because last time I wrote up headlight aim issues the garage aimed them too low.
The same big rig had a new headlight assembly put in and the shop didn't adjust it.
I got my 4runner last year (used) from a Toyota dealership and the headlights were aimed too high. Once I lowered them I could see the road. High beam shined over our house.

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