Those of you with properly aimed HID bulbs, how often do you get flashed at?

[jhguth]

i think i made 1 or 2 adjustments after initially installing and adjusting, and since then I haven't been flashed. i've also tested driving towards the 4runner in another vehicle in my wife's fairly low sedan and it was fine.

the main problem is they are just too high, i'm still planning on going back to the regular bulbs and installing HID driving lights in the fog light location i just haven't wanted to spend the money yet.

I have 35W HIDs and still wish I could make them less bright in city driving, I definitely recommend not getting a 55W kit.

 

[jrandom]

Who gives AF if people flash u!

No one will give a AF when someone shit’s on your cheeseburger and watches you eat it down with a smile, either. :thumb:

 

[97BlackAckCL]

I have HID's in my stock projectors currently and have never been flashed once in a year and a half

 

[a t l a s]

4300K Xtreme HID kit from XenonDepot. Aimed properly and never once flashed. The cutoff line is very effective and apparent.

 

[Gecko]

I've been flashed a few times, mostly from people who I am behind and the truck creates a glare/blind spot in their side view mirror. Never really from oncoming traffic.

These days, vehicles with OEM LED headlights can be so bright that sometimes even high up in a 4Runner I get blinded. I notice the Acura MDXs and RDXs are particularly bad... and somehow... Corollas.

I need to adjust mine down slightly. Just haven't found the time.

 

[pDubs]

I installed and adjusted same night and have never been flashed.

 

[El Dusty]

6000k HIDs and I have never been flashed after adjustment.

I keep my distance from smaller cars at stop lights at night and sometimes turn them off at at late night drive thru if I see they are being blinded

 

[4runr4eva]

I have some LED bulbs that just aren't cutting it, but I'm afraid HID bulbs would be like driving with my brights on. How bad is it really?

Prior to me aiming them down, I got flashed all the time. After I lowered them, I have not been flashed since. In fact I find many factory HID have terrible glare.

 

[mrblah]

when i didn't adjust it, i got flashed all the time.

Since, I've adjusted it, I never get flashed.

 

[Saker]

Hmmm, I wonder if they possibly weren't adjusted properly or at all.....
You should have stopped to ask! :zoom:

As enticing as coming to a full stop on the highway is, I do my best to avoid it...

The green text denotes a little bit of sarcasm....

 

[IanB]

Prior to me aiming them down, I got flashed all the time. After I lowered them, I have not been flashed since. In fact I find many factory HID have terrible glare.

Those factory HID's that are glaring, probably just need to be properly aimed. Same as aftermarket setups (except for HID's in reflector bowls, those people are just dicks), aiming when you install, and when you lift the suspension is key to not blinding people.

 

[honda250xtitan]

(except for HID's in reflector bowls, those people are just dicks), aiming when you install, and when you lift the suspension is key to not blinding people.

that was huge in the early 2000's?....EVERYONE threw 6k HID's in their halogen reflector bowls. "I can see the sign from a mile away!!!" :caked:

 

[BTSullivan91]

5000K HID’s and I can count on one hand the # of times flashed in past 2-3 months. Diode Dynamics, seem to have a pristinely sharp cutoff. Was worried with my lift it would make them sit higher but still no flashing!

 

[Runer4Life]

I have some LED bulbs that just aren't cutting it, but I'm afraid HID bulbs would be like driving with my brights on. How bad is it really?

I installed an H11 Xtreme HID 5000K Digital Conversion Kit. It's the best upgrade IMO, and no, I do not get the high beams thrown at me from oncoming traffic.

 

[JKLNHYD]

Who gives AF if people flash u!

When someone can't see because you are too lazy to adjust your aftermarket lights or you simply don't give AF about anyone else seeing while they drive, and they drift into your lane and hit you head on because they're blinded, maybe then you'll give AF? I dunno...Just a thought...

 

[brtnstrns]

The green text denotes a little bit of sarcasm....

as does my ellipsis :cheers::kiss:

 

[zonzin]

Never.

 

[Kuduhunter]

Never. Using XenonDepot HID and aimed them down when I installed them