Stock HIDs too bright? - Page 2 - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

oldpueblo · 01-07-2014, 07:37 PM

I use 3 usually, it's pretty well lit around where I drive.

m.wood0213 · 01-07-2014, 08:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Kuri

I run mine in zero :|

ditto. I feel like they cut off to sharply. it goes super bright to a line of drakness.

husker741 · 01-07-2014, 09:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Chee-Hu

I have not had anyone flash me for 14 months.

You usually gotta pay double for that kind of action, Cotton.

Chee-Hu · 01-08-2014, 12:19 PM

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Originally Posted by husker741

You usually gotta pay double for that kind of action, Cotton.

I don't usually spend time and $ in those kind of places.

m.box.design · 01-08-2014, 01:58 PM

i've gone through 3 light setups with my FR-S, and nobody has ever flashed me in 17 months of ownership. Stock -> PnP HID kit -> 10-series

Dave-ROR · 01-08-2014, 02:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Sniper2606

Its been almost a year with my 2013 Brz now love the car

Im not sure if people are just sensitive to bright HIDs now or just pissed, ever since i bought the car i been flash with high beams more than i can remember i flash back to let them know im not using my high beams.

Anybody else with this problem?

I've never been flashed in the BRZ at the highest setting. I've seen other BRZs running at lower settings that were as high or higher than mine. :shrug:

I get flashed in the M3 a bit, it has FXR projectors (a proper retrofit - not a PnP crap setup). That's due to the crap suspension on the car bouncing though.

OrbitalEllipses · 01-08-2014, 02:29 PM

I've been flashed a few times - I get some schadenfreude satisfaction in flashing them right back with my even brighter brights.

SkAsphalt · 01-08-2014, 03:37 PM

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Originally Posted by OrbitalEllipses

I've been flashed a few times - I get some schadenfreude satisfaction in flashing them right back with my even brighter brights.

as a retrofit'd owner, I agree with you. When someone flashes me, I can blind them back

Poodles · 01-09-2014, 03:05 AM

The level adjustment is only for when you have weight in the back... if you're lowering the lights, you're hurting your range (this is important as you you'll outrun your headlights at a lower speed than normal)

Are you hauling stuff around in your trunk or back seat?

xcelir8brz · 01-10-2014, 06:57 PM

Easy fix. Roll the dial to 4. Open hood and manually adjust height of each headlight against a garage or something until you like it. Drive car. Now you can go high or low with dial. You now have so much control that how it was set from factory.

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krayzie · 01-10-2014, 07:21 PM

The proper way to adjust the height of projector beams is to use an alignment machine, not against the wall that's just ghetto lol!

wheelhaus · 01-10-2014, 07:48 PM

I usually adjust the level control so I can see the cutoff below other drivers side mirrors. This is usually a 1 or 0 depending if there's junk in the trunk or not. Even with the slab style road construction around southern Denver (lots of bouncing back and forth) causing the cutoff to bounce into their mirrors and oncoming cars, I haven't been flashed in all 18 months of owning the car.

KelvinBRZ · 01-10-2014, 09:00 PM

Mine is always 0. I switch back between 0-1 though however. I just feel more safe with my HIDs covering a further field of vision :/

01-10-2014, 09:00 PM	#27
KelvinBRZ GBS Mafia Member Join Date: Apr 2013 Drives: with Snow mode on Location: Costa Mesa Posts: 541 Thanks: 338 Thanked 312 Times in 158 Posts Mentioned: 8 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Mine is always 0. I switch back between 0-1 though however. I just feel more safe with my HIDs covering a further field of vision :/ __________________ GBS Mafia

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