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Originally Posted by schteve_d
Another big thing is that they are often seen in lifted trucks which I'm sure have never been re-aimed after having the lift installed. Even stock headlights would be irritating to other drivers due to their aim. Not sure properly aiming the "problem" HIDs would help though by the sounds of it.
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Originally Posted by WhiteTiger
The ones that really bother me are badly aimed or on lifted trucks...on my car, the lights come right through the back window and blind me off my rear view mirror...and make both my side mirrors useless. So much so that on a 2 lane road, someone gets behind me with those, and I will generally do what I can to get behind them, since every time I try to use my mirrors, I get a blinding flash of light. Should be enforcable with a tire iron, imo. So bloody dangerous.
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one of the first things i did after i got my truck lifted (6" suspension lift + 35" tires) was have my wife drive her car (a mazda protege 5) in front of me with my lights on. we'd pull over and she'd tell me what adjustments needed to be made to my lights, i do the adjustments, and then we'd go test them again.
we did the same thing when i got my after-market headlights (not HIDs). blinding other drivers is not cool in my books.
i have toyed with getting HIDs for my truck, but they don't make proper projector headlight housings for it (an 89), so i'd have to retrofit projectors into my existing lights, which i don't really feel like doing right now.
as others have mentioned, they are illegal if they didn't come stock with your vehicle, but most cops i know say they've got more important things to worry about than pulling someone over for improper headlights. usually they'd only ticket the driver if he's been pulled over for something else and the guy is being a goof to them.