I have noticed oncoming drivers flashing me when I am on low beams - assume something is going on with my headlights. I have a new to me stock 02 s2k with about 10k miles on it. Any ideas what might be going on?

 

Who knows. Do you get good light output onto the street? Or, are you getting a lot of reflection off signs? I guess there's a chance your lights got aimed up; however, with only 10k miles on it, hard to believe. Maybe they're flashing you because of your ride. Lol.

 

Ha! Nope - its the headlights irritating oncoming cars. I do notice at times the light beam reflecting off road signs on my side of the road. I am getting good light output. Remember - only about 10K, but the car is 14 years old.

Is there any known problem or issue with these ap1 headlights?

 

It's just the way the lights look to oncoming traffic. Back in the day a lot of people posted about this but I think as more cars have been built with bright lights people are just getting used to seeing them. In other words, I'm sure your lights are fine.
Levi

 

Ok. Makes sense. Truth is these extra bright headlights we see bother me as well. Is there a way to tone them down a bit?

 

park the car in front of a wall in evening hours , about 25 feet away from the wall, measure the cut-off beam and make sure it isn't higher than the centre line of your headlights. It should be slightly lower, if it is the same or higher then your lights need adjusting downwards. The lights have adjusters on them. You should have a nice smooth cut-off line showing on the wall.

Make sure you don't have JDM headlights on the car, a lot of guys have done that upgrade, and JDM lights point leftwards compared to USDM lights that point rightwards (due to driving on different sides of the road). JDM lights have chrome internals with clear lenses compared to black internals and orange lenses on USDM cars.

 

Describe what you mean by "cut off" beam.

 

check out these two threads

https://www.s2ki.com/s2000/topic/259..._1#entry279744


https://www.s2ki.com/s2000/topic/651...ed-high-beams/

 

I used to get a lot of flashes from people when I was on low beams. It happened most when I was on the side roads outside of the city where it was darker.
On top of that, the cutoff doesn't matter much if the road is a bit bumpy or if you're on a slight incline towards them. They will see the "flash" of the cutoff as your car bounces.

I'd get flashed often. So I'd flash my highbeams back and woah did that make people mad. I had one guy just kick to his brights (he was several thousand feet away still) and leave them on the entire approach (which is illegal) but whatever.

 

take a moment to consider that maybe some of these people also have projector style headlights and as they bounce over road imperfections it may appear they are "flashing" you. This may also contribute to why they would get so annoyed by you flashing at them