I had an encounter just a few minutes ago...ironic. From a mile away an idiot put on his brights...I didnt really notice, because they were still rather dim , so I continued towards him. As I got up close, it became apparent that he had a dislike for my HID's, so I popped on the brights at about 5 car lengths. Instantly his go off, and he slams on the brakes as I go by. He proceeds to do a U turn to follow. I drop three gears, and bu bye baby. Crappy thing was that it was only a block from my house, which constituted an extra long drive home. No complaints

If I had somebody get behind me and try to blind me, I just let off the gas and slow down. They usually go about 15-20mph before getting pissed and taking off. One chap decided he was gonna play hardball, so as we slowed down to 20mph in a 70 on the Interstate, it happened to be a 5 liter Mustang I finally noticed. I slowed down more....15...10...5...complete stop. Just as we did, his door flew open and out he comes! With a big crap eating , I raise it to 6500rpm's, drop the hammer, and leave the idiot in my dust! See ya later, loser.

I do have fun in this car sometimes...

 

When someone gets behind me with the hi-beams on, I adjust both power side view mirrors to direct the light back to the offending vehicle.

 

Ya, that what we need. The higher end cars have mirrors that adjust depending on who is in the car, and they also have lcd dimmers. Rig something together with those two features and compliment is instantly returned.

 

Heckler&Koch .45, at all times.

 

My first sporty car was a brand-new '74 Celica GT. I lived in Michigan at the time and I used to autocross it in the summer. In the winter I rallied it on the snow-covered back roads with snow tires on all four wheels.

At that time, long before halogen and HID headlights, the standard headlight in every US car made was a 30,000 candlepower sealed beam and was from a standard developed in the '30s. I used H1 and H4 halogen lamps from a French company called Cibie (see-bee-aye). They put out about 100,000 candlepower each (quad hi/lo beams). Plus I had two driving lamps mounted in the center grill. Total was about 600,000 candlepower compared to the 60,000 candlepower of two normal sealed-beam headlamps.

We used to laugh about burning the bark off the trees with all the lights blazing on the back roads. They sure made a difference on the main roads when people wouldn't get out of the left lane!

 

TFota, that's insane! But quite funny as well. And VT, that story with the Rustang guy is awesome! Sometimes I kinda want something like that to happen to me, but then again you never know what kind of maniacs you might run into, so I take that back. Once a guy didn't like the fact that I passed him on a 2 lane road (it was legal), and so he started following me...I went into a cul-de-sac and went around and around in circles until he eventually realized I wasn't going anywhere, then he left.

Jay

 

Damn, too many good ideas to remember them all...

I probably wouldn't call the cops on him claiming he was drunk unless he was trying to cut me off or something stupid. I was more annoyed that he wasn't bright enough (get it?) to figure out only two of the four lights were actually lit.

I thought about slowing down, but didn't have my sidearm on me, so no need to really piss the guy off. I could have jumped into the other lane, hit the brakes, slid behind him and hit MY brights so he could REALLY see what they were like, but I was turning off in half a mile.

One comment does give me a good idea...LCD panels in front of the sideview mirrors that darken at the flip of a switch. Hmmm, anyone taking bets how long it would take me to sell those bad boys here?

 

Has anyone tried the 55W or 100W xenon H1 hi-beam lamp yet? I found several choices but I'm not sure which would be the best replacement.

 

Where can you get the HID replacements for the high beams??

 

The replacement bulbs for the hi-beams are not HID although xenon bulbs look blue-white. There are some imitation HID bulbs.