S2000 HID light
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From: Central Massachusetts
MG,
Not to argue your point, but I think you're creating a dangerous situation for yourself by lowering the headlights. As it stands, with the sharp cutoff at its stock height, you barely have enough road ahead of you to roll double-nickels.
Do you think the S is unusual in the way its HIDs (compared to other HID-equipped cars) look to other drivers? I've seen a handful of Ss at night, and I haven't noticed the situation the way you have. I don't do much city driving, though.
Not to argue your point, but I think you're creating a dangerous situation for yourself by lowering the headlights. As it stands, with the sharp cutoff at its stock height, you barely have enough road ahead of you to roll double-nickels.
Do you think the S is unusual in the way its HIDs (compared to other HID-equipped cars) look to other drivers? I've seen a handful of Ss at night, and I haven't noticed the situation the way you have. I don't do much city driving, though.
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Originally Posted by MechaGodzilla,Apr 15 2006, 03:41 PM
I consider the S2000 HIDs to be a spectacular blunder of engineering, if their purpose is to provide effective illumination for driving anywhere but on some closed test track in Japan.
I can't drive my S2000 in the dark on the highway, period.
The drivers of other cars can't handle the sharp cutoff flashing effect as the car bounces along the imperfect pavement (stock suspension).
I've adjusted my headlights down to the point where I can barely see *anything* and I still end up having people slam on their brakes and pull over like I'm a police car, even at overtaking speeds of 5mph! Either that or they go berserk.
Attempts to go slow in the rightmost lane result in slowing down all the other traffic, cars pass, then slow down to a crawl when they see the flashing lights. It's absurd. People will never become accustomed to these lights because there just aren't enough S2000s around, or cars with similar HIDs. I've only seen two S2000s coming up behind me at night, and even suspecting they were the lights of a sports car, I still slowed down to see what car had the freaky flashing blue headlights, and they annoyed the hell out of me.
So the lights are wonderful, as long as you don't drive in traffic, or the roads are perfectly smooth so as not to bounce them, but that's not even close to reality. It's an engineering blunder. This isn't to say, of course, thay that aren't "cool", just unusable.
MG
I can't drive my S2000 in the dark on the highway, period.
The drivers of other cars can't handle the sharp cutoff flashing effect as the car bounces along the imperfect pavement (stock suspension).
I've adjusted my headlights down to the point where I can barely see *anything* and I still end up having people slam on their brakes and pull over like I'm a police car, even at overtaking speeds of 5mph! Either that or they go berserk.
Attempts to go slow in the rightmost lane result in slowing down all the other traffic, cars pass, then slow down to a crawl when they see the flashing lights. It's absurd. People will never become accustomed to these lights because there just aren't enough S2000s around, or cars with similar HIDs. I've only seen two S2000s coming up behind me at night, and even suspecting they were the lights of a sports car, I still slowed down to see what car had the freaky flashing blue headlights, and they annoyed the hell out of me.
So the lights are wonderful, as long as you don't drive in traffic, or the roads are perfectly smooth so as not to bounce them, but that's not even close to reality. It's an engineering blunder. This isn't to say, of course, thay that aren't "cool", just unusable.
MG
I was thinking that too, dyhppy.
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Originally Posted by MechaGodzilla,Apr 15 2006, 03:41 PM
I consider the S2000 HIDs to be a spectacular blunder of engineering, if their purpose is to provide effective illumination for driving anywhere but on some closed test track in Japan.
I can't drive my S2000 in the dark on the highway, period.
The drivers of other cars can't handle the sharp cutoff flashing effect as the car bounces along the imperfect pavement (stock suspension).
I've adjusted my headlights down to the point where I can barely see *anything* and I still end up having people slam on their brakes and pull over like I'm a police car, even at overtaking speeds of 5mph! Either that or they go berserk.
Attempts to go slow in the rightmost lane result in slowing down all the other traffic, cars pass, then slow down to a crawl when they see the flashing lights. It's absurd. People will never become accustomed to these lights because there just aren't enough S2000s around, or cars with similar HIDs. I've only seen two S2000s coming up behind me at night, and even suspecting they were the lights of a sports car, I still slowed down to see what car had the freaky flashing blue headlights, and they annoyed the hell out of me.
So the lights are wonderful, as long as you don't drive in traffic, or the roads are perfectly smooth so as not to bounce them, but that's not even close to reality. It's an engineering blunder. This isn't to say, of course, thay that aren't "cool", just unusable.
MG
I can't drive my S2000 in the dark on the highway, period.
The drivers of other cars can't handle the sharp cutoff flashing effect as the car bounces along the imperfect pavement (stock suspension).
I've adjusted my headlights down to the point where I can barely see *anything* and I still end up having people slam on their brakes and pull over like I'm a police car, even at overtaking speeds of 5mph! Either that or they go berserk.
Attempts to go slow in the rightmost lane result in slowing down all the other traffic, cars pass, then slow down to a crawl when they see the flashing lights. It's absurd. People will never become accustomed to these lights because there just aren't enough S2000s around, or cars with similar HIDs. I've only seen two S2000s coming up behind me at night, and even suspecting they were the lights of a sports car, I still slowed down to see what car had the freaky flashing blue headlights, and they annoyed the hell out of me.
So the lights are wonderful, as long as you don't drive in traffic, or the roads are perfectly smooth so as not to bounce them, but that's not even close to reality. It's an engineering blunder. This isn't to say, of course, thay that aren't "cool", just unusable.
MG
I
my HIDs and I love how the flicker.
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Originally Posted by sYnth.,Apr 15 2006, 05:25 PM
I completely disagree. I think they are totally usable. There's "considerate" and then there's straight out ridiculous. Adjust your headlights back to stock, you're causing a bigger hazard by lowering them than you are by "flashing" people. If the can't handle a little HID.. tough...
I my HIDs and I love how the flicker.
I
my HIDs and I love how the flicker.
When the S2ks first came out I was in my truck on the freeway and thought ''WTF is coming up behind me? Its so blue and deep and its so freakin intense, and the dude zoomed by me''
I love that flicker, kinda reminds me of a sport bike coming up behind you.
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Originally Posted by dyhppy,Apr 15 2006, 06:57 PM
the only other car that ever flickered like the S is the 360 ferrari.
So anyone here running manual leveling with a rheostat? I've tried contacting an owner that popped up on the search, but no response. I retrofitted one on my GTI. It was great to set the level for city and freeway driving, and then crank it up a bit for the canyons and toll roads...
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