*sigh* HID lights under attack

[Ti Kan]

If anything, one thing I noticed with the Xenon HIDs on my S4 is that
the stock aiming is quite conservatively low.  There is a flat cutoff
in the light pattern similar to Euro H4s, but there are three distinct
"steps" in the level of the cutoff across, with the lowest on the driver's
side.  The cutoff is a bit too low on that side, IMHO.  I am sure it
won't blind oncoming drivers, but I would've preferred a little more
lit distance there.  Also, despite the higher cutoff on the passenger side,
it doesn't angle-up like it does with the H4, so street signs aren't as
well lit as with the H4s.  Sure, the Xenons are nice, but no nicer than
my 4000 with its 90/100W H4/H1 Euros running with a relay harness and
a nice Avi Meron high-output alternator.

-Ti
01 S4 2.7 biturbo quattro
84 5000S 2.1 turbo
80 4000 2.0
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Huw Powell writes:
> In my experience HID lighting is much like H4 euro lighting.  very
> innocuous from the "right" angles, absolutely blinding and irritating
> from others - like when the other car is coming over a hill, shifting
> and accelerating, going over bumps, etc.
> 
> Brad Wilson wrote:
> > 
> > Apparently, the federal (US) government is undergoing a study to see if
> > people are "bothered" by Xenon HID lights, presumably with the intention of
> > making them illegal if enough people are annoyed (what would happen to those
> > of us with Xenons now isn't clear). Apparently, what is most annoying to
> > people is the "blue tint" of the light. Nevermind the fact that it's nearly
> > impossible for me to blind someone with my low-beam, self-leveling HIDs,
> > which is completely untrue with traditional non-self-leveling lights.