Blue headlights

lawred2

What's with the surge in blue tinted headlights I've observed lately?

I find them quite dazzling to honest.

From a driver's point of view, do they offer improvements in visibility over standard bulbs or is it just another boy racer fad?

Are they legal?

They are certainly annoying.

joujoujou

More than likely cheap aliexpress sourced HID sets installed by idiots in their remapped and lowered boras/passats/(type whatever you want).

No, they're not legal in most cases.

The Bishop Basher

Can’t say I find them either dazzling or annoying..

The boy racers love them for sure but they could be doing worse..

joujoujou

Ahh, forgot to mention pink(ish) front foglights too.

colm_mcm

joujoujou wrote: »

Ahh, forgot to mention pink(ish) front foglights too.

They’re very effective at identifying tosspots to be fair.


Some of the worst offenders in dazzling and seemingly badly aimed blue headlights are new premium cars. I keep expecting it to be some older car on reflector headlamps with HIDs but then it turns out to not be.

pippip

What sort of car are you seeing them on op?

I did see a brand new BMW x5 and was quite surprised how blue the headlights were and I doubt they were after market cheap upgrades?

Cee-Jay-Cee

I find that new cars with LED headlights are very blinding for oncoming traffic.

Aftermarket HIDs fitted in projectors are fine and in no way blinding, it’s whrn they’re fitted in reflector housings that they blind everyone.

Gumbo

Cee-Jay-Cee wrote: »

I find that new cars with LED headlights are very blinding for oncoming traffic.

Aftermarket HIDs fitted in projectors are fine and in no way blinding, it’s whrn they’re fitted in reflector housings that they blind everyone.

I have factory LED too but in a reflector housing.
I would have thought they led would be better in a projector housing but I’m not light scientist!

lawred2

pippip wrote: »

What sort of car are you seeing them on op?

I did see a brand new BMW x5 and was quite surprised how blue the headlights were and I doubt they were after market cheap upgrades?

Definitely not an X5

Some 2004 golf was the last carrier..

MrMusician18

Perhaps they are night breakers. They have a blue filter on them that I find gives them a blueish hue.

bazz26

lawred2 wrote: »

Definitely not an X5

Some 2004 golf was the last carrier..

Probably some eejit who just fitted a cheap aftermarket HID kit from the likes of ebay or aliexpress. They generally don't give a toss who they blind with their incorrectly scattered lights as long as their car looks cool and upmarket. If I get an eejit like that coming towards me with blinding headlight I just give them a blast of my full beams which are factory xenons, until they pass.

teediddlyeye

Nobody ever seems to know that you can actually get aftermarket hids for reflector lamps that have a perfect beam pattern. I had them in reflector lamps in my legacy, never blinded anyone.

Obviously no one ever researchs before buying and are happy enough to blind people.

Irish Steve

bazz26 wrote: »

Probably some eejit who just fitted a cheap aftermarket HID kit from the likes of ebay or aliexpress. They generally don't give a toss who they blind with their incorrectly scattered lights as long as their car looks cool and upmarket. If I get an eejit like that coming towards me with blinding headlight I just give them a blast of my full beams which are factory xenons, until they pass.

Eejit? Pot Kettle Black.

bazz26

Irish Steve wrote: »

Eejit? Pot Kettle Black.

Yes eejits who intentionally fit modified headlights to lenses not designed for them that blind oncoming traffic. My headlights are perfectly road legal. Sometimes you have to fight fire with fire to hopefully get the message across. Do you have a better suggestion? I'm open to alternatives that work.

TheChizler

bazz26 wrote: »

If I get an eejit like that coming towards me with blinding headlight I just give them a blast of my full beams which are factory xenons, until they pass.

Good idea, two cars driving blindly towards each other instead of one.

bazz26

Oh right, it's my fault then. Jog on, nothing more to see here.

recyclebin

A lot of new cars with day light running lights seem to give off very blue light. You see them in your rear view mirror in the distance and think they are garda cars. It's not just one make either. I have seen it on many different cars.

corks finest

bazz26 wrote: »

lawred2 wrote: »

Definitely not an X5

Some 2004 golf was the last carrier..

Probably some eejit who just fitted a cheap aftermarket HID kit from the likes of ebay or aliexpress. They generally don't give a toss who they blind with their incorrectly scattered lights as long as their car looks cool and upmarket. If I get an eejit like that coming towards me with blinding headlight I just give them a blast of my full beams which are factory xenons, until they pass.

Same