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68 points

Idiots that don’t change the headlight aim after installing LED lights.

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Fun fact! The NHTSA requires any aftermarket replacement LED bulb be approved by them, and have noted in this letter that not a single aftermarket replacement bulb has received such approval.

As of writing this comment, LED retrofit headlights are illegal. It’s just that this rule hasn’t been enforced in a very long time (if ever)

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Can confirm. I had after market xenon’s in my old car. I took great pains to make sure I had the correct housings and everything was aimed. To my surprise, they never checked

Edit: I used factory parts from the xenon option that came from the OEM. You can stop rage down voting. Not every xenon upgrade is eBay blue.

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To be fair they do seem to have approved LEDs on big trucks which are the eye fuckingest type of headlight arrangement

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They’re talking about after market upgrades, not factory installs.

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27 points

Loads of newer vehicles have auto adjusting headlights. There needs to be s lumen cap, anything over should be illegal.

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The vast majority of what blinds me on my drives are completely factory headlights. There are still those with aftermarket bulbs, but I get blinded by stock Dodge Rams and Toyota Highlanders all the time.

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It isn’t just the aim. The ice cold color temperature hurts.

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