ROCK HARVEY
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I’ve been toying with the idea of making a DIY Aussie setup. You can buy the 5x7 buckets on Amazon for $60ish, and then I might cut apart a set of stock headlights to make it “fit”
New age headlights
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IDIBRONCO
IDIBRONCO
It's been done before and it turned out looking pretty good.
Old Goat
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I get my stock seal Beams from PNP auto supply.
Note: Just realized this thread is 1 1/2 yr old....
Goat
IDIBRONCO
IDIBRONCO
Yes it is, but it's been zombized. It's back and walking around again. It's also talking about brighter than stock headlights. Your purchasing location does make a lot of sense.
divemaster5734
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Did a search for PNP Auto Supply, found a salvage yard in NY, and something registered in Malaysia, but no site for them.
It's a newby super power, old news to you guys, a mystical world of magic to me...
Old Goat
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PNP= Pick N Pull wrecking yard.
Seal beams were $5 then went to $6, was great on 50% off sales.
Now they have Composite Light assemblies, and Seal Beams
have sort of gone under that price range.
Cheaper to go to O`Reallies for lights now, but I do have my stash.
Found a couple YT Vids on the Auzzie Lights.
Yeah it`s war with these new high powered head Lights.
All new vehicles low beams are blinding, I flash at them
to lower their lights, and I get like lazer beams back at me.
Some of these new trucks seem to have 3 lights on each side
to blind on coming traffic.
Where can I find some Boeing 747 Landing Lights???
Goat
Seal beams were $5 then went to $6, was great on 50% off sales.
Now they have Composite Light assemblies, and Seal Beams
have sort of gone under that price range.
Cheaper to go to O`Reallies for lights now, but I do have my stash.
Found a couple YT Vids on the Auzzie Lights.
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Yeah it`s war with these new high powered head Lights.
All new vehicles low beams are blinding, I flash at them
to lower their lights, and I get like lazer beams back at me.
Some of these new trucks seem to have 3 lights on each side
to blind on coming traffic.
Where can I find some Boeing 747 Landing Lights???
Goat
IDIBRONCO
IDIBRONCO
Isn't there a decomissioned plane site somewhere in Nevada or California? I know I've heard of it, but I can't remember where it's at.
A properly adjusted new age car headlight shouldn't blind people.
Problem is everyone with any newer truck always lifts those ugly trucks up with ridiculous lifts, big rims and tires, and then pavement princesses them around and never take into account of adjusting them.
My '14 Audi has HID's, and there's a pretty clear cutoff. They also have auto levelers in them so I dont blind people. But I do feel (or in this case, see) your pain. Plenty of dummy's out there with emergency spotlight grade headlights on 24/7
Problem is everyone with any newer truck always lifts those ugly trucks up with ridiculous lifts, big rims and tires, and then pavement princesses them around and never take into account of adjusting them.
My '14 Audi has HID's, and there's a pretty clear cutoff. They also have auto levelers in them so I dont blind people. But I do feel (or in this case, see) your pain. Plenty of dummy's out there with emergency spotlight grade headlights on 24/7
divemaster5734
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Over the last couple years has been an increase of "drivers" that just run high beam as soon as it's dark. The few times I've had my fill with someone following behind that refused to dim, so I slowed to a stop in the middle of the road to prevent passing, then got out and went to their door, it al always been some ESL individual.
First time I was ready to bust heads I was so pissed, we were the only two vehicles on one of the many windy mountain roads. Then after demanding they turn off their brights when behind me they apologized, and informed me the "instructor" taught them to do that.
Everyone's seen them, private cars with "driving instructor" mag signs, going 50 in the fast lane with other lanes empty, those are the ones that need to be pulled over and shot.
Anyone with a motorcycle endorsement is taught to do that, it's a hang over from the 15 watt crappy mc lighting.
I'll blast my projector's at modern mc's that are on coming with LED's, and I own 8 different style bikes.
I don't tolerate stupid or rude very well.
The old 45 Watt max headlamp laws need to be changed to account for high efficiency lamps.
I personally think this white lighting absolutely sucks in the rain. Yellow light seems to scatter much better
divemaster5734
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It's beginning with I think a 3k LM is the base, but enforcement will be an issue.
I've designed lighting for banks, there's a minimum lumen requirement for everything, especially drive through and walk up ATM's with handicap access.
After construction it's been my responsibility to measure the illumination levels at the many different zones, based on an arched distance from center.
Aside from the cost of the meter it was sometimes difficult to certify only the building's or lot fixture output with all the other light sources.
To be honest, I've never tried my headlights, now I'm gonna have to stay up find out... thanks..lol
Especially with low clouds, the white light reflects back.
I have high intensity amber for foggy and heavy snow conditions.
fun fact- when you light up an incoming vehicle with two banks of off road high power lights because they refuse to dim it's called "Illegal use of illumination", $450 first infraction... Don't ask how I know..
Old Goat
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Yes, it is in mojave, Ca., Just went by there couple weeks ago.
The old Hwy use to go close by there, now the free way takes
you farther away from there. It`s one hot hole in the summer time.
The word in pronounced, Mo-hav-e, long "A".
Found this YT of the Air Plane bone yard in Mojave.
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There is also the largest McDonalds I have ever seen. about 10
cash registers, long lines, and the dining area are a couple Train Cars.
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ISPKI
Welding/metallurgical engineer/Metalsmith
It is definitely different. Some years ago my lab had replaced our microscope ring lights with LEDs, bright white scale. We found that light above a certain kelvin causes some level of reflective distortion in extremely fine features, such as micro cracks. It sounds kind of silly but our QA manager and CWI setup two scopes side by side and had a dozen inspectors perform side by side comparisons at 40x magnification. All of them could pickup on cracks in the old hallogen lights (~4500K) but saw no indications when viewed with the LEDs (~6500K). None of us really thought of performing that test, fortunately our QA/CWI manager is a borderline genius. Scrapped all the LEDs after that.
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