Factory LED headlights too bright?

[Windshieldfarmer]

I trailer motorcycles from time to time and keep an appropriate size screwdriver in the glove box so I can make quick adjustments if needed. Just keep track of the number of turns made on the adjustment screws and reverse by the same amount when done trailering.

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[wolf]

I trailer motorcycles from time to time and keep an appropriate size screwdriver in the glove box so I can make quick adjustments if needed. Just keep track of the number of turns made on the adjustment screws and reverse by the same amount when done trailering.

A very smart man. ?

 

[acsak]

I trailer motorcycles from time to time and keep an appropriate size screwdriver in the glove box so I can make quick adjustments if needed. Just keep track of the number of turns made on the adjustment screws and reverse by the same amount when done trailering.

Indeed, a great idea.

 

[Rick Deckard]

I love my JL here's a different post with similar content...
https://www.jlwranglerforums.com/fo...-with-the-jl-led-headlights.3553/post-1786209

 

[mjscharlotte]

To be honest, this is the first time I've ever heard anyone complain about the stock LEDs being too bright. I've driven JKs and JLs with factory and aftermarket LEDs and never thought and of them to be excessively bright. I had JW Speaker LEDs on my JK and now have Oracle Oculus LEDs on my JL. Both required some very minor adjustment, but have never been to the point of blinding oncoming traffic. As suggested, it's possible that you need to adjust/aim the headlights.

Are the Oracle lights as bright as the JW Speaker lights. Which do you prefer?

 

[sunset]

I've had my JL for two years now, and almost every time I drive at night I get multiple flashes from oncoming traffic suggesting that I have my high beams on when I'm using low beams. As a driver these lights are great, but many of my family and friends have told me that whenever they drive past a JL with LED headlights it's a terrible blinding experience. I have to admit that whenever I drive past another JL with LEDs I wonder if their brights are on. Driving a Jeep puts us in a higher driving position than lots of passenger cars so I can imagine that if you're in a typical sedan or something with average ride height these lights must burn right through your retinas every time we pass.

I know of one person who was immediately pulled after driving home from the dealer because his lights were too bright. He had to explain to the officer that they were stock lights and that it was not a lifted vehicle.

I'm still driving on stock suspension, so I can imagine that if/when I do a lift the problem will affect more oncoming drivers on the road.

I actually feel bad every time I drive past somebody who's flashing their high beams at me because I know I'm melting their eyes with these lights. There's nothing I can do except maybe turn off the headlights for a few seconds and drive only with fog lights. This is not a great idea either because then I can't see very far ahead, so I would never actually do this.

I think we all know how much it sucks to be blinded by high beams, especially on windy, narrow back roads. The fact that many of my friends have mentioned this as an issue when driving past a JL leads me to believe it's not just a problem with my Jeep, but do you all have any thoughts on this? Anybody with similar experiences?

My 1984 Camaro's roof is only 50 inches high off of the ground. My legs stretch out before me when I drive, not unlike a go-cart. All the years of driving at night while facing oncoming traffic of rows of yellow halogen headlights were no problem.

But now it's oncoming rows of ultra-bright LED headlamps. Or maybe the horizontal sweep of these LED headlamps is wider than the halogens because, I tell ya, in that Camaro at a red light intersection it was killing me to deal with the blinding LED headlights facing me.

So now I have a 2024 392 which sits me high in the saddle on those 35-inch tires. The oncoming LED lamps aren't the blinding in-my-face issue that they used to be. However, I gotta wonder if my stock Jeep is blinding oncoming cars? And the width of the illumination is definitely true. When I drive into an underground parking lot, I can see the wide spread of LED light upon the wall before me, like stadium lights or something. I don't believe my headlights are staying in their own lane, so to speak.

I haven't had anyone flash me yet.

 

[jludave]

Are the Oracle lights as bright as the JW Speaker lights.

Oracle blow the JW Speakers away. JW Speaker does not make a 9" headlight for the Wrangler JL. If you go with JW Speaker, it is a 7" headlight that will need an adapter.

Which do you prefer?

Oracle, obviously.

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