GuapoJeeper
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I realigned mine a few cranks because I was getting flashed far too often. If you get a lift, you probably need to do it.
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When I turn on the fogs I get flashed constantly. I think they're only meant to be used in fog and really blind oncoming motorists - or they were adjusted wrong.I've found that turning off my fog lights stops people feeling the need to flash me. From the driver seat the factory fogs seem fine to me, but I haven't actually messed with them to see how they are aligned.
It is funny how when a new JL has bad steering or death wobbles, the owner brings the car back to the dealership and has them attempt to fix it or go to the aftermarket to solve the problem, but when their headlights are aimed up too high they throw up their hands and say that jeep is infallible from the factory and everyone else has to deal with it.Around here, everyone throws in the cheap HID kits without having proper projectors (especially the lifted, diesel bro-dozers), use off-road LED lights in place of headlamps, and several DBs run their light bars on the street as fogs (hint, they are not fog lights). Then all of the new cars started coming out with irritatingly bright LEDs. Even in a tall 4Runner, I was constantly being blinded by oncoming lights. Now that I have my Jeep and its factory LEDs, I have resolved to become part of the problem instead of the solution. People bright-light me, they get some back. The cat's out of the bag, so everyone else will have to evolve and adapt to the new trend in lighting. Eventually we will all be wearing sunglasses at night.
The majority of feedback on this thread is to adjust them, not throw up your hands and blind the other guy.It is funny how when a new JL has bad steering or death wobbles, the owner brings the car back to the dealership and has them attempt to fix it or go to the aftermarket to solve the problem, but when their headlights are aimed up too high they throw up their hands and say that jeep is infallible from the factory and everyone else has to deal with it.
It is funny how when a new JL has bad steering or death wobbles, the owner brings the car back to the dealership and has them attempt to fix it or go to the aftermarket to solve the problem, but when their headlights are aimed up too high they throw up their hands and say that jeep is infallible from the factory and everyone else has to deal with it.
I was feeling humorous when I posted this morning but I guess I should've put some wink emojis or LOLs in my post to make the sarcastic humor more obvious. << See? More sarcasm. C'mon, I don't really think people can "evolve" as fast as vehicle lighting technology nor do I really expect us all to be "wearing sunglasses at night". (clues to not really being serious).The majority of feedback on this thread is to adjust them, not throw up your hands and blind the other guy.
Now, I must admit, @00Sebby's response is not quite out of, what he calls, the DB category.
Cheers! No harm, no foul and I do it too.My apologies @00Sebby, I just did what I call out other people for, jumping to conclusions.
Again, my apologies. The first beer is on me.
It's funny that he bugged you enough to take a picture of him. Lol. We have a guy around here that flies up and down residential streets in his BMW. He violates the high beam rule and I truly enjoy using my high beams and fogs on him.Cheers! No harm, no foul and I do it too.
Honestly, the reason for my sarcasm in my original post is all of the aftermarket irresponsibility that goes on in the automotive arena. Now that I am getting older, I rely on quality lighting at night. I'm all for good quality HID retro kits done right, quality LED replacement headlights, etc. But too many people take the cheap way out and bolt whatever they can find on eBay into their vehicles... LED or HID bulbs with out proper projectors, bolting in Walmart crap in place of factory headlights, and the ultimate, use light bars in place of headlights and driving/fog lights. In Tennessee, no one gives a crap about autos being safe or compliant to regulations. So we have trucks, Jeeps, cars, wreckers driving down the road looking like a glare-ridden Las Vegas billboard and it's all acceptable. That was the basis of my earlier post. The bro-dozer trucks and, unfortunately, Jeeps seem to be the most common offenders.
Like this 4Runner guy here in Knoxville. I see him running up and down this bridge day and night with whatever LED bulbs he put in place of his fogs. If I am heading the other direction, I flash the Jeep brights at him just to feel even.
Baloney! Headlights that are not aimed properly are super irritating to oncoming drivers, even if you don't look directly into them, not to mention dangerous.If people wouldn't look directly into the lights it really wouldn't bother them too much