my new truck will have fogs, and my current one has fogs. i usually use the fogs at dusk, then turn the headlights on when its dark. if my headlights are on my fog lights are on.

never been flashed, because almost everyone here uses their fog lights anyway. yes our headlights do suck

 

Well mine work just fine.Actually like them.Light up all I want to see.I think maybe aim on some of these trucks are a problem.There were some indenpendent studies on candle power etc.on these aftermarket bulbs.All they did was add a differant glare.Silver,white,blue etc.Personally I think they suck.Can't stand them coming at me.The glare of them hurts.Also folkes with fog/driving lights that use them all the time.Mainly when NOT needed.I find LOTS of drivers very rude with this lighting issue.I get blinded by someome almost every time I drive after sun goes down.Wish there were more laws and tickets concerning this issue.I end up blasting on coming autos/trucks with all FOUR to get them to dim down or turn off those driving/fog lights in heavy traffic etc.This topic has come up many times the lst year or so,TDR wore it out.Thats were the independent study was printed and showed that the aftermarket bulbs did little to nothing to add candelpower to the road.Just a GLARE that was picked up by the HUMAN eye.

 

This will not be a popular post but I think there should be a $1000 fine if you get caught running anyting along with low beams. The most opressive safety problems on the road is these running and fog lights blinding oncoming and drivers in front of you.

There is nothing worse than some edit running behind you with his version of landing lights blinding you. The stock haligon head lights are bad enough, and if set right they are adequite for running down the freeway.

In the family skateboard you can just readjust the rearview mirror to get rid of the problem, but a truck cannot do that. Use some consideration, you are not the only one on the road. If you can't see with standard lighting, drive in the day time.

 

What happened to the good old days,when you saw a car coming,you dimmed your head lights.That is what is was taught in drivers ed. in 1972.I guess I am getting old coobie

 

Now, I do wish that people would turn down their highbeams a good bit sooner than they do, but I disagree that lowbeams are all you need.
We live in Northern Alberta, and there are worse obstacles in the road on any given night than oncoming traffic.
Aftermarket lights are a must, as are good functioning highbeams as well as lowbeams. In a place where you have to worry about not only coyotes and deer, but elk, moose, buffalo, bear and the occasional cow, you have to be able to see what's in front of you in time to stop.

 

Obviously this was not what was in mind. I am talking about going down a US freeway. Have not seen a single buffalo in Alabama. If you notice I made no mention of what is on with the high beams, only talking about low beam mode with a vehcile in front of you going either direction.

Lately there are more and more vehicles with aftermarket headlights that blind you and aftermarket or stock lights on with the low beams. As another poster mentioned, many of the "fog" lights or "driving" lights that are on are much brighter than the low beams. Hense the blinking to turn them down. Nothing is more annoying and dangerous than some jerk in a SUV with lights borrowed from a 727 riding behind you in heavy traffic.

When high beams are approprite, I could care less how much light is produced.

 

Haulin_in_Dixie; Your last comment was if you cannot run stock lighting drive in the daytime. Personally I am with Lessica Jake. Try avoiding a 1000 plus lb moose on the road sometime ever seen what one will do to a truck ???? much less the driver and passenger when the animal comes crashing through the window ??? people are killed by hitting these things. The fog lights put out a nice wide low beam which covers the sides of the road most effecively. On long open stretches of road a good set of lightforce lights work great and seem to be the choice for the frozen north. A good portion of drivers here (including all truckers) use their lights reasonably its too bad people in your part of the US are rude.

 

Well don't have MOOSE but by gawd we have cows,deer(lots)coyotes,dogs and the strange ones walking around.Knock on wood,never even hit a rabbit.I can see ALL just fine.I don't blink my lights at the rude multilight drivers(and ones with silver,pink and blue tint) I pull the stalk back partway and it lights up brights and dims at the same time.The SILVER TINTED crap is the worst! The SUV crowd and rice rocket crowd are awful. Moose/deer or a black Angus cow are kinda all in the same league to me.Stock lights on MY trucks and auto work fine and light up sides of road and straight ahead better then anything from 1972.Wife and I figured for ever 5 miles we drive at night we encounter at least TWO oncoming whatevers that have no CLUE to a dimmer switch!Or have fog/driving lights ON!Turnsignals?We won't even go there on this thread! Suggest eaither check headlight aim or get eyes check or don't drive at night.

 

DSLRammin,

I have your fix. It worked on my truck, it should work on yours and everyone elses, and it is free!

You will need a torx bit and a wall. Do this at night or in a dark garage on a clean wall or garage door. Pop your hood. The headlight adjustments are located on the front of the truck towards the grill behind a weather flap, right NEXT to each light. There is only one adjustment screw per light in this spot. It took me all of 5 mins to do the fix.

You will know if you have adjusted to far, as you will get the bright light treatment from on comming traffic. Trust me, the factory bulbs are plenty bright when adjusted properly. I drive through deer infested country every morning, 2am, buggers are everywhere!

Mike

 

Kinda hard not to drive at night. In about a month there wont be much daylight. I guess ya have to drive up north to really know about how bad the stock lights are or difficult the driving conditions are like how much distance to you need to stop on packed snow and ice. I lived and drove in both Alabama and Georgia and can sympathize with you on some drivers but the driving conditions are completely different. Oh by the way an Alaskan Moose is a little bit larger and faster than a black angus and my Labrador Retriver is bigger than the deer you have. In fact I think our rabbits are as big as your deer.

 

Just a thought, make sure you turn the dimmer down on your dash lights at night. This allows your night vision to really kick in. If the dash lights are up high it hinders your night vision. The darker the cab is the better. White lite really hampers night vision, hense red lenses on military flashlights. I know this doesn't seem like a big deal, but try it. Remember, it takes about 30 mins to achieve full night vision, depending on your age.

 

Here in the Pacific NW I slow down a bit at night as it's harder to see critters heading for the road. I'm always looking for the reflection of their eyes, and I've been grateful more than a few times for having been driving slower. The last time I explained to a couple of passengers why I was driving slower, and a minute later I braked hard to a stop to let three deer cross the road. The one in the front seat said that he didn't see them at all.

When I drove motorcycles I used a 55/100W bulb for the better high beam, not only to see better but to get other drivers to shut off their lights as they wouldn't always do so when I politely blinked. Everyone always dimmed their lights after I hit them with the high beam.

 

AK, our deer make your deer look like squirrels, and our squirrels make your squirrels look like deer... wait, no...

 

Lightman; Good one I enjoyed that.

 

I have tried my headlight adjustment every whichaway and compared to my wife's Grande Cherokee they are poor. I realise that now I am over Sixty that my night vision is not what it used to be but how come it is better in the Jeep than in the truck. I also think that if the high beam indicator was half as bright as it is it would be still to bright. I took the dash apart to see if I could put a bulb condom on it but it is a LED. So I ended up covering it with a piece of tape.
Jim O