Do other motorists think your OEM LEDs are on high beam?

[Vincent]

Counter. In the time for I took you to type that, you could have asked Google.
Fog lights can also be adjusted.

I think it’s clockwise to lower the beams?

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[Gvsukids]

I think it’s clockwise to lower the beams?

Yep.
https://www.jeepgladiatorforum.com/...rs.&text=Pull up to a wall,to make them go up.

 

[Vincent]

Yep.
https://www.jeepgladiatorforum.com/forum/threads/adjusting-headlights-how-to.36113/#:~:text=Under your hood , on each,the headlights are the adjusters.&text=Pull up to a wall,to make them go up.

 

[SeattleJeeper]

I was getting a lot of flashes after my lift, didnt even think about re-aiming at the moment. But once I had the "DUH" moment I adjusted. Wasnt hard, just kinda winged it enough to keep them evev on a wall. Your case may vary but at least on my lifted Rubicon with LEDs, I went one full turn down for each added inch of lift and it not only stopped the flashes but actually improved the real road usefulness, still plenty of distance illuminated down the road, but may start dialing it back up a bit until I get harassed.

 

[sdtkeld]

I get flashed with the halogens all the time. It must be the ride height because I can barely see with them.

 

[Devil Dog]

I get flashed usually when I have the fog lights on too.

Is it foggy when this happens?

 

[ezekio3160]

To answer you question…yes. For ever 100 cars I get the high beams from incoming cars. Stock ride height JTR with LEDs

 

[Digger70]

Is it foggy when this happens?

No. It's only happened probably 4 times. Usually when it's foggy I turn the fog lights on and then forget to turn them off and it was on evenings when it wasn't foggy.

 

[NachoRuby]

No. It's only happened probably 4 times. Usually when it's foggy I turn the fog lights on and then forget to turn them off and it was on evenings when it wasn't foggy.

Mine are on all the time, whenever my lights are on. It helps with seeing in the woods when the deer come out of hiding. Plus, as long as the pavement isn't super slick or something, causing glare, fog lights are (should be) aimed low enough to not cause glare to other drivers. I don't get flashed with my stock LEDs or fog lights on. We don't have euro style super bright fog lights, so aimed properly with the proper bulbs, they should be in the legal lumen range, and should not bother anyone. It's legal here (and in most places in the us) to run them whenever the low beams are on. So I do.

 

[BrentMG]

I think people just see bright lights and assume you left your brights on. I think I've had more people flash their lights at me in my SHO than in my Gladiator. Of course, there are also the lifted dudes who haven't adjusted their lights as well, which don't help.

 

[seven30]

I get flashed with the halogens all the time. It must be the ride height because I can barely see with them.

The are probably too high and not illuminating the road surface. I have halaogens and careful adjustment really helped. One good way is to aim them a bit low then check raise carefully. Once it gets close small asjustments can make a significant difference on how well the road is illuminated. Use a wall to check both beams are the same height.

 

[Digger70]

Mine are on all the time, whenever my lights are on. It helps with seeing in the woods when the deer come out of hiding. Plus, as long as the pavement isn't super slick or something, causing glare, fog lights are (should be) aimed low enough to not cause glare to other drivers. I don't get flashed with my stock LEDs or fog lights on. We don't have euro style super bright fog lights, so aimed properly with the proper bulbs, they should be in the legal lumen range, and should not bother anyone. It's legal here (and in most places in the us) to run them whenever the low beams are on. So I do.

I see people all the time with their fogs on and I see much better with them on too. I think it's the same person I pass on the way home from work but it hasn't been that dark out since December. I had 2 Gladiators previously and have a Wrangler (#4) now and it's stock height.

 

[Dougstdig]

Both my wife (JL) and I get high beam flashes all the time. We chalk it up to Floridians being especially dumb about driving around with their high beams on in the middle of the city for no reason, and the other drivers who actually know how/when to use them properly are just effing tired of it.

I don't blame people for being a little flash-happy when so many people have them on for no reason. But, that said, I flash them back. I'm kind of out of patience and respect for other drivers these days.

Headlights…what are those? Gainesville is crazy.

 

[Falcor]

The Tucker had the first moving headlight. At what extra cost would you want to add for these functions? What would be the cost to fix if broken?

Valid questions. For the Forester, every trim has the steering responsive headlights, so it’s not an option. As far as fixing them, I don’t know. We have leased my wife’s last 4 cars and have not had to deal with any issues.

As far a the JL/JT LED’s blinding people, pointing them down a bit might help as mentioned by many. Until the laws in the US allow mfgs to make adaptive headlights like other countries we are kinda stuck.

Check out the Audi or Volvo headlights. Now those are awesome.

 

[ShadowsPapa]

If you're not lifted or on bigger tires, you shouldn't HAVE to adjust your lights. With that said, the factory may have misaligned them, so it's a good idea to check if you're getting flashed a lot.

That's not correct and it's too bad it's wrong.......... but it is.
Factory and dealers do not set the lights properly.
Don't even think that the factory does it right, they do no, and dealer prep doesn't touch headlights either.

I've recently posted this in another thread about this exact same thing as it keeps coming up - from: http://www.danielsternlighting.com/tech/aim/aim.html

But in North America most people don't know or care much about lamp aim, figuring—very incorrectly—that if they're not getting flashed at night the lamps are OK. Most states and provinces long ago stopped requiring periodic aim checks. The few remaining areas mostly use an unreasonably sloppy go/no-go standard that can only catch vehicles with lights pointing down on the bumper or up in the trees.

U.S. and Canadian Federal law doesn't require new vehicles to come with the lamps correctly aimed, so even a brand-new car doesn't necessarily have the lights pointing where they should. It's such a problem that the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety checks, but doesn't adjust the aim of the headlamps on cars they test. They do it this way because most new cars don't get the aim corrected before delivery, and since poor aim worsens the headlight performance rating, this test-as-received policy of IIHS is an effort to push automakers and dealers to do a better job.

So "close enough" really isn't good enough; make the effort to get the lamps aimed carefully and correctly, very preferably with an optical aiming machine.

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