Hey old farts, can't see at night?

[look 171]

My HIDs on my Cayman S is just not up to today's standard and my eyes are getting poorer as I get older. The on coming lights just blinds me causing me to have to really concentrate when I am hauling ass. After trying different HID light bulbs and brands, I finally found a plug and play LED on amazon. Of course they are Chinese made, and I think they have some pretty cool tech and some bad. I gave it a try and all I can say is, DANG, I can see. No code to deal with, because it is plug and play to the output of the ballast so the computer thinks its just any bulb as long as the input to the ballast hasn't changed. I had it on for three weeks. I even decided to changed the ones on my wife's Sienna. She loves it because the light spread is nice and wide, the throw is about the same, only much brighter. She has to drive the kids back from volleyball games out in the desert and no more complains.

Time will tell how long these will last but so far, I am really happy with them. No blinding of on coming traffic because there are shields to cover up a certain portion of the lights in a true HID housing projector. Never been flashed once.

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[masraum]

Interesting. Thanks for posting. I'm not yet having an issue with my eyes and night driving, but I'm always looking for ways to improve visibility, and I can see it becoming an issue in the future. THese are relatively inexpensive.

[pwd72s]

They also allow you to blind others with your now bright lights! Time for revenge!

[Zeke]

As I, you probably have cataracts forming. Happens a lot to guys like us who worked outside a lot.

[look 171]

Originally Posted by pwd72s

They also allow you to blind others with your now bright lights! Time for revenge!

Oh no, Paul. No blinding if use correctly in HID housing. All hid housings has a mechanical flap to block light from blinding on coming traffic. Upon flipping on high beam that flap goes up allowing all of the light to shine through. These lights spread wider and brighter without it getting glare or any light into oncoming traffic. I am really hoping they last because they are really that good

[look 171]

Originally Posted by Zeke

As I, you probably have cataracts forming. Happens a lot to guys like us who worked outside a lot.

Not yet.

[look 171]

Originally Posted by masraum

Interesting. Thanks for posting. I'm not yet having an issue with my eyes and night driving, but I'm always looking for ways to improve visibility, and I can see it becoming an issue in the future. THese are relatively inexpensive.

That's correct, you Spyder is 08?

[masraum]

Originally Posted by look 171

That's correct, you Spyder is 08?

Yep, an '08 with HID or Bi-Xenon or whatever you want to call them. The lights are pretty good. The lenses are still in decent shape too, not perfect, but decent.

[look 171]

I have the same thing. The turn when you more the steering wheel and they self level when the car starts? Put those new bulbs in, it is a huge difference, to me anyway. Now I can see

[masraum]

Originally Posted by look 171

I have the same thing. The turn when you more the steering wheel and they self level when the car starts? Put those new bulbs in, it is a huge difference, to me anyway. Now I can see

Mine don't turn, and I don't think they self level, but they might. The lights in my wife's Outback turn with the steering. I can't wait for that to break!

It looks like mine should take the D1S variant.

[look 171]

Mine is the D2S. I was going nuts trying to get the connectors inside so it wouldn't interfere with the motor. These new ones are plug in without an adapter so it connects jsut like the original bulb. I think Porsche changed the bulb style in 09

[stomachmonkey]

Originally Posted by Zeke

As I, you probably have cataracts forming. Happens a lot to guys like us who worked outside a lot.

Or an astigmatism.

People, like my wife, have no idea what those are like at night.

Modern headlights have made it far far worse to the point if I have to drive at night in an unfamiliar area I simply don't.

My astigmatism falls in a spot where it's not really correctable.

Pretty accurate for how I see at night these days but I get more of the "flare" pattern.

[masraum]

Originally Posted by stomachmonkey

Or an astigmatism.

People, like my wife, have no idea what those are like at night.

Modern headlights have made it far far worse to the point if I have to drive at night in an unfamiliar area I simply don't.

My astigmatism falls in a spot where it's not really correctable.

Pretty accurate for how I see at night these days but I get more of the "flare" pattern.

Is it possible that a toric contact would work for you?

"Toric contact lenses correct for astigmatism issues that arise from a different curvature of the cornea or lens in your eye (referred to as regular astigmatism, corneal astigmatism or lenticular astigmatism)."

[stomachmonkey]

Originally Posted by masraum

Is it possible that a toric contact would work for you?

"Toric contact lenses correct for astigmatism issues that arise from a different curvature of the cornea or lens in your eye (referred to as regular astigmatism, corneal astigmatism or lenticular astigmatism)."

I'll ask at my next appointment but up till now I've always been told mine is not correctable.

Mine apparently falls in a spot where the correction makes the prescription slightly too strong and it gives me headaches or slightly too weak so I've always got a tiny bit of blur.

I get set of each prescription and use them situationally.

Really annoying.

[fintstone]

It took out a lot of astigmatism when I got lasik. One thing that helps me a lot when driving at night is to dim out the dash lights. This is especially true for my car with a bright computer nav screen (turn that screen off at night). When driving for hours at night (like cross country), it makes a huge difference in vision initially and keeps me from my eyes getting tired (and my night vision getting even worse). Once up to speed and the cruise control is set, no real need for any of that stuff.

[jcommin]

Originally Posted by stomachmonkey

Or an astigmatism.

People, like my wife, have no idea what those are like at night.

Modern headlights have made it far far worse to the point if I have to drive at night in an unfamiliar area I simply don't.

My astigmatism falls in a spot where it's not really correctable.

Pretty accurate for how I see at night these days but I get more of the "flare" pattern.

I, too, prefer not to drive at night. I have had cataract surgery in both eyes, and I also have astigmatism. I'm not sure what is worse for me: dim or modern headlights.

[dennis in se pa]

Originally Posted by Zeke

As I, you probably have cataracts forming. Happens a lot to guys like us who worked outside a lot.

I had both of my cataracts repaired. Of course I was worried now realize there is nothing to it. The end result is you will see much better day and night.

[masraum]

Originally Posted by fintstone

It took out a lot of astigmatism when I got lasik. One thing that helps me a lot when driving at night is to dim out the dash lights. This is especially true for my car with a bright computer nav screen (turn that screen off at night). When driving for hours at night (like cross country), it makes a huge difference in vision initially and keeps me from my eyes getting tired (and my night vision getting even worse). Once up to speed and the cruise control is set, no real need for any of that stuff.

I keep my interior lights as dim as is necessary to see without any problems. For exactly that reason, being in a bright car interior and then trying to look out into the darkness is not a good combination.