Driving with high beams on at night ....

[Homeoboxter]

Originally Posted by rick3000

How can you tell they are unaffected, they didn't crash? I agree with everyone else, don't be one of those people that leaves their high beams on with oncoming traffic.

Exactly. Probably they are focusing on passing by you without running off the road while blinded. That`s why they are not flashing back to you. Also, at least here in California, my impression is at least half of the drivers don`t know how to flash. They don`t even realize they have the high beams on, don`t even know their car has that function.

[986 Boxster]

1PorscheBoxster986, I don`t think I want to put amber film on the turn signals, I`m not a fan of tinted lights or film over them. I`m going to calibrate them later on tonight and see how they look after, thanks for the suggestion.

Rick3000, I assume that by "they didn`t crash" you mean if the car has any accidents, no it doesn`t, the original owner just had new headlights installed prior to selling the car and I don`t think that whoever installed them calibrated them. The drivers side is facing straight down and the passenger side is turned all the way to the right facing the shoulder, I can`t see anything past 20 feet in front of me in a dark road.

Homeoboxter, I don`t think I`m blinding anyone the way the headlights are calibrated. Like I said before, I can see better with my 535 low beams on than the Boxster with the high beams on. I just asked the question last night because I didn`t want to go into the garage last night to investigate, but I planned on doing it this morning, which I did and I figure it out quickly. This is not my first rodeo, I have been working on cars since high school, hell I remember changing a clutch in my teens on 2x4`s .

[986 Boxster]

I just finished calibrating my headlights and took the car for a test drive. WOW what a difference, it`s like night and day, I can see now . The drivers side was set at approx. 9 inches at 25 feet and the passenger side was at approx. 14 inches at 25 feet. I put the drivers side at approx. 24 inches at 25 feet and the passenger side at approx. 26 inches at 25 feet. The low beam bulbs were approx. 26 inches high from the floor, so I think that is good enough not to blind any oncoming traffic, thanks for the help guys.