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Originally Posted by BrakeExpert
In the 90s they had this idea that one car shouldn't blind another. Nowadays, the DRLs on the new cadillac are FAR brighter than my high beams. And yeah remember that in 97, HID projectors were pretty new, now they're standard equipment on minivans.
Good stuff. Aftermarket with the look of OEM. A friend of mine put S2000 projectors in his Civic and the light output is so sharp its almost got a laser edge to it.
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Yes, exactly which is why the 986 Projectors Fail. All Projectors are made with a blockoff plate on the inside that blocks ALL light from being projected a certain way. The light it does allow only goes so far. The whole reason for Projectors. You can have your headlights on pointing at a white wall, and above the cutoff, no light vs Halogen Reflector style. But with the 986 Lenses being designed like they were, they spread the light every which way bypassing the whole idea behind the cutoff plate.
And with proper alignment which is supposed to be done 20ft from the wall, the line is supposed to be 1ft shorter than the exact center of the headlight which has either a dot or lil line on the outter lens for measurement purposes. Thus making sure that light is evenly distributed throughout the ground but not pointing upward to oncoming traffic.
Like this
Projectors also have a step up on that cutoff plate so your right side will get more light than the left side (where oncoming traffic is in the USA)
Around 1999 the Honda S2000 was released. And in its time it was the car to get Projectors from, to do retrofits to other cars, due to its sharp cutoff and wide beam. Was one of the best. So age isn't an excuse for Porsche hehe.