[Truck Home Original] The brightness of truck headlights is directly related to driving safety. In order to make the road in front of them brighter, many truck owners will choose to modify their headlights. There is no problem in pursuing better lighting effects, but if the method used is improper, it may bring the opposite effect. Today I will tell you about the modification of car lights.
●Replace with high-power light bulbs
The original truck manufacturers generally use 75W halogen bulbs with a color temperature of around 3500K. They look a little yellow, so they don't feel very bright. After some car owners buy a car, in order to pursue more perfect effects, the first thing they do is to replace the light bulbs with 100W or even 120W power.
Changing to a more powerful bulb can indeed increase the brightness of the light to a higher level, and there is no need to modify the lamp body, so it has won the favor of many card lovers. As everyone knows, such modification actually has many disadvantages. First of all, high-power halogen bulbs generate a lot of heat, which can even exceed the endurance limit of the lamp. It will not take long before the lampshade ages, melts, and the reflective bowl changes color. The final result is that the car light assembly is completely scrapped. Secondly, high-power light bulbs will seriously heat the wiring harness, plugs, distribution boxes and other parts, which may burn the insurance at least, or cause a fire at worst. Therefore, it is not advisable to increase the brightness of car lights by replacing them with high-power bulbs.
●Modified xenon lamp
In addition to replacing high-power halogen bulbs, some car owners prefer to install xenon lamps, because the color temperature of xenon lamps is higher, which can easily reach more than 6000K. They look white with blue in them and give people a very bright feeling. However, the installation of xenon lamps needs to be particular and cannot be installed casually.
1. If you want to install a xenon lamp, there must be a lens in the lamp, because the xenon lamp is directly installed in the lamp assembly without a lens, which will cause the light pattern to be too scattered, not only blinding the eyes of pedestrians and drivers on the opposite side, but also feeling the brightness. insufficient. Therefore, xenon lamps must be used with lenses to achieve better results.
2. The higher the color temperature of the xenon lamp, the better, because the higher the color temperature, the worse the light penetration in rainy, snowy and foggy weather. Personal suggestion is that it is best to use xenon lamps with a color temperature of 5400K, and the maximum color temperature should not exceed 6000K. This can ensure brightness and have better penetration in bad weather. Do not install xenon lamps with a higher color temperature, otherwise it will be bad. It is very dangerous to drive with a blind eye under such weather conditions.
●Install additional headlights
In addition to modifying the original car headlights, many car enthusiasts are keen to install additional headlights. Some cars even have four or five lights added to the bumper, or long LED light strips. This is actually a very selfish behavior, because the additional lights will seriously interfere with the pedestrians and drivers on the opposite side, causing the other party to be unable to open their eyes due to the strong light, which can easily cause an accident. In addition, the additional lights It is also easy to be fined by the traffic police. Therefore, for the safety of yourself and others, please do not install additional car lights without permission.
The country has strict regulations on the brightness and light pattern of automobile lights. Even manufacturers cannot increase the brightness without limit. The reason for doing this is actually to protect our vast number of traffic participants. If we don't modify or install car lights, I believe it will be easier to drive on the road. (Text/Ren Haijun)
