Headlamp Replacement

[BC]

One thing about my 2015 Mustang GT that has bothered me from day one is low beam headlamp visibility at night.

Visibility of the road ahead with low beam is not good. I tried adjustment and raised my headlamps and it makes it better. But then I started getting people flashing their brights at me, so I put them down a little.

On level roads they are okay but when going up or down an incline there is a line of demarcation where the light just stops...making it very difficult to see ahead. This is the first vehicle I've had with these type lights so maybe that is the nature of the beast. I'm more used to the light gradually diffusing ahead and not cutting off sharply.

So I have a question if anyone knows. This line of demarcation where the light just stops...is that due to the specific OEM bulb included with our Mustangs or can replacement bulbs take care of this issue?

It seems a few D3S bulbs recommended are Osram Xenarc 66340 CBI HID Bulbs, or maybe Philips X-tremeVision 42403XVC1 5000K Bulbs.

Before considering any replacements I wanted to ask if anyone knows if better bulbs will resolve the 'light demarcation' issue.
Thanks in advance for any insight.

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[BC]

Try these..

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[Ultrakla$$ic]

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[Roki187]

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U r a trip dude.

Try the 5500s. Makes the stockers look yellow

 

[Old 5 Oh]

OK, now that the laughs have died down, OP needs to know that the HID lights don't have "low" and "high" beams like you are used to. All one beam, but the "low" setting includes a "shutter" that does make a very sharp cutoff above a certain angle. You have found that adjusting the aim of the lights can extend low beam range, at the expense of blinding oncoming traffic. I have found I need to make a lot of use of the dimmer switch, lighting my way on high when I can, and cutting back to low when there's oncoming traffic within a reasonable distance. I don't think you will find another bulb that's any better. The problem is one of geometry and light physics, not of brightness.

 

[Brian V]

Hey guys this guy lives in Santa Cruz and Can't see ..Maybe he should just walk around looking at those Females roller blading in G Strings !

 

[BC]

Hey guys this guy lives in Santa Cruz and Can't see ..Maybe he should just walk around looking at those Females roller blading in G Strings !

We have bumper stickers here that say "Keep Santa Cruz Weird"...and we certainly do a good job of it!

 

[BC]

OK, now that the laughs have died down, OP needs to know that the HID lights don't have "low" and "high" beams like you are used to. All one beam, but the "low" setting includes a "shutter" that does make a very sharp cutoff above a certain angle. You have found that adjusting the aim of the lights can extend low beam range, at the expense of blinding oncoming traffic. I have found I need to make a lot of use of the dimmer switch, lighting my way on high when I can, and cutting back to low when there's oncoming traffic within a reasonable distance. I don't think you will find another bulb that's any better. The problem is one of geometry and light physics, not of brightness.

Thanks for the info...I thought I had read about a shutter that causes this.
So it looks like higher quality bulb replacement probably won't change this fact.

 

[Falconetti]

Hey guys this guy lives in Santa Cruz and Can't see ..Maybe he should just walk around looking at those Females roller blading in G Strings !

This is a real thing?!? Dammit

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