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26Red · Oct 25, 2011

Is it me, or are the headlights on cars today dimmer than the old sealed beam ones? I have a fairly new truck, but I really like the round pencil beam headlights on my '76 F150. Plus the high/low beam floor switch was cool.

rustyfarmall · Oct 25, 2011

(quoted from post at 14:13:50 10/25/11) Is it me, or are the headlights on cars today dimmer than the old sealed beam ones? I have a fairly new truck, but I really like the round pencil beam headlights on my '76 F150. Plus the high/low beam floor switch was cool.

I don't know that they are dimmer, but they certainly seem to produce a whole lot more glare than the old sealed beams, and if there is even the slightest hint of moisture in the air, forget using the high beams.

Janicholson · Oct 25, 2011

I think it is we that are dimming out. When I was 20 I could see and read tiny print with a 20 watt bulb. now at 62 I need a 60 watt bulb to do the same with reading glasses. Our family Subaru has driving lights mounted low under the front bumper stock. Between those and Maximum brightness Halogen bulbs, I can again see where I am going. Flair from the beginnings of Cataracts are caused by scattering light in the cornea, or lens, or both. My wife just got a lense replacement in one eye. Very easy surgery and great recovery. Her comments "I do not remember ever having this brightness to colors and reduced fatigue driving at night". Jim

farmer boy · Oct 25, 2011

I prefer sealed halogen lights. These headlights with replacable bulbs are stupid. 94 Safari had the best brights of any vehicle I've driven. New cars are alright for a few years but then you basically gotta replace them to get any quality out of them. Pisses me off that I can replace high and low beams in the Safari for $10 and have good lights. The 1997 Sierra is $10 per bulb and it makes no dang difference.

barnE · Oct 25, 2011

Brighter lookin' at em and dimmer on the road. Dave

jose bagge · Oct 28, 2011

its those dog-gone plastic headlight lenses getting fogged/ crazed over. The bulbs are brighter, but unless you buff those lenses you can't see a thing!

mkirsch · Oct 28, 2011

The biggest boon to the industry was when they got rid of the floor switches.

Around here, they'd rust out after 2-3 years of getting into the car with your snow and salt covered boots...

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