I had HID's in until I was cited for them. I never realized how much they blind oncoming traffic, (adjusted) or (not adjusted) in a "halogen" headlight housing until I saw them in cars coming at me... until I couldn't see.
I'm guessing that you live (in) or (around) the city if Chicago. I was told by a lead detective in Chicago PD that they don't have time for that kind of stuff, he said they had, something like 28 unsolved murders on the book's.
I'm guessing you had a typo, but you said it without me having to... It "will" increase the possibility of you getting hit head on on a 2 lane road (I see it every day), you may go on without issue, but people do swerve a bit when they're blinded. It also increases the possibility of them having an accident in another form because they were blinded and can't see.... you have a lawsuit at that time.
I have seen 4th gen's with with HID's that are (basically) just a different color and don't blind, but I see more that do blind. I'm glad that you got your kit thinking about not blinding other drivers, but just a (thought) doesn't really make a difference in this unless it actually "does not" blind.
On top of everything - I'm not against HID's in halogen housings because I had it too, but I think spending the money to do it right, whether it be a projector retrofit or upping to a projection set of lights is the correct way.
Mine look like they're OEM. Not some crazy riced out purple beam that's scattered everywhere. Like I stated, I was concerned about them being "too bright" from day 1. After taking a consensus from a dozen friends I'd consider intelligent and analytical, they deemed my lighting acceptable.
I live 30 miles outside the city. The town I live in has ~70k residents and averages 1 homicide a year. The local police definitely aren't "too busy" to write citations for petty violations. I've received plenty of them, just never for the headlights. However, you are correct about CPD. They are grossly understaffed, and have been for years (no fault of their own).
On your point regarding a lawsuit : well, the parts I installed are labeled as D.O.T. compliant, which according to IL law, makes them perfectly legal. If somebody swerves into me, their "I was blinded by the headlights" argument wont do them any good.
I did not have a typo. I said that I was legitimately concerned with blinding people,
regardless of the legality of the lighting. I know that my lighting isn't going to do much good if I actually blind oncoming traffic. So I took steps to make sure they weren't too bright, and that they're properly aimed through my OEM projector housings, by conducting my own testing, without my own opinion weighing in (example: having friends drive past me head-on, with various types of vehicles). Sure, I heard "they are definitely bright..." but not one complaint about not being able to see.
Anyways... What this really is, is some people (the self entitled princes and princesses out there) being "annoyed" by other vehicle's headlights. They can kindly GFTs.
here's your spoon-fed bit for the day:
