TransporterHQ (THQ) Aftermarket Headlights

[simonnwt6]

Hi all,
Just noticed on the new install that when I turn lights on pos 1 , sidelights, as I sometimes drive with tears in as well that the front LED dim.
Seems weird to me if I’m switching from DRL to sidelights they go darker :/

Have Carista but I doubt thats going to help.

Anyone know if this can be set to stay as bright as DRL mode is when set to sidelight?

Thanks

s

 

[Vall]

Hi all,
Just noticed on the new install that when I turn lights on pos 1 , sidelights, as I sometimes drive with tears in as well that the front LED dim.
Seems weird to me if I’m switching from DRL to sidelights they go darker :/

Have Carista but I doubt thats going to help.

Anyone know if this can be set to stay as bright as DRL mode is when set to sidelight?

Thanks

s

That’s normal behaviour for headlights, it’s assuming the light is lower if you’ve put your lights on (even sidearking lights) so reduces the output of DRL to avoid glare

 

[Vall]

Don’t know how the emoji ended up there?

 

[simonnwt6]

Ahhh.. ok. Fair enough.

 

[Pauly]

Factory LEDs don’t dip when you turn on sidelights, in fact they don’t change at all it just adds rear sidelights

 

[Vall]

They must be using the DRLs as sidelights then. Makes sense really sidelights are pointless really nowadays

 

[Mooncat]

They must be using the DRLs as sidelights then. Makes sense really sidelights are pointless really nowadays

Correct, the THQ DRL is also the side light. In the UK we have to use the side lights as parking lights if parked on a road with a speed limit over 30mph when it's dark.

 

[Vall]

Correct, the THQ DRL is also the side light. In the UK we have to use the side lights as parking lights if parked on a road with a speed limit over 30mph when it's dark.

That’s what I meant, they should only really be for parking now we have DRLs, if it gets darker then lights on, I see no need for putting sidelights on while driving. It’s not like modern alternators don’t have the power to spare

 

[mackmaya]

Hi all, Transporter HQ v2 or v3 head lights? What do people prefer please?

 

[Ezz]

Seen my mates V3’s yesterday, the drl and indicator defo not bright enough

 

[mackmaya]

Seen my mates V3’s yesterday, the drl and indicator defo not bright enough

Cheers, yeah I've seen this mentioned a couple of times now.

 

[Loz]

Title changed to assist searching

 

[Mooncat]

That’s what I meant, they should only really be for parking now we have DRLs, if it gets darker then lights on, I see no need for putting sidelights on while driving. It’s not like modern alternators don’t have the power to spare

Side lights have nothing to do with alternator capacity - if you read the regulations there is an intent that side lights are used in the hours of darkness (it gives a duration before sun set to a duration after sunrise) but the area is well lit. Remember the 80s when they introduced a dim dipped for town driving as normal dipped beam was considered too bright for other signal lights to be seen but side lights considered not quite bright enough!

Give it another five years and DRLs will be scrapped by some commission because you can't see the front indicators clearly or they will reintroduce trafficators.

 

[Vall]

Side lights have nothing to do with alternator capacity - if you read the regulations there is an intent that side lights are used in the hours of darkness (it gives a duration before sun set to a duration after sunrise) but the area is well lit. Remember the 80s when they introduced a dim dipped for town driving as normal dipped beam was considered too bright for other signal lights to be seen but side lights considered not quite bright enough!

Give it another five years and DRLs will be scrapped by some commission because you can't see the front indicators clearly or they will reintroduce trafficators.

I was referring to back in the 60s and 70s where older people would often leave their sidelights on longer than they should when it got darker and said they were doing it to save electricity because they had been brought up on crappy magneto style systems that could barely glow a filament without the engine conking out. No reason we couldn’t all drive with headlights on all the time, if they’re not too bright at night then they can’t be too bright in daylight.

 

[dubber36]

Dim dip in the 80's was to prevent the old duffers from driving with just side/parking lights on. If you think any sort of light is needed to make you more visible other that when you are parked, then it should be dipped headlights.

 

[Skyliner33]

Dim dip in the 80's was to prevent the old duffers from driving with just side/parking lights on. If you think any sort of light is needed to make you more visible other that when you are parked, then it should be dipped headlights.

I've just checked the Highway Code from when I was leaning to drive in the late 80s. Sidelights OK when the street lights were on is fine. If during the day lights were needed then it should have been dipped headlights.

 

[Ads_Essex]

If you read the regulations there is an intent that side lights are used in the hours of darkness (it gives a duration before sun set to a duration after sunrise)

30mins before and 30mins after?

 

[dubber36]

Whilst there may be certain circumstances when legislation says it is OK to drive with just side/parking lights on, surely it's no hardship to turn that switch an extra notch to the right and use dipped headlights? I mean, you've already made the effort to reach for the switch, so one more click won't hurt or cost anything. Auto lights go straight to dipped beam, so why shouldn't drivers with manual only headlights?

 

[Stay Frosty]

I like to put on my sidelights alongside the DRLs in my headlights as they fill the headlight shell with an extra cool white glow while cruising the streets in my mean machine.

Realistically you don't need dipped headlights around town over and above the DRLs as you can rarely see the actual beam above the saturation of the street lighting... just H4 lights then?

 

[simonnwt6]

I like to have my rears on as there as so many idiots on the roads these days the more visibility the better.

Hence the Q.

Honestly when it rains the amount of grey cars with no lights on.. they are pretty much invisible in my rear view mirror.