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Natty
11-22-2002, 10:42 PM
I have driven alot of cars and I know that SUVs and trucks are gonna  blind you in your mirrors, but  doesn't it seem like the 240sx has the perfect ride height where the SUV behind you will blind you in all 3 mirrors?
damn I hate that.
Maybe I'll purchase that 1,000,000 candle power light for $20. Shines up to a mile away <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'>
Jeff

thelinja
11-23-2002, 12:13 AM
Yeah that'll happen in just about any car, whether it's my mom's neon, my brother's olds, or my 240, it sucks, like tonight I had an X5 tailgating me for about 5 miles with it's HIDs...jackass <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/hmmm.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':hmmm:'> i'll probably wake up tomorrow with retinal cancer or some shit..

AKADriver
11-23-2002, 12:20 AM
Something about the hatch makes it even worse, I think. &nbsp;Our visibility out the back is bad enough, then some dude in an Expedition's gotta come up and fill the view with blinding light.

In my old Neon the factory decklid spoiler used to block SUV headlights, it was great!

DSC
11-23-2002, 03:02 AM
I HATE HID's with a passion. &nbsp;Even in sedan style cars they will blind the shit out of you.

The worst vehicle ever is the bmw suv with hid's. &nbsp;Gota say "screw you BMW" for that one. &nbsp;It's not like anybody with a bimmer SUV is actually watching the road anyway...why bother with better lighting.

hookedup240
11-23-2002, 09:09 AM
Having your windows tinted help alot i have 5% on the back hatch of my car and it doesn't bother me at all.

SilviaDriver
11-23-2002, 09:38 AM
</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (thelinja @ Nov. 22 2002,11:13)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">i'll probably wake up tomorrow with retinal cancer or some shit..</td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'>
HAHAHHAHAHHA <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/laugh.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':laugh:'>

man 5% tint!? thats hella dark

SR20Fastback
11-23-2002, 02:48 PM
Yeah I regret not going with 5% on the back, I have 20 all the way around...its pretty damn light imo. Im sure I would have a lot more hassel with 5% though, considering the legal limit is 35% &nbsp;<img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/hmmm.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':hmmm:'>

AutoDestruct
11-23-2002, 02:51 PM
5% ! &nbsp; &nbsp;Holy cow, the police man would come and kick my ass for something like that. &nbsp;He'd make me scrape it off right in front of him. &nbsp; Maybe some sort of sun visor like the BMW's got in the back. &nbsp;They fold up and down, &nbsp; aww shit probably just go with the tint. &nbsp; <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':p'>

Nerfdude
11-23-2002, 06:45 PM
heh... on my dad's '67 Galaxie we've got a pair of Hella driving lights mounted on the back bumper, angled slightly up... they come on for backing up, but there's a switch under the dash so that when some ass gets back there with his HIDs, you can fight back &nbsp;<img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':D'>
i know a guy that has a Sonoma with 5% all around... windshield and everything. he's gotten like 10 &nbsp;tickets for it kinda sucks. i'm gonna get 5 on my back and 35 on the doors...

gabossie
11-23-2002, 08:21 PM
Seriously, I hate SUV's and trucks for that, and HID's can go to hell. Even with my mirror swiched, HID's get me in the rearview and totally blind me from the sides. And those assholes with the "offroad use only" headlights on their trucks are almost as bad.

SimpleS14
11-23-2002, 11:32 PM
</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (thelinja @ Nov. 22 2002,02:13)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">like tonight I had an X5 tailgating me for about 5 miles with it's HIDs...jackass <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/hmmm.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':hmmm:'> i'll probably wake up tomorrow with retinal cancer or some shit..</td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'>
hahaha thats funny how you mentioned that &nbsp;<img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/laugh.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':laugh:'>

Maybe we're all going to get long term effects from HID's. &nbsp;<img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/whatsthat.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':whatthe:'>

Your right about the lighting, but than again I have tinted windows so I'm not blinded whenever some SUV or truck is tailgating me.

hybrid240
11-23-2002, 11:51 PM
i have 20% all the way around. i should have gotten darker in the back

HaLo
11-24-2002, 12:13 AM
I got tinted windows too, but the 180sx spoiler does wonders. <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=';)'> &nbsp;It's at the exact height of these HID. &nbsp;It blocks most of the light emitted by cars/SUVs following you.