hdj81 headlight upgrade?
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Not for you sir
You have a special place in Cam and my hearts... 
Not to mention yours didn't seem that overly bright...
Running HID's in Halogen housings isnt that bad around cities where there are street lights and stuff (most 80's natural habitat) lol.
Its another story in the rain on a narrow back road when you are the other guy, completely blinded, white knuckled, death grippin the steering wheel just trying to stay out of the ditch.
Story time:
There is a Dodge Ram around here and the owner has HID's in both the headlights and the fog lights! Those irritating blue ones to boot. I'd love to yell at him and tell him how I feel but I'm more the kind of guy to keep to myself and rage inside.
I did however get the chance to return some of the courtesy he had show me in the past.
I have passed this guy in the fire truck, lights and sirens blazing several times. He is one of these duch bags that feels he doesn't need to pull over and stop when he sees an emergency vehicle coming at him on our narrow single lane roads.
Last week I am behind the wheel and I see this blue glow ahead. It was a particularly narrow part of the road so I made sure I had PLENTY of road for the fire truck. He wasn't even close to stopping and thought he (as usual) could thread the needle. Well he couldn't and found himself right in the ditch, still moving as I passed, ditch water and debris flying.
Had he adhered to the rules stated in the MVA there wouldn't be a problem, instead he's at home cleaning out his shorts and washing ditch goo off his truck. I have since had a little chat with the guy and informed him of the rules he already should know. It helped I had two other fire-fighters there who agreed they too had passed the guy whilst he failed to yield to an on coming emergency vehicle.
Im guessing the HID's will remain, his attitude however, has changed.
No offence there Jeff, just thought I'd share a story.
Dodge ram owners are all loosers any way! lol.
Its another story in the rain on a narrow back road when you are the other guy, completely blinded, white knuckled, death grippin the steering wheel just trying to stay out of the ditch.
Story time:
There is a Dodge Ram around here and the owner has HID's in both the headlights and the fog lights! Those irritating blue ones to boot. I'd love to yell at him and tell him how I feel but I'm more the kind of guy to keep to myself and rage inside.
I did however get the chance to return some of the courtesy he had show me in the past.
I have passed this guy in the fire truck, lights and sirens blazing several times. He is one of these duch bags that feels he doesn't need to pull over and stop when he sees an emergency vehicle coming at him on our narrow single lane roads.
Last week I am behind the wheel and I see this blue glow ahead. It was a particularly narrow part of the road so I made sure I had PLENTY of road for the fire truck. He wasn't even close to stopping and thought he (as usual) could thread the needle. Well he couldn't and found himself right in the ditch, still moving as I passed, ditch water and debris flying.
Had he adhered to the rules stated in the MVA there wouldn't be a problem, instead he's at home cleaning out his shorts and washing ditch goo off his truck. I have since had a little chat with the guy and informed him of the rules he already should know. It helped I had two other fire-fighters there who agreed they too had passed the guy whilst he failed to yield to an on coming emergency vehicle.
Im guessing the HID's will remain, his attitude however, has changed.
No offence there Jeff, just thought I'd share a story.
Dodge ram owners are all loosers any way! lol.
I'm glad you said yours and not you
That is the funniest thing I've read all day
That is probably the 2nd funniest.
I love driving with lights and sirens, most people get out of the way but like you said a few don't seem to know the rules, its hard to believe they don't hear or see us but that could be another explanation.
What dept. are you with? Me, Union Bay, just started driving the pumper truck, been driving the rescue truck for a while now.
HID"s ahve been removed and replaced with some PIA's h4 bright bulbs, much better to have low and high beams.
What dept. are you with? Me, Union Bay, just started driving the pumper truck, been driving the rescue truck for a while now.
HID"s ahve been removed and replaced with some PIA's h4 bright bulbs, much better to have low and high beams.
East Sooke.
Our front line engine is a 4x4 Freightliner pumper/tanker. It sits nice and high off the ground and can look quite intimidating coming at ya!
Our front line engine is a 4x4 Freightliner pumper/tanker. It sits nice and high off the ground and can look quite intimidating coming at ya!
My old 81 had some hellish 55w 6000k hids (previous owner in japan) and man were they nice to drive with. On the other end they fxxxing suck and I hate them. Honestly I don't like them to begin with and I will stick to my H4s. IPF sells a 100W/170 H4 bulb. I have two of them in 12v in a set of lights I have but I think i might pick up a set of 24vs sometime. 100W so far is working quite nice for me in the aux lights.