• Echo Dot@feddit.uk
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    having a light that “wasn’t as bright as it should be.”

    Too many people are getting these ultra bright LED lights that shine with the intensity of a thousand supernova.

    I’m sorry but my 2012 car has an incandescent bulb which is still perfectly safe even if it cannot illuminate the next two hundred miles of road.

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      This happened a decade+ ago, before LED taillights were a thing. There wasn’t even that BS excuse!

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      I’m having to drive another person’s vehicle temporarily and they have the brightest fucking lights ever and I feel like the biggest douchebag driving it. I hate being my own worst enemy on dark roads.

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      Halogens sometimes dim over time, so if you still have the original headlight bulbs, you might consider replacing them. I just replaced the bulbs in our 2014 vehicle for that reason, and the new ones are a bit brighter. But, I agree with your points in general.

      Most of the LEDs that are a problem for me are the aftermarket ones. I don’t usually have an issue with the ones that are on cars designed for them, fortunately.

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        The problem for me is it’s so much of a hassle to get to the bulb that it’s not worth it unless they actually go out. You practically have to take the engine out to get to the headlines.

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          Yeah, some cars are real bears. The ones in mine aren’t bad, though our pickup does have a latch you have to unlock from the wheel well (Youtube helped there). But I know some older Mazdas, for example, required removing the bumper cover and other things to get to the bulbs. Yikes.