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Actually, both of you guys made good points.
f they were THAT bad, they wouldnt have been released...
Not really, there are minimum requirements but its hard to say, certain cars like the Camaro come with those small rinkey dink headlamps -- an absolute joke but its "legal" huh? Lets just say, some cars are released with the BARE minimum. The old Crown Victoria came with 10" rotors and they would warp ALL the time, how is that allowable? It just is what it is.
You have never ever driven a S13 with sealed beam headlights. Those pieces of shit were designed at least 80 years ago, and are made for cheapness/planned replacement rather than anything else. Try using your OEM logic a bit more and ponder why the OEM has stepped up to H4s, then to projectors, now to HIDs.
Sealed beams are acceptable when new, as they get old (like any bulb) they lose light output. A set of Hella H4 ECE is superior to sealed beam, you also have the choice for different quality bulbs as well. The high output bulbs we sell with our H4 headlamps sell all the time, we actually are shipping out several sets next week as we just restocked.
The projectors have an actual beam pattern that was created to light the road and not piss off other drivers. The glare from foglights is far more likely to blind oncoming motorists.
There is a difference between a headlight, a foglight, and a driving light. Each one serves a purpose. A lot of the smaller auxilary lamps being sold in the aftermarket are NOT foglights, they are driving lamps -- the difference is the beam pattern. Foglights are mounted low and emit a very wide beam pattern, typically yellow in color to assist in visibility during poor weather (usefull too). Driving lamps are almost like high beams, just smaller and usually not as strong.. but still.. they often glare and this is why people get pissed off. A headlamp, of course, has a useful beam pattern.
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