But it's not about YOU - it's about common courtesy to other motorists (as well as complying with lighting standards). Eyes age on all of us as we get older. I'm only 51 but I notice my night vision is not as tolerant of glare as it was when I was 40.
My friends son took shrapnel in the face while serving his country in Iraq. Fortunately the doctors were able to save his eyesight but he curses the drivers who think America gives them the freedom to use whatever headlights THEY feel are appropriate. The scars on his corneas cause difficulty from the glare created by lights that comply with DOT standards, any additional glare is even more problematic. The fact is, our serviceman fight to uphold our legal freedoms, not to uphold your freedom to do whatever the hell YOU think is "acceptable". That's why there are very detailed and specific lighting specs that are based on science.
You should be able to understand why night time road courtesy matters without having to walk in the shoes of someone who has given up so much for their country. And there is plenty of data to show that HID retrofits create unacceptable glare.
You are trying to preach to ME about how our soldiers don't fight to uphold our right to put HIDS in their projectors on a thread started by a wounded combat veteran who has aftermarket HIDS in his CX-5? (rlaugh)
I've been an automotive enthusiast, mechanic, customizer, and service manager in the almost 20 years I've been a professional. I have retrofitted a dozen or more projector lenses into factory housings. I have fiberglassed many lighting reflectors in body work and panels. I am ASE, ESCO, and FORD certified. I have experience to what works and what doesn't work in the REAL WORLD, despite what science literature you read from companies and agencies who probably are involved with the OEM to assure you the $1000+ you spend on their lights are the only way that's safe. I'm not enlisted, but I lived at Ft. Campbell KY, home of the 101st Airborne division Screaming Eagles for 10 years (HOO-AAH), and have worked on, changed oil, welded muffler tips on their vehicles for free for their services to MY nation. I care deeply about these people, many of them close friends to ME, and would never do any work or advise them on anything that would endanger them or anyone else on the road. Through MY real world experience, I know what can be done and modified safely, not through reading about it. I trust MY experience way more than what I hear, see, or read. I take personal pride in MY work on every vehicle, and so do all of my customers in me. So, when it comes to real world expert automotive knowledge and what's on the road, it is about ME. I've helped many people on this forum in the short time I've been here on the forum, and hope to help many more. How many have you helped automotive-wise? All I see is you belittling people and giving them wise azz remarks when they ask.
2015 gt
Did a search (limited by tapatalk) Anyway on passenger side above glove box there is a lump on the dash.sort of looks deformed..dealer says this is normal for a cx5. The one they had on showroom floor had this but worse than mine with wrinkles..The 5 others on the lot did not..they said again..mazda claims this is normal
does anybody else have this?
OMG!
That is a real shocking first world problem.
I don't know how you sleep at night.
Not trying to minimize the seriousness of this problem but I guarantee that if that is resolved you will notice three or four other issues at least as serious.
BTW, where is your common courtesy here?! I guess it doesn't extend to forums for you.
Now, I don't doubt you or your son's friend has been blinded. And he is a unique situation. A situation that even DOT regulate lights can't help with. So, in your example, shouldn't all DOT and non DOT lights be exiled? I can't speak for those cars and their lights, as they may have been installed incorrectly, aimed wrong (this is usually the problem), or cheap bulbs. I know they weren't installed by ME. Or they could have been OEM HIDs. Cadillac Escalades, Nissan Muranos, GMCs, Fords all blind me most times.
READ:MOST OEM HIDS BLIND ME AS MUCH AS AFTERMARKET HIDS BLIND ME.
All lights produce glare. Car makers are working on a glare free system that involve variable moving shields to eliminate glare, so they recognize that today's lighting system produces some glare.
I may not be your age, but my eyes are sensitive to light. So, I know how it feels. I also know, through MY experience, good quality bulbs, aimed correctly, in a projector bulb is acceptable as most OEM HIDs on US public roads are acceptable, for I am also a US driver on these roads who has a say in the matter. For those who drive with incorrectly aimed lights, I will let you know with my bi-xenons. It is about ME.
The freedom our soldiers fight for also allow people to choose what they want to do. And, they will do it whether or not you preach about how it's a "problem". I, on the other hand, will try to educate them how to do what they're going to do acceptably in the real world. So, you're wrong, it's about ME. Me... Showing the correct way if you're not going OEM. Showing what works and what doesn't. Educate in a real world mechanical sense. Trying to make the world a better place for most people. You should give it a try, too.
