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Subject:Re: Very Dim Rectangular Square Headlights
From:Kim Brennan
Date:Wed, 22 Nov 2006 16:09:13 -0500

Folks, you can clean the DOT headlights with windex (remove the
headlight from the vehicle, pour some Windex (or equivalent) in,
slosh it around, and empty it out...let air dry before re-
installing.) You can add relays. You can put higher wattage (illegal
for street use) bulbs in, add improved grounds and you STILL haven't
dealt the problem.

The DOT rectangular headlights do a poor job of light distribution.
They scatter the light in to places that are not useful for you the
driver. The Eurospec headlights are one possible solution. Round
headlights are another. Adding Projektzwo foglights was my original
solution (illuminates the road right in front and really does help
vehicles with DOT rectangular headlights).

You might object to spending several hundred dollars for one of these
solutions. But if you are traveling at night and can't see, you are
risking a lot more than a couple of hundred bucks.