Hear, hear!

Especially bad are those blue headlight bulbs that are supposed to look like an expensive Xenon discharge headlight, but are just a bluish bulb coating over a high-powered halogen bulb - they don't have the same spectrum as either regular halogen or Xenon discharge, and the spectrum they do have is one that the human eye doesn't respond to well - the eye doesn't close down to glare properly with that spectrum, causing more night blindness, not less.  (Friend in the optometric/opthalmic industry are pushing to have those fake blue bulbs banned....)

James
Ottawa, ON

> Date: Sat, 16 Jan 2016 06:49:28 -0800
> From: dhanson928@GMAIL.COM
> Subject: Re: Headlight upgrades
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> 
> Please if you install brighter headlights, at least take care to be certain
> you are NOT blinding other drivers.   Driving mostly rural unlighted two
> lane highways, I encounter a couple of  over-brightly lit vehicles on each
> outing...nasty rude and dangerous....leaves your eyes dazzled after you
> pass these dorks.   It's difficult to tell, from behind the wheel, just how
> bright your headlights may be to approaching traffic...Be aware...Don't
> just count on others "flashing" you to tell you you are blinding them....
> 
> On Sat, Jan 16, 2016 at 6:12 AM, <jondvo@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > I would expect the beam pattern is determined by the lenses and bulb type.
> > Thus if the NA bulbs are the same as Euro, which I believe is the case,
> > only the connectors need to change.
> >
> > Sent from a rotary phone
> >
> > > On Jan 16, 2016, at 12:20 AM, Jeffrey Vickers <jeffrey@VICKERSDESIGN.COM>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > Looks like the headlight connectors on these lights only work on Euro
> > spec vans for now. I assume their U.S. lights will come with U.S.
> > connectors. Another issue will be lenses. Are these LEDs designed to work
> > with e-code (euro) lenses and not the DOT lenses on U.S. vans? E-code
> > lenses throw an entirely different beam than DOT lenses.
> > >
> > >
> > >> On Jan 15, 2016, at 7:30 PM, Automatic digest processor <
> > LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> -----Original Message-----
> > >> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On
> > Behalf Of
> > >> Alistair Bel
> > >> Sent: Friday, January 15, 2016 1:23 AM
> > >> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> > >> Subject: Re: Headlight upgrades
> > >>
> > >> Sounds like a drop in led bulb for stock lamps. Will be interesting to
> > see
> > >> how well that works. Pics on site showing beam pattern not conclusive.
> > >>
> > >> I wonder if the led drop in has heat sink and fins sticking out at the
> > back.
> > >> I didn't see any pics of the actual bulb on the site. Did I over look
> > it?
> > >>
> > >> Plenty of choices for drop in led bulbs already out there. What makes
> > camper
> > >> van culture version different would be interesting to know.
> > >>
> > >> Hers an example from bangood. Philips copy? Has fan on rear fins. Not
> > sure
> > >> if van has space behind lamp for this model
> > >>
> > >>
> > http://www.banggood.com/1Pair-90W-9000LM-6000K-H4-H7-H11-Philips-LED-Headlig
> > >> ht-Bulbs-Conversion-Kit-p-995456.html
> > >>
> > >> Alistair
> >