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Here's what sets the first-ever 4Runner Trailhunter, a turnkey overlanding SUV, apart from its compatriots. T he new 2025 Toyota 4Runner is here, and the sixth-gen SUV has several ...
We’ve been chronicling the build of our 1976 Chevy K5 Blazer over the past couple issues, and the process continues this month as the crew at Two Guys Restorations in North Adams, Massachusetts begins ...
A pertinent example of this today is cars' headlights. Up until a decade ago, we only had high and low beams. But with the advent of LED technology especially, automakers can employ new systems ...
Modern cars have a nifty feature called 'automatic high beams' which detects oncoming headlights and dips the lights to avoid blinding oncoming drivers. But what about cars that don't offer that ...
Ohio’s law regarding headlights requires a car’s high beams to be bright enough to reveal a person or vehicle at least 350 feet away, and a car’s low beam headlights to be bright enough to ...
Beam pattern: Instead of a single filament for each low and high beam, LED headlights use an array of multiple diodes that can be individually directed. “A good beam pattern is one that gives ...
That makes sense. You can outdrive your low-beam headlights at surprisingly low speeds. Even high beams aren’t as effective at illuminating our path as we might hope. How ineffective?
Due to incorrect wiring, the high and low beams are reversed, causing the high beam indicator to illuminate incorrectly. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal ...
Another important lesson: knowing when to use your high and low beam headlights at night. There is a safe way to use your high beams for better visibility, without blinding other drivers.
Having a headlight out is an obvious equipment issue ... “Except as hereinafter provided, the headlamps, the auxiliary low-beam lamps, or the auxiliary driving lamps, or combinations thereof, on motor ...