So put some 1980's style sealed-beam headlights on your car, then, if that's all you need! ;)

Lol “weaponized.” Nobody died. Nobody swerved. All that happened was they went, “Ah shit,” and turned their high beams off.

I guess I am. But since in all 3 instances of my doing that over the month that I’ve had this bar, that split second flash actually worked in getting them to turn off their high beams, and not one of them then proceeded to completely spear off the road in a bout of blind confusion, I’m going to go ahead and say it was…

“Let me ask the one main question that this article answers in detail.”

Thanks for a well-reasoned reply! And I agree. I actually don’t use it (or my high beams in general) all that often, because it’s usually not appropriate.

I totally agree and hate that cops seem to completely ignore those people, but will then ticket someone for going 5 over. Like the high beams are way worse violation!

Nothing like sketchy wiring jobs to make you wonder when your car is going to suddenly burst into flames! Lol.

I wish Kinja wasn’t so fucking useless and I actually knew which comment of mine you were replying to, lol. What is extreme?

Oh absolutely. This is doubly accurate for me since I’m in a lowered BRZ. I think people took my statement in my OP to mean I drive around flashing people left and right while laughing maniacally. In reality I’ve flashed maybe 3 or 4 people in the month that I’ve had it on the car. And I always make damned sure…

Check out Diode Dynamics then. They’re a bit more moderately priced, and still make good stuff :)

I’m glad you’ve seen the light.

I don’t disagree with that, but it’s a BRZ; not a Tundra, and I wasn’t about to roof-mount it. I wanted something discreet. It still is a huge improvement over the stock high beams, though obviously it would be even better mounted higher up.

Having said that, one benefit I noticed to the low mounted location was that…

This is a spot beam style bar, so it’s a pretty narrow angle throw. I think something like 18 degrees. I have some LED fog lights that do a good job of providing a bit more peripheral light nearer the vehicle when my low beams are on. Having said that, they have all sorts of beam options. You can get anything from…

My wiring was more involved because I did the wiring for the bar at the same time as a lot of other wiring in the car, and I was going for an OEM-style setup with a fuse box and everything. The wiring for the light bar itself, though, isn’t complicated. Light bar is on its own relay circuit, which draws power from the…

In fairness, added light won’t always help. I used to live in NJ, which also seemed like the deer capital of the world. Everyone in my family (mom, dad, brother, sister, me) has hit a deer, and most of my friends have as well. One friend totaled his car hitting one, then ran over another one two months later. My dad…

Heh, yeah the photos aren’t the best. The light bar does light up the road surface more as well, but in person I actually like it because being so low-mounted, it adds a kind of “HDR” effect to the road surface, which makes it much easier to see imperfections (or obstacles) on the roadway. Quite useful in a slightly…

Well as I said at the very start of my OP, those people can suck a duck. It’s not my fault that 90% of the people with light bars have no idea what they’re doing. I can see why you might be skeptical, though. It’s also not my fault that 90% of Toyobaru owners are morons who don’t know how to drive. Doesn’t mean I…

You’re making a lot of assumptions here, and a lot of it seems to do with your having poor vision. Let me correct some things you said:

1. I have absolutely no issue seeing incoming scattered light from vehicles before they are in view. You aren’t the first person to claim that this would be an issue, but I suspect…

“I spent years driving around on all-seasons tires in the snow and never hit anything. Winter tires are just for idiots who can’t drive.”

Your guess would be completely incorrect. It isn’t difficult at ALL to see oncoming traffic coming. And as for curvy roads, even if you don’t see them (which again, hasn’t been my experience in any way), the light bar has more of a spot beam pattern, so they won’t get blinded until they are basically directly ahead of…