by "Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now)" (bman76-4)
Published 03/20/2017 at 23:48
by "Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now)" (bman76-4)
Published 03/20/2017 at 23:48
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STARS: 14
...a design that recognizes that LED headlights don’t need traditional lenses.
Way to go Citroën. 10/10 would drive.
"TheHondaBro" (wwaveform)
03/20/2017 at 23:52, STARS: 0
Bruh that’s basically what I’ve been doing this whole time.
"Eric @ opposite-lock.com" (theyrerolling)
03/20/2017 at 23:54, STARS: 3
Leave it to Citroen to push the envelope. They have some insanely talented designers...
"Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap" (ddadragon)
03/20/2017 at 23:55, STARS: 1
Ooh. Weirdly styled wagon thing with cool lights. I like this.
"Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now)" (bman76-4)
03/20/2017 at 23:56, STARS: 6
Yeah, but this actually looks good...
"Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To" (murdersofa)
03/20/2017 at 23:57, STARS: 3
Savage
"The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock" (jukesjukesjukes)
03/20/2017 at 23:58, STARS: 1
Don’t lenses help control the light, I’m pretty sure LED’s would scatter light all over with out lenses,
"Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now)" (bman76-4)
03/21/2017 at 00:01, STARS: 0
Yes, but with proper design, no.
"Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now)" (bman76-4)
03/21/2017 at 00:03, STARS: 1
They’ve always lead the way, I wish they’d make an effort to come back tho the US. Though I know they won’t.
"Eric @ opposite-lock.com" (theyrerolling)
03/21/2017 at 00:10, STARS: 3
The problem with the US is that it has freaky regulations and they have a bad reputation here. If our stupid country would get with the program and adopt some kind of international first world standard for car regulations, it wouldn’t be so onerous to convert cars from other markets for sale here.
"yamahog" (yamahog)
03/21/2017 at 00:12, STARS: 1
yea there’s no way this meets any US headlamp regulations
also I’m pretty sure some of the design elements don’t even meet Euro radii requirements, etc
"Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now)" (bman76-4)
03/21/2017 at 00:13, STARS: 0
With the protectionists we have in power now, it’s not gonna get any better.
"facw" (facw)
03/21/2017 at 00:15, STARS: 1
There may be lenses on the LEDs themselves, but you don’t need a big unit imitating a traditional reflector housing.
"Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now)" (bman76-4)
03/21/2017 at 00:15, STARS: 0
Yeah, if BMW’s laser headlights don’t these certainly won’t. It’s not as if we’re getting it anyway.
"TheHondaBro" (wwaveform)
03/21/2017 at 00:29, STARS: 0
I hope your wall falls.
"Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch" (bman76)
03/21/2017 at 00:34, STARS: 0
"Frank Grimes" (FrankGrimes)
03/21/2017 at 02:03, STARS: 0
I want a car with all the LEDs hidden behind a translucent paint or some kind of panels that match the paint but when turned on the covers turn clear.
"Sam" (samwellington)
03/21/2017 at 04:23, STARS: 0
ohdamn
"bhtooefr" (bhtooefr)
03/21/2017 at 04:51, STARS: 0
Mind you, one of the most efficient ways to do a LED low beam with a well-defined cutoff ends up being a form of reflector housing anyway.
I’ve noticed a fair amount of cars going that route, instead of projectors or anything else, lately - even high-end cars. (Conversely, my Prius uses LED projectors.)
"xyzabc" (stackofoldwood)
03/21/2017 at 07:48, STARS: 2
...a modern version of this gem. (Citroen SM)
"Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now)" (bman76-4)
03/21/2017 at 08:50, STARS: 0
I see it more as a DS successor.
"Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now)" (bman76-4)
03/21/2017 at 13:33, STARS: 3
I feel dumb, it’s literally called the CXperience... it’s a CX successor.
"BaconSandwich is tasty." (baconsandwich)
03/27/2017 at 18:46, STARS: 0
When you say radii requirement, you mean the ability to see the lights from both the front and the side of the vehicle?
"yamahog" (yamahog)
03/27/2017 at 18:57, STARS: 0
Not necessarily the light cone - there are minimum radius requirements on physical parts themselves for pedestrian protection.
"BaconSandwich is tasty." (baconsandwich)
03/28/2017 at 18:48, STARS: 0
Ah, that kind of makes sense. If a headlight was 1" in diameter, and it stuck out from the rest of the front of the vehicle, and that vehicle and hit a pedestrian, it could totally dig into a person’s leg. In a case like the car above, though, it looks like it’d be simultaneous contact on several points.
Some day I’ll have to actually dig through all the regulations. I bet there’s some interesting stuff in there.