"A slushbox can be fun, too!" (atfun)
06/25/2016 at 07:28 • Filed to: None
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"A slushbox can be fun, too!" (atfun)
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Can someone explain comprehensively why is it necessary and how it works? Thanks Oppo!
ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable)
> A slushbox can be fun, too!
06/25/2016 at 07:38 |
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They are necessary to change the light pattern emitted by the headlamp from a diffuse area to a focused beam. This prevents oncoming traffic from being blinded, and helps the driver see the road before them at night.
Hence why you have to look away from poorly aligned or badly retrofitted HID kits on some people’s cars.
Tareim - V8 powered
> A slushbox can be fun, too!
06/25/2016 at 07:38 |
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I can’t explain comprehensively but I can explain it simply.
The Beam deflectors are there to prevent blinding drivers when driving on the other side of the road that the lights where designed for eg a UK RHD car driving in France, it just stops the beam from pointing at the drivers to the left coming in the opposite direction
Probenja
> A slushbox can be fun, too!
06/25/2016 at 09:00 |
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Oh so that is what I saw in the cars when watching some Top Gear episodes.
XJDano
> A slushbox can be fun, too!
06/25/2016 at 09:00 |
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Low beam pattern, where on some high beam there is no block as to spread all the light everywhere.
Funktheduck
> A slushbox can be fun, too!
06/25/2016 at 09:06 |
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i don’t remember the formulas but the headlamp is concave and so is the reflector (mostly). The angles of the reflector direct the light to a specific spot on the headlamp so it becomes a focused beam instead of an ever expanding cone of light that blinds everyone. (It is actually ever expanding but the light becomes too diffuse before we can actually see it).
McMike
> A slushbox can be fun, too!
06/25/2016 at 09:52 |
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Answer? No one likes looking directly into a light bulb element.
Your reflector focuses the beam to a specific place, yet your element is still visible to the naked eye. the deflector just blocks the element from oncoming driver’s eyes. Sometimes they are built into the headlight lens (like you shared)
..or as a coating on the tip of a halogen bulb.
Sometimes they are separate from the bulb.
The stick on ones are for Europe, I believe. I think it has something to do with RHD/LHD.
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A slushbox can be fun, too!
> McMike
06/25/2016 at 12:32 |
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Thank you! That is very insightful. I thought that was just some fancy sticker fad
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A slushbox can be fun, too!
> Probenja
06/25/2016 at 12:34 |
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In all my years existing, I, too, only knew of its purpose only lately.... I thought it was just some famcy stickers to look cool
Frenchlicker
> McMike
06/25/2016 at 12:55 |
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I remember seeing the tape onTop Gear and Wheeler Dealers. I think you are right about lhd vs rhd.