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Old 11-16-2012, 06:24 PM
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Hood glare

I've created a unique problem I put grakon 5000 cablights on my truck that's 17 LED's in each one 85 LED's in all they put a bad glare on the hood that's distracting would a visor of some kind fix this ?
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Old 11-16-2012, 06:44 PM
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WOW....it would have to help. Whats that gonna be like in a snow storm?
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Old 11-16-2012, 06:52 PM
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I don't know yet but big bugs are easy to see as they go past I like how they light up street signs though easy to read lights up bright orange and makes my truck look like its on fire
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Old 11-21-2012, 04:57 PM
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Here's one possible solution I guess just dim them a little bit I was thinking about one of the visors and get it electro dipped chrome that would look awesome here's a link to the dimmer.

Ken's Performance Solutions
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Old 11-22-2012, 02:01 PM
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How about you take them OFF and put the factory ones on.

If you put that dimmer on, it defeats the purpose of having those obnoxious big lights on there
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Old 11-22-2012, 04:36 PM
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Haha true maybe I'll just try to find a visor that I like and see if it helps. I like my huge cablights
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Old 11-22-2012, 06:42 PM
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u dont need that fancy dimmer, u can do the same thing with a few resistors on each light so it splits the load across the resistors and dont heat up. if they were a little less bright i think it would look better as u cant even distinguish where the lights are or what they look when the light are on.
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Old 11-23-2012, 04:44 AM
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You can tell what they are but I can't really take a picture of it because they are so bright makes me want to add some LED running lights under the bumper
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Old 11-23-2012, 05:47 AM
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Go for it!.... altho i dont think that will reduce your hood glare.

Paint your hood flat black... HAHHAHA... just kidding
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Old 11-23-2012, 05:49 AM
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Its already lost the shine on the hood and roof I guess it's a normal thing to repaint these old trucks and not put a clear coat over it.
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