Shaky headlights
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Shaky headlights
I was following a friend this past weekend with the headlights on due to rain. He called later to tell me my headlights bounce a lot, something I have noticed on signs. The lights themselves seem not to be loose, however while trying to find some looseness somewhere I noticed the shaking seems to be coming from the bulb area itself. I have Sharp Light ACA Bi LED lights, I know they have no filaments but it does appear whatever emits the light from the inside the projector lens is doing the shaking. Is this normal? I do know it is easy to see an approaching Corvette with folding lights because they all shake a little but mine seem to do it a lot.... though I think the brightness and intensity of the lights cause this to be more noticeable.
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I was following a friend this past weekend with the headlights on due to rain. He called later to tell me my headlights bounce a lot, something I have noticed on signs. The lights themselves seem not to be loose, however while trying to find some looseness somewhere I noticed the shaking seems to be coming from the bulb area itself. I have Sharp Light ACA Bi LED lights, I know they have no filaments but it does appear whatever emits the light from the inside the projector lens is doing the shaking. Is this normal? I do know it is easy to see an approaching Corvette with folding lights because they all shake a little but mine seem to do it a lot.... though I think the brightness and intensity of the lights cause this to be more noticeable.
I am also running the Sharp Light ACA Bi-Xenon kits with HID lows and LED highs and have noticed a slight jiggle when driving some local roads. I think the issue is just the result of the pop-up design as the lights are not fixed to the body of the car, rather the light housings are connected to the pop-up assemblies. I tried tightening as many connect points as possible and I still get some slight jiggle, even though it's better than before I made my adjustments.
The newer Sleepy Eye options are supposed to help with this.
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I notice it, doesn't bother me. Went out today, my lights are solid. I have yet to be flashed by an oncoming driver either. I'll just leave them alone. The outstanding light output easily outweighs any jiggling they may do IMO.
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I was following a friend this past weekend with the headlights on due to rain. He called later to tell me my headlights bounce a lot, something I have noticed on signs. The lights themselves seem not to be loose, however while trying to find some looseness somewhere I noticed the shaking seems to be coming from the bulb area itself. I have Sharp Light ACA Bi LED lights, I know they have no filaments but it does appear whatever emits the light from the inside the projector lens is doing the shaking. Is this normal? I do know it is easy to see an approaching Corvette with folding lights because they all shake a little but mine seem to do it a lot.... though I think the brightness and intensity of the lights cause this to be more noticeable.
