Asleep at the Wheel in the Headlight Brightness Wars

My 1968 Ford Galaxie 500, which I daily drive, originally had incandescent sealed beams when I first got it. I didnt get the car in 1968, but it was new to me post 2010. 6 months into owning it, I switched out the sealed beams for LEDs (which are DOT approved and required modifying the bulb rings to fit).

I am not switching to anything that is not as bright as my current LED lights. Nighttime visibility is very important to me. Where I could barely see road signs before (even with high beams on all four lights, low beams were just for show I guess), now I can clearly read them and have enough safe distance to take action just on my low beams. This is even more important for me when it rains, since my vehicle is not equipped with traction control or ABS, and I live in a hilly area where street lighting is not good enough for the population density. Im not one to usually be easily scared, but driving at night those first six months was probably the most scared I have ever been. Scared of both crashing or hitting a nighttime jogger I couldn't see fast enough.

The most relevant problem which this article barely touches on in one single sentence, is adjustment. Adjustment and dingalings installing conversion kits which put LEDs into reflector type housings. LEDs should NEVER be installed in reflector type housings, they should only be installed into projector type housings. Probably 95% of what these Redditors (m'lady, probably) are complaining about can be attributed to people who did not install the correct lights in the correct housing, and did not adjust them properly. And lifted vehicle owners should note that the proper adjustment spec is made at stock height, so the lift will affect the adjustment and they will need to be even lower per the lift height.