I have a 65 valiant with cheapo $7.00 halogens. They are adjusted properly and I love the amount of light they put out. The only problem is that some people seem to think I'm running brights when the low beams are on. Does anyone else have this problem? The lights are standard wattage no funky colors just off the shelf sylvania. Every car I've ever drove with the 7" round headlights always lights up the road better than square. My 88 daytona's lights are a joke. That's about all I had to say I was wondering mainly if others get the high beam flash as often as me.

Plug for SlantSixDan:
http://www.danielsternlighting.com/home.html

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1964 Valiant V200, 225/Pushbutton 904
BBD, CAI, HEI, LBP, AC, AM/FM/USB, EIEIO

If you're still using sealed-beam headlights and can say "I love the amount of light they put out" and "people flash their lights at me", then no, the lights are not at all properly aimed. The sealed beams are weak and produce a poorly-focused, narrow beam. If you "love" their performance, it's because they're aimed way too far up and/or way too far to the left. This artificially increases the amount of light down the road and across to the left, but it also burns oncoming drivers' eyes. What procedure are you using to aim the lamps?
For any given headlamp technology and approximate size range, yes, this is true.
That is fixable.

(and thanks for the plug, Slant!)

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Too many people who were born on third base actually believe they've hit a triple.

Meaby if you set your headlights to relay goverment, I heard that is better for old cars to get electric sistems controlled by realys to ensure to get always the same electric rate and got no lost of power.

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I have cheapo halogen sealed beam headlights. Used the aiming procedure right out of a 1966 plymouth service manual. I have had someone else drive my car at night in the oncoming lane and I didn't find them any more annoying than most of the cars I see going down the road. My personal favorite for bad headlights are the people with one headlight always stuck on brights. When I posted the question I kinda figured SSD would respond and I do plan on the fancy lights with relays in my project valiant.

When your lights are at low beam, how much distance is front your bumper to light hits ground? meaby your lights are soo aimed down that the distance is something like 2 meters from bumper to lights close range, try to aim them 30cm up and check if your high beam don't go to hight.

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Headlamps today are different from headlamps in 1966, even the sealed beams. The procedure in the service manual calls for the use of a mechanical aimer (still the only really truly correct way of aiming these sealed beams) and also offers a "get it in the general ballpark" visual method.

Your lamps can be aimed on high beam using the "VO" method described [url=http://www.danielsternlighting.com/tech/aim/aim.html"]Here[/url], but only if you have LEVEL flat ground to work with.
Unfortunately, this isn't reliable. The range of glare sensitivity in humans is so large that some people are completely immune to glare, while others are extremely glare-sensitive.
Yeah, the standard of car lighting maintenance and use in North America is pretty sad indeed. A lot of misaimed lights, a lot of improperly used lights, a lot of illegally modified lights, and -- to top it all off -- a bad headlight technical standard that allows a lot of glare even from legal, unmodified, correctly-aimed, correctly-used lights.
I'll be here!

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Too many people who were born on third base actually believe they've hit a triple.

Unfortunately, this isn't reliable. The range of glare sensitivity in humans is so large that some people are completely immune to glare, while others are extremely glare-sensitive.

Like me! I don't care about glare, but barely can see in dark/night situation.

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Mopar Muscle is well defend by Slant Six!

Valiant Duster 1971