Headlights on 2006 Sonata

The alternative would be worse, which is having the full height beam
blinding you. At least with the cutoff beam, it only occasionally pops
up enough to be an issue. IMO, it's an advancement, as it allows
brighter headlights with minimal annoyance to other drivers. No, it's
not perfect, but there is no better alternative. Besides, there's
nothing you can do about it.

I haven't experienced those problems. Perhaps your headlights are aimed
too far to the right. You can try bringing them back to the left a bit.

That's what high beams are for. Switch to them or simply flash them if
necessary.

It's certainly worth a shot. You may find that the two beam heights are
not aligned or that one or the other is aimed off to one side. When
attempting to determine the aiming. I've found it easiest to stand on
the center of the rear bumper and look over the roof and hood.

 

So flash your high beams back, so they know that you have your low beams
on and you're not being a jerk. If you educate other drivers, eventually
they'll get used to modern headlights like we all must do.

Of course there is. You need to be able to see down the road and also up
on the right side of the road to read signs.

Headlights are just brighter now, plain and simple. The only "fix" to
your complaint would be to go back to the older, dimmer headlights that
we complained about for not providing enough visibility. You can't have
it both ways. Yeah, sometimes it's irritating, but the alternative is
less visibility overall, which I don't see as an improvement.

 

Hmmmmmm.... I never complained about the old headlights. They worked fine.
I have noticed that all of my cars that are in the 2000 plus vintage (2000,
2003, 2004) do a much worse job at lighting the road in up and down dips
than the older cars used to. High beams or low beams - makes no difference.
These new lights may have some benefits (though I have yet to put my finger
on what the benefits are), but they certainly have some drawbacks as well.

 

No, an alternative is to have more of a Guassian distribution with just
the tail going high enough to be seen by oncoming drivers. My Chevy
truck is close to this and it has great headlights, probably as good as
the Hyundai, and doesn't "flash" incoming drivers.

I'm talking about the high beams. The cut-off is still rather
pronounced compared to my pickup.

Yes, definitely worth looking at when I get a chance.

Matt

 

I believe I have both with my 1994 Chevy pickup, so I know it is possible.

Matt

 

I agree. The Sonata may be a little brighter than my Chevy pickup, but
I haven't parked them side by side to tell. You can't tell any big
difference going from one vehicle to the other from a brightness
perspective. The only difference is the truck is much better for
driving on hilly back roads.


Matt

 

Yup - it's the dips and dives that black right out with all of the newer
lights.