I run a pair of Hella Micro DE fog lights as aux lights on my motorbike. These lights have been good because they have a very pronounced vertical cut off so I can run them in traffic and not blind others. Unfortunately, the Hella's draw too much power to run with my heated gear, so I've been waiting for LEDs to mature.
The Vision X lights now come in a beam patter that has a more horizontal throw, with some vertical cut off, so I picked up one of them for testing. The cut off still isn't pronounced enough to run in traffic; the lights are blinding. I'm thinking about attaching a piece of aluminum across the front of the light, to mask of the top of the lens and get the "traffic friendly" beam pattern I need.
A scrap of aluminum plate, some JB weld and some flat black paint should do the trick. What am I missing?
BTW, these lights are very nice. I ran around the house running the light off a 9 volt battery so I could test it out. Of course the color is more blue than the Hella's but I don't care about that.
The Vision X lights now come in a beam patter that has a more horizontal throw, with some vertical cut off, so I picked up one of them for testing. The cut off still isn't pronounced enough to run in traffic; the lights are blinding. I'm thinking about attaching a piece of aluminum across the front of the light, to mask of the top of the lens and get the "traffic friendly" beam pattern I need.
A scrap of aluminum plate, some JB weld and some flat black paint should do the trick. What am I missing?
BTW, these lights are very nice. I ran around the house running the light off a 9 volt battery so I could test it out. Of course the color is more blue than the Hella's but I don't care about that.