Car Headlights

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Car headlights are most important in the auto lighting system. These headlights come in all shapes and sizes and they also differ in their technology of manufacturing. Let’s take a look at few of these. You can select your car headlights based on your preference or the weather, road and travel needs. Please visit our store on automotix.net to buy your favorite headlight.

Pencil beams

Better than the standard driving light, the pencil beams double the visibility distance (generally from 1000 ft to 2000 ft). More safety is achieved on high speedways with this increased visibility. However care needs to be taken while using these. Because of the powerful beam and long distance light penetration, it may cause a glare for the oncoming vehicles. This can lead to hazardous results for these cars. As a result some US states have prohibited use of these pencil beam headlights.

Fog lights

As the name suggests, these car lights are designed for exceptional weather issues like fog, heavy rain or snow. Fog lights are not designed for distance lighting. Instead they throw the light sharply on the ground. Their angle and technology prevents their reflection into the eyes of the driver yet provide excellent visibility in extreme weather conditions as mentioned above.

Incandescent

This is an oversized light bulb technology used in cars. The composition of these car headlights is similar to your household lamp, just stronger. When electricity is passed through the mechanism, the filament in the light starts to glow (incandescence) throwing light around. This is excellent for regular purpose driving.

Xenon and Halogen The gas filled lights were introduced to reduce the consumption of the car battery. This headlight is filled with xenon gas. The gas helps generate better white light. As a result, the driver sees things better. The biggest advantage of these lights is the less usage of battery power leading to long life of the car battery as well as the lights. The halogen car headlights operate on the same principle.

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