Lights so Bright - Getting flashed 75% of the time

[Deleted member 26267]

Is anybody else having issues with oncoming cars flashing their lights at you at night? I'm getting flashed about 75% of the time. I've started flashing back because I don't want them to think I'm just not paying attention. The auto-dim function is working great, but the lights are just so bright. I'm thinking they should give us a mod where we can reduce the brightness of the big running light bar... maybe that's what makes it "feel like" the lights are so bright for oncoming traffic? Maybe if that was much dimmer, it wouldn't look so blinding. Just thinking out loud. Love the lights though.

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[L3it3R]

I've had this happen a lot, and I agree that it's probably the LED bar because my headlights are properly aligned.

 

[Thor]

Yeah, on my recent road trip folks were blinding/flashing me with their brights as if I was doing it to them. I ended up hovering my finger over the brights button so I could do a quick flash to let them know by brights weren't on. Most of the time, they turned theirs off after the flash.

That being said, tons of cars on that trip that I assumed had their brights on, didn't. So it's not just the CT. Newer headlights are just brighter.

 

[Woodrick]

The area that the lights produce, especially on dim, has a top line of illumination that it very distinct on my vehicle is that above the oncoming vehicles for you?

 

[DfibRL8R]

You could adjust the angle of the lights and lower the cut-off. It's a setting on the touch screen. I have read some owners received their trucks with it set too high.

 

[Deleted member 26267]

Thank you for the tip! I didn't know you could adjust the lights... I found a video on YouTube explaining how to do it. I'm going to try this tonight:

 

[DfibRL8R]

Thank you for the tip! I didn't know you could adjust the lights... I found a video on YouTube explaining how to do it. I'm going to try this tonight:

Here's the forum thread where this is discussed:
https://www.cybertruckownersclub.co...beam-height-moving-during-adjustment-🔦.12089/

 

[XCeilidhX]

As an aside, this has been an issue with my Model S since day 1 and I have had that car for 11 years. I basically have to make sure i delay going from high to low beams so people see me downgrade my lights in oncoming traffic or they think i’m just an @$$hole with my high beams on all the time, particularly if the fog lights are also in use with the low beams but I get flashed without the fog lights on the regular as well.

If i’m at a stop light in more urban areas where I never have my high beams on people in the oncoming lanes often will flash me while we are stopped as well and then i have to turn on my high beams to say “pipe down fool” and get them to stop. At this point i’m just used to it and done giving a s#it. I’m as polite as i can be and if they get pissed let them get pissed. Not my problem. I’m using my low beams so there isn’t anything more I can do about it. If they want to complain to the feds and force Tesla to make the low beams dimmer they can go that route but I’m not worrying about it anymore. I just drive as courteously as I can and that is all I can do.

Haters gonna hate, and I can see at night.

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[HaulingAss]

At this point i’m just used to it and done giving a s#it. I’m as polite as i can be and if they get pissed let them get pissed. Not my problem. I’m using my low beams so there isn’t anything more I can do about it.

I'm not saying your low beams are aimed too high, they may or may not be. But maybe you are unaware, the aim of the low beams is adjustable. The fact that you don't have your high beams on doesn't automatically mean the people flashing you are wrong. They are not flashing you for the fun of it, and Tesla is not known for headlights with excessive glare, when aimed properly.

I regularly flash people that I know don't have their high beams on simply to tell them their low beams are non-conforming, either aimed too high or using non-complying emitters. It's all too common around here for backyard mechanics to "improve" their headlights by aiming them too high. Or by installing aftermarket emitters that don't work properly with their reflectors or projectors. Modern headlights are highly engineered devices.

I like great low beams as much as the next guy, but safety demands that they don't blind other drivers.

 

[Crissa]

I basically have to make sure i delay going from high to low beams so people see me downgrade my lights in oncoming traffic

I've had to do the same with my Mazda 3, as it has their adaptive headlights.

-Crissa

 

[Skywave]

This used to happen so often when I had an Acura RDX. I’d basically have to anticipate it, especially on dark country roads.

I drive a Model X now and it literally has never happened once. Not one time, in two years.

So they got it right on the X thank god. Cause it’s stressful. I never wanna deal with that again.

 

[CyberT]

Or, instead of your headlights blinding people, could it be that others are excited to see your Cybertruck and flash their lights to acknowledge your awesome truck?

I might have done this once or twice when first seeing them on the road............ just saying

 

[RoboTaxi]

If there is an option to turn off the upper led light bar I’d try that. I bet a lot of flashings would stop.

People think it’s an off road light that’s blinding them so they flash. Turn it off and they won’t no any better.

 

[mdcoleman]

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Tried all 3 myself, and found the super light to be a bit purple, dark a bit too dark (great for side markers both orange fronts and red rears), and ultimately settled on the light smoke for the front light bar.

 

[Woodrick]

I'm not saying your low beams are aimed too high, they may or may not be. But maybe you are unaware, the aim of the low beams is adjustable. The fact that you don't have your high beams on doesn't automatically mean the people flashing you are wrong. They are not flashing you for the fun of it, and Tesla is not known for headlights with excessive glare, when aimed properly.

I regularly flash people that I know don't have their high beams on simply to tell them their low beams are non-conforming, either aimed too high or using non-complying emitters. It's all too common around here for backyard mechanics to "improve" their headlights by aiming them too high. Or by installing aftermarket emitters that don't work properly with their reflectors or projectors. Modern headlights are highly engineered devices.

I like great low beams as much as the next guy, but safety demands that they don't blind other drivers.

The upper limit of the low beams is very defined. On a straight road, I can see that it is nominally but off at the hood level of an oncoming car. They don't go up in the driver's face.

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