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> whatever lights you want

For the cars I owned, only one set of official lights existed. Aftermarket would be nearly guaranteed to be worse quality and poorer alignment. And no changing them in the warranty period either.

Car parts are not like PC parts, where you can buy your own and mix-and-match.

No, things with car lights are not as you think. In many modern cars there are no bulbs, but laser diodes and complex lenses and god knows what else. I wouldn't trust anyone to fiddle with mine and do a good job, including the dealership.



> I wouldn't trust anyone to fiddle with mine and do a good job, including the dealership.

Evidently that includes the manufacturer, since he wasn't able to give you proper lights to begin with.


What part of my comments tells you my lights are not proper?


The lights of that Honda:

> When I got my Honda van with stock LED headlights about a year ago, people started flashing me that my brights were on.


I didn't write that. Pay attention to usernames.


I was aware, I thought you are defending, that they can do nothing about it.


That... is a sorry state of affairs and explains a lot. Thanks for making me aware.




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