R56 How do you adjust/raise the headlights?
#4
Usually not easily adjustable, and improperly aimed Xenons easily blind other drivers. What's wrong with them? You can check them yourself using this method:
1. Pull up next to a wall, garage door, etc... with the bumper a few inches away.
2. Tape a + where the center of each spot shone on the wall.
3. Back up about 20-25 feet (the ground has to be level... no inclines) The lights should be shining in the same spot (or a couple of inches lower). The right headlight may be slightly adjusted to the right.
I'd let the dealer adjust them. It should be covered.
1. Pull up next to a wall, garage door, etc... with the bumper a few inches away.
2. Tape a + where the center of each spot shone on the wall.
3. Back up about 20-25 feet (the ground has to be level... no inclines) The lights should be shining in the same spot (or a couple of inches lower). The right headlight may be slightly adjusted to the right.
I'd let the dealer adjust them. It should be covered.
#5
I agree. Improper adjustment is a hazard, but...
Mine were way too low from the factory. The light was concentrated right in front of the car, just a bit farther than you would get with normal fog lights. The atached pic shows a plastic height adjustment screw. Screw clockwise for raising the beam. I would do no more than 1/2 to 1 turn at a time and use some sort of tape reference as mentioned in the post above. I did also use the ~25' from a wall method to make sure I wasn't blinding oncoming traffic.
As a side note, IMO the HIDs are nice, but not the greatest.
-my 0.02
As a side note, IMO the HIDs are nice, but not the greatest.
-my 0.02
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930 Engineering (12-17-2020)
#6
I was just at the dealer today and someone came up to my MA and butted in and asked that question....their response.....in the r56 there are xeons, which most people are not used to. A lot of people think there lights need to be raised beacuse the light doesnt carry as far. In fact it does, but what gets people is that there is such a distinct cut off from light to dark, and is barely any fade from light to dark like old halogens. Most likely there fine, and your just not used to the distinct cut off that your amazing bright xeons have haha
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930 Engineering (12-17-2020)
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Self leveling is accomplished by sensors in the front and the rear suspension. They are designed to lower the lights when there is a heavy weight in the rear of the car that would otherwise cause the lights to angle up relative to an unloaded car.
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930 Engineering (12-17-2020)
#14
Thanks Eric for the good point.
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You're not the only one. I drove across country thinking my Xenons were crap. Just a slight turn of the adjuster and suddenly I could see AHEAD of the car instead of IN FRONT of the car. The cutoff makes it easy to keep from adjusting them too high.
#19
Don't adjust them too high, or you will blind other drivers.
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930 Engineering (12-17-2020)
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jlevy,
In another thread, somebody discribed the screw as the below, which sounds different that the picture you posted????
"Pop the hood. Look at the headlight unit from the top down. Behind the headlight, down low and towards the center of the car is a white, nylon, allen head screw. That's your headlight elevation adjustment."
In another thread, somebody discribed the screw as the below, which sounds different that the picture you posted????
"Pop the hood. Look at the headlight unit from the top down. Behind the headlight, down low and towards the center of the car is a white, nylon, allen head screw. That's your headlight elevation adjustment."
Last edited by Birdman; 08-08-2007 at 09:24 AM.
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jlevy,
In another thread, somebody discribed the screw as the below, which sounds different that the picture you posted????
"Pop the hood. Look at the headlight unit from the top down. Behind the headlight, down low and towards the center of the car is a white, nylon, allen head screw. That's your headlight elevation adjustment."
In another thread, somebody discribed the screw as the below, which sounds different that the picture you posted????
"Pop the hood. Look at the headlight unit from the top down. Behind the headlight, down low and towards the center of the car is a white, nylon, allen head screw. That's your headlight elevation adjustment."
-JL
#24
That plastic phillips head screw in the pic is definitely the adjustment screw on my car. Adjusting the HIDs was the first thing I did on my car. They were driving me crazy pointed right at the road in front of me. Maybe some of the HID units on later builds come with an allen head screw instead Mine is an early (January - I believe week 1) build.
-JL
-JL