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Old 11-16-2016 | 02:24 PM
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Xenon Problem

The driver's side xenon headlight on my 2010 has a problem. It seems to be pointing dowm more than the right side and it has a pink tint to it. It is not a bright as before. I searched the site and could not find any post with a similar problem. Any suggestions?
 
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Old 11-17-2016 | 08:07 AM
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Pink tint usually means the light is going bad and will fail soon. There's adjustable nuts for height and width near the headlight assembly, you may need to adjust those if you think it's severely misaligned. Normal headlights will always have the drivers side pointing down more than the passenger side so oncoming traffic isn't blinded. For example look at this picture in this thread, scroll most of the way down:
http://www.babybmw.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=43396
 
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Old 11-17-2016 | 10:37 AM
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Thanks. I had a spare headlight unit from an accident repair, so I took the bulb out and swapped it out. Working as it should and saved having to go out and buy a $50+ replacement.
 
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Old 11-18-2016 | 11:06 AM
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Nice I thought xenon bulbs can run 100+ so you may have saved even more than you thought!
 
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Old 11-18-2016 | 12:41 PM
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Yes, they get pink when they go bad and remember if you do replace with new do them in pairs.
 
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