Dipped headlights seem high?

[chazzypuk]

Hi guys. Any one else with xenons find the dipped beam pretty high? Is that normal? I keep getting flashed!

[peterdoherty]

They are self leveling.

We get flashed as the xenons are significantly brighter than traditional headlights.

I now enjoy blinding oncoming BMW drivers whilst they blind me lol

[Jimble]

Make sure you've got them set to left hand traffic, they can be adjusted for driving on the continent so stands a chance they're set wrong and your blinding on coming traffic.

[Gordor]

I only get flashed by other drivers when my lights are dirty... Including that time when an old fella in front of me flagged me down and asked why I kept flashing my lights at him

[chazzypuk]

Yeah I did check the left/right setting and it was correct. I think it just needs re-calibrating as I honestly think it's too high. In dipped mode it easily shines up and over the height of most cars and so pretty blinding for oncoming drivers. I'll take it in for them to look at. I know they can be calibrated as my bros car needed it. They may be self levelling but only to a datum set by the garage.

[jivemonkey]

This sounds very familiar, and I'm sure there was another chap on here who thought he too was getting flashed a more usual amount of times. I can't find the thread at the moment, but sure it was this forum.

Anyway, he went to the dealer and they were indeed too high. They re-calibrated them and he was good to go. I'm fairly sure mine only reach 1.5 meters or so when facing the garage door at 5 meters or so away. Certainly shouldn't be going over cars, I'd get it checked ASAP.

If you have a similar surface you can park in front of, try uploading vid of your self levelling dance and I can do the same if it'll help confirm your suspicions.

[mullermn]

Yeah, that sounds wrong. Mine point very distinctly at the road and are probably just part way up the car in front or even not hitting it at all at normal A road following distances.

I still get the odd flash - I've started just letting oncoming drivers get a glimpse of the light before dipping them so that they realise they are actually dipped, otherwise I kept getting people shining their lights in my face.

[Gingernick]

you would have thought with the increasing number of cars with xenons people would have started getting used to them by now

I flash back to let them see what full beam is really like on my current car!

[jivemonkey]

I flash back to let them see what full beam is really like on my current car!

Ditto. Was about to say that's exactly what I do, they don't know what hit em'!

[RikWebb]

Interesting....
Mine seem to be the other way - that is too low
They dont seem to shine as far as the MK6 did by quite a few meters

Its like I concentrate on the road just after where the lights get to.

Very odd