Question: Is my SA on crack?

[Curious Joel]

A few days ago I e-mail my service advisor about retrofitting OEM BMW xenons. He e-mailed me back saying it can't be done. He said there were too many components. He said it could possibly be done without the self-leveling component, but then it wouldn't be legal. I thought it could be done, but... I'm often wrong.

This leads me to another question... Are my new lights going to be legal? How come some aftermarket company can do something my dealer cant do?

[SuperGreg]

Originally Posted by Curious Joel

A few days ago I e-mail my service advisor about retrofitting OEM BMW xenons. He e-mailed me back saying it can't be done. He said there were too many components. He said it could possibly be done without the self-leveling component, but then it wouldn't be legal. I thought it could be done, but... I'm often wrong.

This leads me to another question... Are my new lights going to be legal? How come some aftermarket company can do something my dealer cant do?

I think I did hear that you lose the self leveling feature so pardon me if I am mistaken

[plazaman]

you do lose the leveling feature when retrofitting OEM Xenons, or unless do you it with the sensors.

[JaredT]

All aftermarket HID's are techincally illegal b/c do do not have the auto-leveling feature. Just aim your lights correctly and you'll be fine...I put aftermarket HID's on my M3 and didn't have isseus with authorities

[Curious Joel]

Originally Posted by JaredT

All aftermarket HID's are techincally illegal b/c do do not have the auto-leveling feature. Just aim your lights correctly and you'll be fine...I put aftermarket HID's on my M3 and didn't have isseus with authorities

Hmm... How do you aim them?

Are you sure they're illegal? Our Volvo has bi-xenons and they're not auto-leveling. Maybe it explains why they're aimed so low?

[SuperGreg]

Originally Posted by Curious Joel

Hmm... How do you aim them?

Are you sure they're illegal? Our Volvo has bi-xenons and they're not auto-leveling. Maybe it explains why they're aimed so low?

You sure about that? This is the volvo option shown below:

Exterior Lighting Price
• Bi-Xenon Automatic Headlights With Auto-Leveling $700

[Curious Joel]

Originally Posted by SuperGreg

You sure about that? This is the volvo option shown below:

Exterior Lighting Price
• Bi-Xenon Automatic Headlights With Auto-Leveling $700

Hmm... Good point. I've never seen it active. On the X5 if you went up a hill or if you floored it, the lights would tilt down. The Volvo doesn't do that, or it doesn't seem to. The lights are aimed so low that they're nearly useless.

[SANguru]

aim it against the wall.. adjust the knob... done..

Originally Posted by Curious Joel

Hmm... Good point. I've never seen it active. On the X5 if you went up a hill or if you floored it, the lights would tilt down. The Volvo doesn't do that, or it doesn't seem to. The lights are aimed so low that they're nearly useless.

[UCrewX5]

Originally Posted by SANguru

aim it against the wall.. adjust the knob... done..

It worked for my 1965 Mustang, no reason why the technique won't still work

[Dblock2151]

I'm actually retro-fitting Xenons onto my X5 tomorrow.

I went to the dealer to get various parts for it, and they were cool about it, they said many have come there and done the same thing.