03 Xenon HDLTS

[bkran10]

Installed a pair of 03s on my 00 X and saw that with my headlts on, they didn't shine evenly. Checked my installation and discovered the passenger side lights inside the shell moves. Anyway to secure it?

[braves]

I have an 03 and my HL are uneven also. The passenger side HL is higher you can actually see the difference if you are on a road with no street lights. I adjusted mine because dealer could not do it right. I think the are designed so that on low beam you get more light to that side of the road and not blind the on coming driver.

[Zulu95]

Do you have the self leveling motor in the passenger side headlight or did someone remove/break it?

[braves]

As far as I know every thing is factory and working. My lights self level ever time I turn them on.

[RJRDenver]

Originally Posted by braves

I have an 03 and my HL are uneven also. The passenger side HL is higher you can actually see the difference if you are on a road with no street lights. I adjusted mine because dealer could not do it right. I think the are designed so that on low beam you get more light to that side of the road and not blind the on coming driver.

I did an overnight test drive of an 03 4.4i lastnight. Did not have Xenon lights though, just halogens; however, I noticed the same thing with the passenger side beam projecting light at higher horizon levels than the drivers side. I'm likely buying the vehicle I had over night on Monday and am curious about this. I asked them to check it out while performing the CPO inspection.

I really want to change the halogens out for Xenons. Is there a DIY plug and play type of install or is it more work?

Also, does the halogens have self-leveling adjusters? If so, any way to tell if equipped?

[xnsf]

The auto-leveling feature functions off of the manual adjustments. For example, if you set the headlights to a certain height, the auto-leveling sees that as neutral/on flat road.

...get what I mean?

[xnsf]

Originally Posted by RJRDenver

I did an overnight test drive of an 03 4.4i lastnight. Did not have Xenon lights though, just halogens; however, I noticed the same thing with the passenger side beam projecting light at higher horizon levels than the drivers side. I'm likely buying the vehicle I had over night on Monday and am curious about this. I asked them to check it out while performing the CPO inspection.

I really want to change the halogens out for Xenons. Is there a DIY plug and play type of install or is it more work?

Also, does the halogens have self-leveling adjusters? If so, any way to tell if equipped?

it isn't a plug and play, but it can be a DYI. there's was a thread earlier that talked about it.
http://www.xoutpost.com/x5-e53-forum/...questions.html

the halogens don't have the self-leveling feature, i believe.

[Zulu95]

Check out the article.
http://www.xoutpost.com/articles/x5/l...on-bmw-x5.html
PM me if you need more info.