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Hi,does anyone know if headlight beam can be adjusted to give longer range on 2014 diesel d4 ,regards geoff
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Hi,it has got HD active bending type so looks like I'm stuck with them sa they are,just seem a little low to ground,thanks Tony1
Try this post might be useful Auto levelling headlamps remain dipped
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Thanks for info,I will try post,regards Geoff
Although the headlights are auto levelling, the level they maintain is adjustable and set using the horizontal and vertical adjusters on the headlamp units themselves. The auto-levelling mechanism then attempts to retain whatever the initial setting is under all conditions. Having auto-levelling doesn't mean per se that the headlamps are necessarily adjusted correctly. Mine were set much too low on a brand new car, and I've seen posts elsewhere complaining about the headlamps on V40s being set too low at the factory.
If you have a regular MOT tester, you could ask whether there is any scope to raise the headlamps when they carry out the beam check at the MOT.
I initially adjusted mine the old fashioned way, by parking facing about about 30 yards from a brick wall in a dark flat car park at night, having previously marked the current position of the vertical adjusters with a paint pen. I found there was quite a bit of scope to raise both of them whilst still keeping the flat beam cut off a few degrees below horizontal. As no-one was flashing me I waited until the first MOT and asked the tester who I know quite well if he could just check if there was any further scope to raise them, or if they were too high whether he could adjust them to the limit. He put them on the beam tester and tweaked one of them very slightly, but told me that the other was spot on.
From the factory though, it was unsafe for me to exceed about 40 mph on a dark road with dipped beams.
If you have a regular MOT tester, you could ask whether there is any scope to raise the headlamps when they carry out the beam check at the MOT.
I initially adjusted mine the old fashioned way, by parking facing about about 30 yards from a brick wall in a dark flat car park at night, having previously marked the current position of the vertical adjusters with a paint pen. I found there was quite a bit of scope to raise both of them whilst still keeping the flat beam cut off a few degrees below horizontal. As no-one was flashing me I waited until the first MOT and asked the tester who I know quite well if he could just check if there was any further scope to raise them, or if they were too high whether he could adjust them to the limit. He put them on the beam tester and tweaked one of them very slightly, but told me that the other was spot on.
From the factory though, it was unsafe for me to exceed about 40 mph on a dark road with dipped beams.
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Thanks for your good description. I'll have a go at adjusting them,great info
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