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Old 08-17-2010, 09:42 AM
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How do I adjust/re align the headlights?

Vertically?
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Old 08-17-2010, 09:52 AM
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Mine's Xenon by the way.

And what about high beams? Are they adjustable as well?
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Old 08-17-2010, 09:57 AM
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why would you want/need to do that? The Xenon (aka HID) headlights come with auto-leveling, to prevent blinding of oncoming drivers when rear of the car is loaded, as well as when going over the hills. You should NOT be messing around with the headlights as we are talking public safety here, and if something went wrong, take it to the dealer instead.
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Unless you have set-up a level headlight-aiming area, measuring it out and carefully marking it with tape/paint, you shouldnt mess with them, particularly Xenons which can easily blind oncoming traffic if misadjusted.
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Upon on further searching the net, I found out how to adjust it vertically.

It'll be done carefully as I'll go through the instruction step by step. Just need the right tools.
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Upon on further searching the net, I found out how to adjust it vertically.

It'll be done carefully as I'll go through the instruction step by step. Just need the right tools.
That's cool, but why do you need to do it? Is the autoleveling not working?

Just curious...
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Had a bodyshop work that needed the headlights to be taken out in order to fix the bumper area, but the headlight beams are misaligned after the job. Might even blind the oncoming traffic, so I'm readjusting it.
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If the E70 headlights work like the E53's, there maybe a misconception about the "auto-leveling" feature in X5 head lights. On an E53 they don't actually level themselves in an absolute sense. They adjust themselves within a fairly narrow range to compensate for the suspension not being level. IOW their "auto-leveling" adjustments are relative to an initial manually adjusted setting. Which on an E53 is extremely simple to change with the two large plastic knobs on the back of each head light housing.

In a previous life.... I foolishly believed that an authorized BMW dealer would properly install/adjust my E53's headlights after replacing one of the bulbs - WRONG. On coming traffic immediate started 'flashing' me even when I was already on dims. So I drove the X5 up to a flat wall and realized that the headlight BMW had 'repaired' was set to blind oncoming traffic. It was way too high and a little to the left. I adjusted it down and in. Then checked it by driving toward it in the ranch truck on various nearby roads.

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If the E70 headlights work like the E53's, there maybe a misconception about the "auto-leveling" feature in X5 head lights. On an E53 they don't actually level themselves in an absolute sense. They adjust themselves within a fairly narrow range to compensate for the suspension not being level. IOW their "auto-leveling" adjustments are relative to an initial manually adjusted setting.
I believe that's how it works in the E70 as well.

The manual says it compensates for the load put on the suspension.

Non-xenon models have a manual height adjustment roller by the lighting control knob or so the manual says.
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Upon on further searching the net, I found out how to adjust it vertically.

It'll be done carefully as I'll go through the instruction step by step. Just need the right tools.
I haate to resurrect an old thread like this but how did you do this? I am in a similar situation. I realize that I have to be careful so that I don't blind oncoming drivers but my head if tad are aimed way too low after having them replaced. I brought it to the dealer and they only made it worse. Where are the vertical adjustment screws? I see 2 white adjustment screws on the side of the unit but they don't seem t work for vertical adjustment. How did you do it?
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