issue with my lights

[JtBlk M3]

hey guys, do any of you feel that the visibility at night sucks ? i think i might need my auto-leveling lights to be recalibrated or adjusted or something bc i find myself struggling to see whats up ahead when iam driving at night...i feel like the lights are directed almost straight down to the road directlyyyy infront of the car and 5-6 ft ahead of me is all dark
i know it shouldnt be like that, also the right beam aims more straight and further than the left..

Does anyone else have this problem?

[J08M3]

There's a screw on top of the headlight that adjusts the height, takes 5 minutes at most to do yourself.

[///M Ryder]

Originally Posted by J08M3

There's a screw on top of the headlight that adjusts the height, takes 5 minutes at most to do yourself.

Exactly....pull in front of a garage, turn the lights on and go to work.....Phil

[mpm3]

i agree with the OP i get pissed at night wheres the screw ??

[geneatals]

http://www.e90post.com/forums/showth...9325#post79325

[MikeyBMWM]

You can set the knob to what angle to illuminate headlights, it takes a minute. As for the fact that more lights illuminate the right side - so it's in any car, to not dazzle drivers who are goin' from opposite in our direction on our left. Strong light illuminates the same right and left side of the road, but it's dazzle drivers comin' from opposite.

[JtBlk M3]

Originally Posted by geneatals

http://www.e90post.com/forums/showth...9325#post79325

geneatals...thanks alot for the link that thread was very helpful..is it better or more professionally handled if taken to the dealer? or its just simply one two three do it yourself?

[1sikbmr]

I did mine myself... just make sure your about 20-30 feet from a wall and the car is pretty level this way when you adjust it you can see that it is leveled. Also a little tip is to count the turns.

[OC3]

Originally Posted by JtBlk M3

geneatals...thanks alot for the link that thread was very helpful..is it better or more professionally handled if taken to the dealer? or its just simply one two three do it yourself?

I think it's better if you did the adjustment yourself. My car was at the dealer during past few days, so I had them make the adjustment. Picked up the car last night, and on the freeway home, I think I blinded everybody that was in front of me, lol. I mean, now, there's virtually no difference between low and high beams.

[w00tw00t]

I did this adjustment myself in a side street behind my house.. very easy to do..

[Biggerunn]

Originally Posted by OC3

I think it's better if you did the adjustment yourself. My car was at the dealer during past few days, so I had them make the adjustment. Picked up the car last night, and on the freeway home, I think I blinded everybody that was in front of me, lol. I mean, now, there's virtually no difference between low and high beams.

I have to agree. When I got mine new, the headlights hit the ground only 90 feet in front of the car. Talk about driving blind at night. So I had the dealer adjust them at the 1200 mile service. Now I'm waking up birds in the trees. I haven't gotten blinked yet, but I don't see how. When I'm about 100 feet away from my garage, my lights hit roughly 15-18" higher than my wife's car does.

But I can see what's in front of me now.