xenon lights from rhd to lhd

[7.77]

anybody knows how to modify the lights in order to drive in France (or everywhere outside uk :whistle: ).

i'have been told there s a lever inside the light housing to modify them from uk to continental.

any clues ??

[StevenCSL]

I had to buy new light units... but I have no xenon.

BMW dealer said I need new ones, normal or xenon... but xenon is a lot more expensive !

So I guess you can not modify them for the continent.

[glendog74]

I manually modified mine when i went to Europe the first time by rotating the knurled knob at the top rear of each xenon light unit.

You have to do it with the car facing a wall so that you can actually see the beam path change direction down and to the other side. I remembered the amount of turns that i did so that i could put it back to UK again.

However, when i did return i kept getting flashed by others so got them checked and aligned properly by BMW when i was in next time. Been fine since... :whistle:

I would advise getting the same (EU alignment settings) done to your car back home in France - you don't need new lights - of that i'm pretty sure! :wink:

[StevenCSL]

Interesting... but maybe this doesn't work on "normal" light units.

[glendog74]

Interesting... but maybe this doesn't work on "normal" light units.

That may well be the case? 7.77 has a Xenon fitted car of course :thumbs:

[7.77]

- you don't need new lights - of that i'm pretty sure! :wink:

that's what i was thinking. I saw the lights of a E90 with a lever inside the housing to modify the beam.

i tried to turn the big black knob on the top of the lights, but i only saw a modification of the height of the light.....maybe i need to turn, and turn, and turn, and...........turn another time......will check tomorrow :thumbs:

thanks

[7.77]

Interesting... but maybe this doesn't work on "normal" light units.

That may well be the case? 7.77 has a Xenon fitted car of course :thumbs:

and a black car :whistle:

[glendog74]

and a black car :whistle:

Wash your mouth out! :hahaha: :hahaha:

[Nords]

I had an early e46 M3 with xenons and you can alter them for abroad. I got a garage to do for about £30 but it can be done by an owner although it is awkward.

Have a search on MTorque, there was a thread on there which described it but it was a while ago...

[7.77]

seen on MTORQUE:

"i asked about this a while ago and there was very little information from anyone on here. Since then I have been into my local dealership having had rung them on my way to the continent.

An engineer came out and showed me the adjustment point. To locate the knob you will have to remove the black covers on the back of the headlamp unit. Inside you will just be able to see and feel a little white stalk which is just off centre of the headlamp at the 9 o'clock (R headlamp) position and 3 o'clock position (L headlamp) as you look at the front of the car. When these are pushed down they are set for use on the continent and when pulled back up they are set for the UK.

Both are difficult to reach especially the L headlight for which you must pop the windscreen washer tube out of its holder."

thanks Nords :beer:

now i need an engineer to turn the knob :-D

Stevencsl: now you have 2 spare units :-D

[StevenCSL]

If this is true, I will é&è!§"!éè&§"!é&è"§é&è! my BMW dealer !!!

.... is this for normal lights or xenon ?

[StevenCSL]

I just checked mine and I don't think you can modify them. I saw inside the 2 adjustment points, but nothing to push or pull...

Are there any pics of this "little white stalk" ?

It is in the middle of the unit ? But what to push or pull ?


Here more info: http://www.mtorque.co.uk/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=664319&Searchpage=1&Main=64834&Words=%2Bwhite+%2Bstalk&Search=true#Post664319

and here: http://www.mtorque.co.uk/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Main=50599&Number=506531#Post506531

But they are all for xenons... and they set the whole line flat, don't even know if this is OK for the belgian MOT ... normally if you look at it, the right side is going up on a UK car and the left side is going up on a European car. Right and left flat will be ok for a short stay not to blind people, but to register a car on the continent, I don't know ??!!

[Nords]

If this is true, I will é&è!§"!éè&§"!é&è"§é&è! my BMW dealer !!!

.... is this for normal lights or xenon ?

Only for xenons, for normal lights get some stick on deflectors!

PS This change on the xenons only kills the 'kickup' on the left hand side (to illuminate the hedgerows in the UK), by altering UK xenons it turns dip into a flat beam however they were good enough for dipped headlights...

[StevenCSL]

I am curious, a mate also bought a CSL in the UK, and his one has the xenons... I hope for him he can modify them for our anual MOT, else it will be expensive to get new ones.

[flow]

I am curious, a mate also bought a CSL in the UK, and his one has the xenons... I hope for him he can modify them for our anual MOT, else it will be expensive to get new ones.

That would be me :-D .
I'm going to try to modify them and then i will go to the dealer to check the beam of the lights .
I hope it works .

[7.77]

i have these white knobs on my xenon.

i'have just receive a letter from BMW (france) following my asking about the french certificate......they need a specific letter from a bmw dealer saying the lights have been changed and are okay for the continent....so i have to visit my local dealer, to have this certificate and explain them i'have done this simple modification (no need to change the units)

[flow]

Can somebody help me .

Today i went to 2 dealers in belgium and asked them to adjust the headlights and they did not have a clue how to do this .

The manual says that it is possible with xenon lights and you have to go to the the dealer .
I showed them the white stick that you have to pull/push but they said it doesn't work .....

Can somebody give me the correct details on how to adjust them .

Thanks .