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Damo · Feb 10th, 2007, 11:29 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by Richard Crofts (original)

Anyone know if the xenons have to be electronically hight adjusted (dealer) or can they be manually done (02 52 plate car). My haynes says dealer but some folks say even xenons can be done manually. Mine have nnever given off the light I felt they shoulkd and since lowering the car you can actually see the lamp puddle about 20ft in front of the car now and even on full beam they only light about 30-35 feet forward! :shock:

I had my xenons adjusted on my S after I lowered the car and they're simply awesome

but i had them adjusted for a different reason.

I had them adjusted as felt they were blinding people and wanted to be sure they were right. But since they were adjusted theyre even better for visibility, but no one flashes me anymore, well not as much as before, so get your dealer to check them out.

Can't comment on old halogen being better/worse than new halogen (I hated the old halogen on my first MINI), but think the new xenons are better having parked my old cooper (with old xenons at the time) and a friends car (with new xenons) next to each other.

Feb 10th, 2007, 11:29 AM	#15
Damo MINI2fosi My Classifieds Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: MINItorque.com Local Time: 01:36 PM Posts: 10,650 Online	Quote: Originally Posted by Richard Crofts (original) Anyone know if the xenons have to be electronically hight adjusted (dealer) or can they be manually done (02 52 plate car). My haynes says dealer but some folks say even xenons can be done manually. Mine have nnever given off the light I felt they shoulkd and since lowering the car you can actually see the lamp puddle about 20ft in front of the car now and even on full beam they only light about 30-35 feet forward! :shock: I had my xenons adjusted on my S after I lowered the car and they're simply awesome but i had them adjusted for a different reason. I had them adjusted as felt they were blinding people and wanted to be sure they were right. But since they were adjusted theyre even better for visibility, but no one flashes me anymore, well not as much as before, so get your dealer to check them out. Can't comment on old halogen being better/worse than new halogen (I hated the old halogen on my first MINI), but think the new xenons are better having parked my old cooper (with old xenons at the time) and a friends car (with new xenons) next to each other.