I have a 2006 mini cooper with the halogen daytime lights/high beam and HID low beam.

I noticed my day time running lights/high beam the right side is a few inches lower than the left side.

However with the HID's on, they are more even??

How is this possible? I thought the HID and high/beam go up and down together, how can one be different than the other in the same side?

I know there are two adjusting screws for up/down left/right. Do these control both High beam and low beam HID? If so, how can I adjust it if the high beam is off from the HID low beam??

 

Its all here:

https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...eadlights.html




The main screws do the whole housing and then the xenon are then controlled by the auto levelers ( front and rear suspension sensors ) and motor inside.

 

So if I use the screws to raise the High Beam/day time running lights up a bit, wont it move the HID low beam up as well? When I see the auto leveling done, both my daytime running lights and HID low beams move up and down together.

 

Its moves it a hair but the auto lever / Xenon compensates as the motor will auto set each time you turn on the lights.

 

So I should use the screws to raise the High beam/day time running lights up and then the auto leveler will take care of the HID low beams?

 

Yep.

 

Well I did what you said and used the adjustment screw to raise the Day time running lights/high beam so its even with the other side. Just like I expected, the HID low beam was also raised at the same time. Makes sense sense they both move up/down together as one unit.

So your method did not work for me. If I move one the other moves also, so I have no way to adjust each separately.

 

I'm going to revive this thread because I found something very interesting this weekend.

Over the winter I noticed my left headlight was aimed way too high (not just a couple inches).... so I found this thread on how to adjust. But then I was looking at it and the whole bracket that holds both headlights moved when I tilted up the hood. Hmmmm.

Skip the boring details and here is the solution:
Turn on your headlights and both headlights should activate the leveling motors and point down first then come up to their driving position. If one or both don't you have a leveling motor or electric problem. My left headlight only moved a little bit when the motor activated.

If they both go through the full motion together then adjust as needed.

If one headlight only goes through part of the motion (down then up) you may have the same problem as I did.

There is a ball joint that connects the headlight leveling motor to the headlight bracket (holds both projector and high beams) The whole bracket moves freely on the axis point. The ball joint is way down in there ~ see picture and took me forever to find.


Headlight leveling motor attachment
The good new is, the ball can be "popped" back into the arm on the motor. I used a hook on the high beam end and pulled the bracket back until the ball pops back in.
And guess what? Both headlights were roughly the same. Both motors tilt the headlights down then come up to level. No adjustment on the screws needed.

Lastly. My hood is a little tricky to close and I have to give some pressure when closing on the right side to get it to latch. Well, this is how the ball joint pops out. After closing the hood, the left headlight was aimed up again and I had to do it all over again. The good news is I didn't have to take the whole headlight out... I just opened up the 2 caps and popped it back in again.

Hope this makes sense. Took me a while to figure this one out.