Hi,

I am new to BMW, I have had my X3 for about a month and when driving at night particularly country roads, the headlights don't  light up the road very far in front of me, maybe 10 to 15 metres, so when approaching bend etc I don't see them in enough time to slow down, also just don't seem to see very far in front of me. Is it possible to adjust the headlight so that it lights up further?

Morning Owen

Welcome to the Forum

First thing to establish is whether your headliamps are Halogen or HID, next what condition are the Headlamp lens's in and the simplist thing last beside the headlamp switch do you have a headlamp aim roller switch if so try moving the setting.

If your headlamps are Halogen then a simple bulb upgrade can make things better (Osram Night Breaker are good) if you fit LED bulbs take care as they can be an MOT fail. Also the headlamp lens must be clean and clear as they are Polycarbonate they do tend become cloudy. They can be polished and cleaned that also makes a big difference.

Dave

2 hours ago, Greydog said:

Morning Owen

Welcome to the Forum

First thing to establish is whether your headliamps are Halogen or HID, next what condition are the Headlamp lens's in and the simplist thing last beside the headlamp switch do you have a headlamp aim roller switch if so try moving the setting.

If your headlamps are Halogen then a simple bulb upgrade can make things better (Osram Night Breaker are good) if you fit LED bulbs take care as they can be an MOT fail. Also the headlamp lens must be clean and clear as they are Polycarbonate they do tend become cloudy. They can be polished and cleaned that also makes a big difference.

Dave

Thank you Dave for your response, I will check, but I believe the GO1 model comes with LED headlights as standard, I was wondering if there was an adjustment that could be made via the settings to raise the aim of the headlights?

 

Morning Owen

You can check your cars build sheet by using an online Vin Decoder adaptive LED lights would be S552A I am pretty sure they should be self leveling as well

I am not sure how you could manually reset the lights without beam setting equipment but it does sound daft the way yours are set 

Dave

 

Thank you  Greydog will check this out.