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Headlights are awful!
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Headlights are awful!
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Headlights are awful!
Zeds have had candle lights as standard. But I'm sure you can point them up a little so they light up more. My old MK1 mx5 only has tiny weak bulbs and it does the job on county lanes.
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Headlights are awful!
I had the same problem when i first had the car. I upgraded the bulbs, polished the lenses and finally lifted the beam higher using the adjuster screws.
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Headlights are awful!
I would recommend replacing the bulbs with Osram Night Breakers H7 12v 55w and raising them from within the engine bay, they are brighter and make a big difference down dark country lanes.
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Headlights are awful!
Hi had the same on mine (I have halogens) just adjusted them up a bit using the adjustors and now they're spot on. Might have to adjust them mot time but haven't been flashed by anyone suggesting they're too high
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Headlights are awful!
Even the xenons are crap, think it's just because the car is so low down you can't get a decent spread on the beam.
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Headlights are awful!
I thought that, but my MR2 is as low and the headlights are brilliant.
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Headlights are awful!
My Zed's are not as bad as our MK6 Fiesta, which are pants
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Beige M sport seats, wood dash
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Headlights are awful!
I agree with the OP. They are rubbish but then apart from ones fitted with Xenons virtually every single BMW that I have owned (and that's lots) have had atrocious headlamps.
I sometimes have to drive the Z4 under the circumstances that the OP describes (country lanes etc). Now that the days are short I've actually taken to driving a longer route home through town just avoid having to endure the poor lights.
I'm certainly going to try the trick of aiming them upwards a bit.
I sometimes have to drive the Z4 under the circumstances that the OP describes (country lanes etc). Now that the days are short I've actually taken to driving a longer route home through town just avoid having to endure the poor lights.
I'm certainly going to try the trick of aiming them upwards a bit.
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Headlights are awful!
Try fitting a HID kit 5000k with metal backed ballast I am fitting one on Thursday will let you know what they are like but been told they are a vast improvement
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