MK5 Golf GTI

All Things Mk5 => Mk5 General Area => Topic started by: craig_t on December 28, 2012, 09:47:10 am

Title: Headlight adjustment
Post by: craig_t on December 28, 2012, 09:47:10 am: Iv been doing some research into adjusting my headlights as every time I go out in the dark I get people flashing me as they think I have my high beems on. This can only be my headlights are set to high.

I know they have a self levelling system, but they can be adjusted. I found there is some confusing wether you need vag com to do it, or you can just use the adjustment screw in the headlight.

Can anyone clear this up. I was going to adjust the screw with my car parked up close to a wall just to stop other cars getting annoyed :)
Title: Re: Headlight adjustment
Post by: chrisr763 on December 28, 2012, 09:50:22 am: Are these xenons or just halogen headlights? :P
Title: Re: Headlight adjustment
Post by: craig_t on December 28, 2012, 09:57:21 am: Quote from: chrisr763 on December 28, 2012, 09:50:22 am
Are these xenons or just halogen headlights? :P

Sorry xenons
Title: Re: Headlight adjustment
Post by: b16vrg on December 28, 2012, 11:56:02 am: I had the same problem mate and had to take it to a mates garage. He said you can adjust manually but it will reset to the same setting unless he plugged it into his laptop :happy2:
Title: Re: Headlight adjustment
Post by: craig_t on December 28, 2012, 04:23:12 pm: I just adjusted the lights. Seems to be ok. Once I adjusted them I left it half hour or so to check it hadn't gone back to what they were like.