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Headlamp alignment mystery - advice please

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Old Dec 11, 2001 | 12:04 AM
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Default Headlamp alignment mystery - advice please

I'm looking for some feedback to see if anyone else has suffered "spontaneous headlamp misalignment syndrome"...

Basically driving home last night I noticed the cut out on my lights, where the beam pattern drops down on the cars centerline, didn't look as sharp as normal. I checked this morning on a white painted wall and my righthand HID looks misaligned... There is no possible way that the car has been hit whilst parked so I am at a loss to explain how the light could get this way on its own.... has anyone else had this problem? My gut feel is that it could be a fault in the self-leveling lights system on the car (I'm in the UK)

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Old Dec 11, 2001 | 12:48 AM
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Since you drive on the left side of the road in the UK, the driver's side headlight should be lower than the passenger side, so as not to blind on-coming drivers. Just the opposite is true in the U.S. and other countries that drive on the right side of the road. If your alignment doesn't match this, a trip to your dealer may be in order.
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Old Dec 11, 2001 | 01:09 AM
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yeup, its also in the FAQ section here:

https://www.s2ki.com/faqs/showfaq.php?threadid=17416
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