LED light options for improving?

[dcjs01]

Originally Posted by Ian0803

I have a 22 XC90 with the adaptive shadow-tech lights and whilst they seem excellent when on full main beam, I find them a bit disappointing when they are dipped or doing their shadow-tech stuff.
The adaptive lights on my previous 2 BMW's had superior edge/verge brightness.

The BMW's adaptive lights seem to maintain full main beam power and continually adjust the light towards the left side of the road whilst the Volvo seems to dip or reduce the output under the same driving conditions.

Would say they are acceptable on full beam. It is the dip beam where the performance is particularly poor.

[dcjs01]

Originally Posted by sk546

I have found that the headlights on both of my XC60's from factory required adjusting upwards using the manual height adjuster on the headlight unit itself as they seem to project straight at the ground giving very poor distance visibility.
Once adjusted up (to a point that I dont dazzle oncoming traffic), you get much better visibility when driving at night increasing safety for both you and others.

I place a piece of tape on the garage door where the headlight projects to so I know how far up I have gone and increase 1/2 a turn upwards at a time on both headlights to keep them level. On my first XC60, I'm sure I took them up about 2 full turns and never got flashed (went 3 to start with but I did get flashed a few times indicating they were too high).

Thanks. I will take a look. Dealer assured me they were set correctly. Getting a bit more throw will help, but the intensity will still be poor.

[bobby2000]

Originally Posted by sk546

I have found that the headlights on both of my XC60's from factory required adjusting upwards using the manual height adjuster on the headlight unit itself as they seem to project straight at the ground giving very poor distance visibility.
Once adjusted up (to a point that I dont dazzle oncoming traffic), you get much better visibility when driving at night increasing safety for both you and others.

I place a piece of tape on the garage door where the headlight projects to so I know how far up I have gone and increase 1/2 a turn upwards at a time on both headlights to keep them level. On my first XC60, I'm sure I took them up about 2 full turns and never got flashed (went 3 to start with but I did get flashed a few times indicating they were too high).

LED lights don't have any adjustment from the dashboard.

[sk546]

Originally Posted by bobby2000

LED lights don't have any adjustment from the dashboard.

I said nothing about the dashboard, there are height adjusters on the headlight units themselves (i.e. one on the left headlight and one on the right headlight) that raise and lower the beam projection.

[bobby2000]

Originally Posted by sk546

I said nothing about the dashboard, there are height adjusters on the headlight units themselves (i.e. one on the left headlight and one on the right headlight) that raise and lower the beam projection.

Yeah sorry about that.
Surely though that adjustment should be done on a headlight alignment machine and not played with by Jo blogs!