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I have active full-LED headlamps (from lightning+premium package), and light they produce is oddly uneven. Height to where light reaches is uneven with sharp edges, and there is a darker spot in the middle few meters in front of the car.
I realize there are two square lamps on each side - so this might be logical, but it still looks very odd. Is this normal?
C400 4MATIC, AMG Sport Package, Panoramic Sunroof, Airmatic, 19" AMG bi-black rims, Tinted windows
I'm curious to hear what other people have to say about this too. My lights sound the same as yours. The left side shines slightly higher in the distance than the right side. It's a bit distracting on the highway because I can't see quite as far ahead on the right side. I've been meaning to bring it up at the dealership but quite frankly forgot about it until now as I haven't done any highway driving in a while.
I have active full-LED headlamps (from lightning+premium package), and light they produce is oddly uneven. Height to where light reaches is uneven
If you read the manual and Mercedes info about active lights, the whole intention is that they vary the beam, independent of each other - that is how they illuminate as much of the road as possible. In addition, the beam will lower, if it picks up reflected light (ie street signs).
Might be good to get some video, to see whether your car behaves similarly, or differently to others.
Will take some photos tomorrow, but in a garage on the wall 10-15 meters in front of the car - varying height of beams was apparent (without any lights from other cars being on to interfere with it).
And the pattern seemed to be constant throughout the driving.
My last C300 had the same issue with the static LED lights. I brought it in to the dealer, had the lights aligned properly, and the problem was gone. It's a ten minute job.
Here is how it looks - on the wall ~10m in front of the car:
I tried taking couple of photos on the street, but I need a darker street for it to be visible on them. During driving it is also obvious that I see much more on the right side, then on the left. This is all with low beams, without adaptive high beams.
If I turn on high beams (non-adaptive) - there is no difference between the sides any more, and everything looks nice and bright
04-17-2015, 01:01 AM
