headlight adjustment
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'16 CLS63S
headlight adjustment
Can anyone with a service manual provide the details (if any) on the procedure for adjusting the vertical height of the HID beam cutoff?
Im not asking about the little hex screw that is actually used to make the adjustment. Ive seen service manuals for other cars to position the car XX amount of feet away from a wall, turn the headlights on and raise/lower the beam cutoff to certain height.
I would like to know what MB suggests for height/distance and I can go from there. Im not trying to blind oncoming cars but these headlights could certainly use a little bump in height. Especially since the high beams are incredibly good and provide excellent distance
Im not asking about the little hex screw that is actually used to make the adjustment. Ive seen service manuals for other cars to position the car XX amount of feet away from a wall, turn the headlights on and raise/lower the beam cutoff to certain height.
I would like to know what MB suggests for height/distance and I can go from there. Im not trying to blind oncoming cars but these headlights could certainly use a little bump in height. Especially since the high beams are incredibly good and provide excellent distance
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Can anyone with a service manual provide the details (if any) on the procedure for adjusting the vertical height of the HID beam cutoff?
Im not asking about the little hex screw that is actually used to make the adjustment. Ive seen service manuals for other cars to position the car XX amount of feet away from a wall, turn the headlights on and raise/lower the beam cutoff to certain height.
I would like to know what MB suggests for height/distance and I can go from there. Im not trying to blind oncoming cars but these headlights could certainly use a little bump in height. Especially since the high beams are incredibly good and provide excellent distance
Im not asking about the little hex screw that is actually used to make the adjustment. Ive seen service manuals for other cars to position the car XX amount of feet away from a wall, turn the headlights on and raise/lower the beam cutoff to certain height.
I would like to know what MB suggests for height/distance and I can go from there. Im not trying to blind oncoming cars but these headlights could certainly use a little bump in height. Especially since the high beams are incredibly good and provide excellent distance
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^That's a good way to go about it. Im sure the cutoff is set to the correct level (even though I replaced the oem Phillips bulbs with osram cbi's instead) but I'd like to have the low beam extend possibly another 10-15 feet on the road ahead of me without blinding oncoming traffic. Guess Ill have to make so small adjustments and see if traffic starts to flash me
