aomE500

Hi there,

Do the Xenons on the 2003 E500 turn right/left like they do on the 05s adaptive xenons?

Thanks!

etenn

No.

aomE500

Does anyone know if this can be retrofitted?

ATS

There is one person I know here that have had it retrofitted.. And I believe this person could care less as it isn't that noticeable.. I believe it was Scorchie (although I may be wrong)..

aomE500

Wow, then it either doesn't work after the install? Or it really makes no big difference.

Does anyone with an 05 w/ adaptive headlights have any comments on how their's work?

Thanks!

Barry45RPM

I have an '04 which is supposed to have them, but I cant tell. The headlights, though, are simply awesome. The illumination of the roadway is spectacular.

BoSoxFan

I agree. The bi-xenon lighting is fabulous. The adaptive turning is a gimmick which I barely notice.

aomE500

Thanks for the input!

Sounds like it's not too big of a deal then.

scorchie

Steve and I retrofitted the active cornering lights to my 2003, as reported here. And yes, the improvement is not worthwhile to me in either city or rural driving. The regular headlights are so good that the cornering feature is more of an annoyance to me.

-s-

aomE500

thanks scorchie!

HELL ONA HARLEY

Are you guys kidding????? This "gimmick" is one of the best features on my ride..... As stated many times here, I live in the country and drive very rural, twisty and dark roads every day and the lights are very helpfull seeing around corners.... Passengers in my car are always commenting on their effectivness and are quite impressed with their funtion..... I've even had neibors comment how the active funtion of the lights are even noticed outside the car as I pass or I'm following them....They state how the feature is quite noticable as I make turns and feel its just another way for another car to see me, thus another saftey feature about the car.
Now, I will say that in "city" driving conditions I will agree that for the most part the feature is quite hard to notice and seems hardly worth it.... If I owned a car that I had to retrofit the feature into, then I would say its not worth the extra $$$$ as the lights themselves are great (as previuosly posted). But for us owners that have it with the optional Bi-xenon lights, then I would say its well worth it as the "active" feature was free...... Anyone who can't see a difference is either not driving on dark enough roads or can't see....


Barry, you either don't have them or their broke.. The feature is easily seen as stated by many here... Even scorchie see's them so much that he finds them to be an annoyance

scorchie

Why can't you accept that someone else's opinions can apply to his situation, and just state your opinion without belittling the other person? I guess that would be asking too much in a forum...

I guess in your rural driving you don't need to make medium speed sweeping up-hill turns to the left and have the road above the cut-off, with oncoming traffic. This situation makes the contrast extremely high between the bright lighted area and the completely unlighted road (tree covered road or new moon night). This is one reason very bright headlights with a sharp cutoff are not the solution for all driving.

Maybe you don't drive fast enough to have the headlight tracking lag behind your steering input?

Why do you assume that everything is exactly the same for you as for everyone else? You can just relay your experiences, rather than commenting on others' opinions.

-s-

HELL ONA HARLEY

Yes, we have many turns as described.... I have no problems with these or any others... But will agree the light "cut-off" can be problematic at times... I'm not sure what your point is between the light cut-off is and the active feature???? The active feature stays well within the light provided and does not change the light cut-off height. (at least in my car)

No "belittling" intended.... I had no idea you were so sensitive, so I'll try to be on my best behavior around you... sorry.

aomE500

OK, so out of curiosity when did MB make active headlights standard w/ the bi-xenon headlights?

cone

Scorchie, as you are expert, I would like to ask you if is possible to upgrade the foggings lights for cornering, I have that feature in the CLS (same as C facelifted, SLK..) My E 500 4 Matic wagon has active xenons lights from factory.
Regards

SAguirre

Scorchie

I just bought band new 03 Bi-Xenons from performance products and put them in my 2004. They work really well, but the head mechanic at my dealership said the the self leveling system could not be activated because neither the harness nor the wires were present in my car at the rear suspension.

I angled my headlights a bit lower than normal so I would not blind and get blinked at when I have a full trunk and 4 people in the car, they are still amazing, but I would like them to adjust themselves.

How did you get the self leveling to work? Were the wires already there in your car? I am not concerned about curve following because I already knew that the splash pattern was so good that it did not make that much of a difference.

Thanks,

Steve

scorchie

Hahaha... gotcha.

-s-

scorchie

My car already had regular xenon headlights with the self-leveling... so everything was there already.

You may be able to retrofit the harness if you already have airmatic!

-s-

onpaws

Pardon me, guys, but how does this self-levelling mechanism work? I understand the "active" left-to-right motions for turning, but do the lights actually sense how close the objects in front are?