How do you aim xenon headlights with SDS?
10-25-2018, 01:54 PM
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How do you aim xenon headlights with SDS?
Has anyone ever aimed their xenon headlights via SDS before? I had them apart and the horizontal aim is off on both lights. I see some old bulletins describing the process tree but it doesn’t match my SDS screens. Side note: I JUST received my SDS and this is the first operation I have tried to carry out so far. Could be operator error!
10-25-2018, 04:13 PM
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Be sure to read all of the links and attachments. The plastic nut with phillips screw discussed is to adjust the high beam, not the shuttered xenon light.
https://mbworld.org/forums/e-class-w...djustment.html
https://mbworld.org/forums/e-class-w...djustment.html
10-25-2018, 04:29 PM
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I should have been specific. My car has active curve illumination and the aiming for left/right values are supposedly done with SDS. I have no problem with verticle adjustment. I can set the verticle zero point easily with the HRA (headlight range adjustment) menu. What I can't seem to find is the proper process to adjust the headlights as they are both pointed too far right and need to be adjusted
10-25-2018, 04:56 PM
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I should have been specific. My car has active curve illumination and the aiming for left/right values are supposedly done with SDS. I have no problem with verticle adjustment. I can set the verticle zero point easily with the HRA (headlight range adjustment) menu. What I can't seem to find is the proper process to adjust the headlights as they are both pointed too far right and need to be adjusted
You're breaking new ground. Be sure to take copious notes and post the results.
10-25-2018, 05:16 PM
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I'd start with "headlamp range adjustment" and see if it includes the horizontal adjustment. Also check to see if the active curve illumination is coded "present" in the CGW. Look under "read coding and change if necessary" under the CGW module.
Do be careful in the CGW; you can brick the car if you have the "developer mode" enabled and choose poorly.
Do be careful in the CGW; you can brick the car if you have the "developer mode" enabled and choose poorly.
10-25-2018, 08:07 PM
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Range adjustment menu allows you to reset the zero point for verticals aim using the vehicle level sensor from the suspension. There are actuations available for range (vertical) and active illumination (horizontal) but I have yet to find a way to actually set the aim for horizontal.
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10-25-2018, 08:34 PM
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This place is a joke.
The aim is self-adjusting, unless the motors are not working which is very common at this point due to the age of the E55. Use the black 13mm plastic nut on top of the headlight to manually aim them.
10-25-2018, 08:59 PM
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after all of the searching in Star, this is exactly the process I just had to do to aim the lights. What a friggin waste of time. Oh well, at least we know now just to pop off the caps and use an Allen wrench
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09-09-2019, 07:41 PM
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i figured this out from dissecting the light assembly every which way till sun down. Lol
09-10-2019, 03:04 PM
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So all 211 E55s equipped with halogens or bi-xenons (with or without active curve) can be adjusted vertical and horizontally by using the two adjusters on each headlight. The E63s (if equipped with Intelligent Light System) need to be adjusted via STAR. Are the high beam adjusted separately?
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09-10-2019, 04:38 PM
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I did see the one allen...the other is covered by a grey cover with 3 lines. I'll try adjusting these later today.
I believe the Intelligent Light System is only available to ROW/Rest of World.
Thanks for all the help guys!
I believe the Intelligent Light System is only available to ROW/Rest of World.
Thanks for all the help guys!
09-11-2019, 04:11 PM
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Hey guys! I wanted to report that for my E63 headlights the uncovered Allen adjustment did in fact adjust the height of the low beam bixenons. The covered Allen did not adjust anything. maybe this was for the high beam? if so my high beam maybe out of whack at the moment with the random turns I gave it.
Thanks for all the help!
Thanks for all the help!
09-11-2019, 06:07 PM
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Hey guys! I wanted to report that for my E63 headlights the uncovered Allen adjustment did in fact adjust the height of the low beam bixenons. The covered Allen did not adjust anything. maybe this was for the high beam? if so my high beam maybe out of whack at the moment with the random turns I gave it.
Thanks for all the help!
Thanks for all the help!
