Little niggly things that bugg you

bouzel · Post by **bouzel** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 12:49 pm

Just got my car back from the bodyshop and they tried to match the paint as much to the car but apparently bumpers are not always the same colour as the car plus been new paint and the car has 7 year old paint is there anything i can do to make it match a bit more to the car or bumpers,
also i installed my HID kit but it glares oncoming cars with the originall setting how can i lower the aim of the lights
will try to get some pictures up
many thanks
Anis

Tim_GTi · Post by **Tim_GTi** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 1:15 pm

Du have metallic paint?

If so they should've also painted the bonnet and side panels to blend the paint in,

Not sure how you could get it to match better sorry,

Lights:

If your system is anything like the GTi you'd have to get access to vagcom and tell the ECU that your about to adjsut the headlights, then manually do so on top of the lights,

the vagcom settings can be found here:

http://www.ross-tech.com/vag-com/cars/x ... nment.html

Ian_R · Post by **Ian_R** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 2:12 pm

MK5 aint like the GTI, there is manual adjusters on the actual headlight, and your best getting your local garge to sort these, or you could just keep the beam at the lowest setting! Also to mention its not really the height but the Pattern that comes from the headlights which need sorted! Again a garge should be able to sort!

bouzel · Post by **bouzel** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 2:59 pm

lool mine is only a one litre little thing, bought the HID conversion kit of ebay and MOT is due this friday so want to get the aim sorted, i suppose you get what you paid for i only paid Â£250 for the smoothing and im guessing for that kind of price they won't spray the bonnet and side panels (just hope it fades), im a bit confused on what you mean the pattern??
many thanks
Anis

Ian_R · Post by **Ian_R** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 3:08 pm

Right it wont fail on the beam being to high! you can adkust in car with the little adjuster, as long as the lights work, then it should pass,

the pattern is the way the light is projected from the headlight, so if it is all over the place then this is what causes other motorists to flash you! but adjust them down and your fine!

Also you can have your lights as bright as you want! as long as there either yellow or white then there fine, there is a grey area on this however as if there found to cause un due dazzle to oncoming vehicles then thats the prob, but thats down to the indv driving the otehr side, and the coppers / MOT person, what one deems fine the other might not!

bouzel · Post by **bouzel** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 3:20 pm

oh right well il get them lowered at VW this week so it passes MOT also isit fine having them in there during the MOT cos some people have said you can't have them without washers but some people said it's fine as ts retro fit

many thanks
Anis

Ian_R · Post by **Ian_R** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 3:50 pm

they are retro fit so its fine, i dont see where washers comes into it, as long as they are safe and working then they are fine, the only thing it would fail on is that the HL does not have a cover for the HID bulb to sit in, which the polos do, and nowadays the kits comes with these already on the bulb!!

I have passed all my MOT's and never had them adjusted or needed washers, and they havent been advisory either!

bouzel · Post by **bouzel** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 3:57 pm

ok so i should be fine with them just get them adjusted which is possible anywhere nothing to difficult?
many thanks
Anis

Ian_R · Post by **Ian_R** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 4:01 pm

bouzel wrote:ok so i should be fine with them just get them adjusted which is possible anywhere nothing to difficult?
many thanks
Anis

i cant say you will be fine and dont take my word for it, get them adjusted if you like and put it through an mot and seee,

the reason i say that is every MOT'r is different, some will pass something pthers wont, depends who does it and what kind of perosn they are. All i'm saying is mine pass!

bouzel · Post by **bouzel** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 5:55 pm

right just got back from a garage and as i didnt book it in they couldn't do much they tested it and it has no beam pattern so how can i just sort it out for now myself as it's not going to MOT tell saturday and just about every garage around here seems to say we can't do it
Many thanks
Anis

8080 · Post by **8080** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 6:30 pm

Do your xenon bulbs have shrouds so that light only comes out from a section of the the bulb?

If not, you're really going to struggle to get a pattern

My thinking on this is if you want xenons on a 6n2, the least you should really get projector headlights. But plenty of people on here with xenons in reflectors will disagree with me

bouzel · Post by **bouzel** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 7:21 pm

I'm not really keen on the reflector and i've changed my lights once i got the tinted reflectors so, i don't thenk they have shrouds what do they look like and do they go around the bulbs, what did everyone else with reflectors and xenons do?
many thanks
Anis