Headlight adjustment after lowering

[Justin Whitehouse]

I have lowered my car but I drove it last night for the first time in the dark since and the headlights are way too low on normal beam. How do I realign the beam and any tips to the correct night of the beam. I have seen several generic YouTube videos saying this should be done from 25ftia this correct.

 

[Hal Adams]

I suggest you approach this with caution - do you have xenon or matrix LED system and auto assist?

The only lights that should be manually adjusted are the old fashioned halogens - but think these are not on the RS3.

Xenons are self levelling and should not need adjusting, but if you raelly want to, there are adjusting nuts on the headlamp units. But without the proper equipment to aim at, I'd really advise against doing it yourself..

Matrix LEDs, if you have this option, is a whole different ball game as they do not dip in the conventional sense, but rather they sense oncoming traffic and corners based on the nav maps. If these are yours, then you would be very unwise to touch them as the resultant bill, I imagine, would be pretty hefty!

 

[JamesBaby]

Call Alex @DJAlix of VagcarCoding he can do it.

I believe it requires VCDS or maybe even dealer level ODIS.


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[DJAlix]

Call Alex @DJAlix of VagcarCoding he can do it.

I believe it requires VCDS or maybe even dealer level ODIS.


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If in or can get to London I can assist

 

[s3_trev]

Unsure about the 8V, but when I lowered my S3 8P, I used the following VCDS steps.

[Select]
[55 - Xenon Range]
[Basic Settings - 04]
Group 001
[Go!]
Activate the Basic Setting.
[ON/OFF/Next]
The meas. block field now shows "Wait" and should switch to "Adjust
Headlights" then (this may take up to 10 seconds).
Adjust the headlights using their manual adjusting screws as referenced
against a suitable aiming target.
[ON/OFF/Next]
The adjustment should now be learned.
[Done, Go Back]
Don't forget to check/clear fault codes afterwards.
[Close Controller, Go Back - 06]