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S80 '06-'16 / V70 & XC70 '07-'16 General Forum for the P3-platform S80 and 70-series models |
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XC70 Dipped Beam Performance - Downright DangerousViews : 17932 Replies : 92Users Viewing This Thread : |
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Great - no problem | 25 | 22.32% | |
Not bad - ok for me | 17 | 15.18% | |
Could be better | 51 | 45.54% | |
Downright Dangerous | 19 | 16.96% | |
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Aug 30th, 2016, 23:02 | #51 | |
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If your car has self levelling beams and headlight washers, an HID installation would be legal but if it doesn't, it's not. The self levelling thing is balmy as coming over an incline in the road the lights hit the sky and then sweep down to road level as the car rises and falls and no amount of self levelling stops this happening. BMWs coming over such road features will always blind you with their factory fitted HID lights so I never took that requirement seriously. Police might look for headlight washers but are unlikely to have the means to check for self levelling. If your lights are well adjusted they won't know if the HIDs are OEM or not. I did this, as I said in my previous posting, on a Peugeot and felt that illegal bright was infinitely safer than legal dim! Uprated halogen incandescent bulbs will always have a shorter life. Bosch confirmed to me that they didn't expect their "bright" bulbs to last and if you read the small print on their packaging, they actually give the bulbs a very short life. The bulbs are brighter because the resistance of the filament is higher and it glows hotter and brighter but the excess heat kills the bulb.
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Mar 12th, 2017, 12:35 | #52 |
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Quick update regards HID kits
These now fall into the MOT.... and as such if fitted MUST HAVE WASH WIPE head light mechanism fitted BE WARNED
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Mar 12th, 2017, 12:47 | #53 | |
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Construction and use regulations , well that is a different matter .
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Mar 12th, 2017, 12:52 | #54 |
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Just an update to this thread, I now have a Mercedes E-Class estate which is fitted with LED headlights.
They are much better than the Xenon ones and I guess much cheaper to replace when they go wrong and you're not running out of screenwash every week because they don't need headlight washers. |
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I have noticed that the current Volvo V40 with LED headlights is particularly bad in this regard. |
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Mar 16th, 2017, 23:41 | #56 |
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I've driven cars with downright dangerously dim headlights and my XC70 isn't one of them I found that my XC70 lights were set too low and didn't illuminate far enough ahead but once I'd given the headlight vertical adjusters a couple of turns, the lights throw far enough ahead to light the road without blinding oncoming drivers and I'm satisfied with them.
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Mar 17th, 2017, 17:21 | #57 |
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I have same lights and find them poor on dipped beam - the Volvo follows a Golf GTi, A6 and Mini all with LED lights. Due an MOT soon so will get them checked then...
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Sep 14th, 2017, 16:10 | #58 |
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XC70 2004 Headlamps dipped beam very poor
Hi List - In the past I Have adjusted low beam headlamps and - Fitted max possible wattage bulbs but still consider the lights to be unfit for purpose - Sad because I love this car and have had it some 12 years . My question is - is there a way I can legally supplement/complement my low beams by fitting additional driving lights set at a low beam angle ? Cheers - John
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Sep 16th, 2017, 18:07 | #59 |
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I've just upgraded mine to LED - job done
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Sep 17th, 2017, 21:25 | #60 |
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If you've had the car 12 years do you have plastic lenses that have gone cloudy? Try one of the polishing kits.
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