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v6miggy Senior Member Offline Posts: 890 Gender: Drives: 2000 2.5V6 CDX	Headlight Kickup 03. Jun 2009 at 15:41 I had a look at my headlight alignment yesterday and discovered that the nearside has no kickup. It is very obvious on the other side but completely flat on nearside. It got through MOT just over a month ago. Would this be a bulb, lense or carrier problem. 2000 (W) xenon lights.
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Re: Headlight Kickup
Reply #1 - 03. Jun 2009 at 15:56

v6miggy wrote on 03. Jun 2009 at 15:41:

I had a look at my headlight alignment yesterday and discovered that the nearside has no kickup. It is very obvious on the other side but completely flat on nearside.
It got through MOT just over a month ago. Would this be a bulb, lense or carrier problem.
2000 (W) xenon lights.

BOthe levers inside your heads lights are pointing in the same direction, 1 should be up & t'other down ........ don't as me which is which though! Grin

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Re: Headlight Kickup
Reply #2 - 03. Jun 2009 at 16:01

Andy B wrote on 03. Jun 2009 at 15:56:

v6miggy wrote on 03. Jun 2009 at 15:41:

I had a look at my headlight alignment yesterday and discovered that the nearside has no kickup. It is very obvious on the other side but completely flat on nearside.
It got through MOT just over a month ago. Would this be a bulb, lense or carrier problem.
2000 (W) xenon lights.

BOthe levers inside your heads lights are pointing in the same direction, 1 should be up & t'other down ........ don't as me which is which though! Grin

Thanks. Could you explain the levers in a little more detail for me? Do you mean the level adjusters or am I off the mark? Thumbs Up!

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Re: Headlight Kickup
Reply #3 - 03. Jun 2009 at 16:02

v6miggy wrote on 03. Jun 2009 at 16:01:

Andy B wrote on 03. Jun 2009 at 15:56:

v6miggy wrote on 03. Jun 2009 at 15:41:

I had a look at my headlight alignment yesterday and discovered that the nearside has no kickup. It is very obvious on the other side but completely flat on nearside.
It got through MOT just over a month ago. Would this be a bulb, lense or carrier problem.
2000 (W) xenon lights.

BOthe levers inside your heads lights are pointing in the same direction, 1 should be up & t'other down ........ don't as me which is which though! Grin

Thanks. Could you explain the levers in a little more detail for me? Do you mean the level adjusters or am I off the mark? Thumbs Up!

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v6miggy Senior Member Offline Posts: 890 Gender: Drives: 2000 2.5V6 CDX	Re: Headlight Kickup Reply #4 - 03. Jun 2009 at 16:04 Sorry didn't see the link Thanks muchy
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v6miggy Senior Member Offline Posts: 890 Gender: Drives: 2000 2.5V6 CDX	Re: Headlight Kickup Reply #5 - 03. Jun 2009 at 16:06 Well thats an easy fix!! For a change. Thanks again
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Andy B Over Active Poster Offline Posts: 21988 Bury Lancs Gender: Drives: 1999 3.0 Elite auto/TDM	Re: Headlight Kickup Reply #6 - 03. Jun 2009 at 16:06 v6miggy wrote on 03. Jun 2009 at 16:04: Sorry didn't see the link Thanks muchy I added it afterwards when I found the page!
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Andy B Over Active Poster Offline Posts: 21988 Bury Lancs Gender: Drives: 1999 3.0 Elite auto/TDM	Re: Headlight Kickup Reply #7 - 03. Jun 2009 at 16:09 v6miggy wrote on 03. Jun 2009 at 16:06: Well thats an easy fix!! For a change. Thanks again And inexpensive! The hardest thing is getting your hand in, especially the nearside, behind the battery.
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Re: Headlight Kickup
Reply #8 - 03. Jun 2009 at 16:21

Andy B wrote on 03. Jun 2009 at 16:09:

v6miggy wrote on 03. Jun 2009 at 16:06:

Well thats an easy fix!! For a change.
Thanks again

And inexpensive! The hardest thing is getting your hand in, especially the nearside, behind the battery. Thumbs Up!

and getting the rubber cap back on. first time I ever did it, took me bloody ages on the ferry to get it put back on properly!

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Re: Headlight Kickup
Reply #9 - 03. Jun 2009 at 16:30

TheBoy wrote on 03. Jun 2009 at 16:21:

Andy B wrote on 03. Jun 2009 at 16:09:

v6miggy wrote on 03. Jun 2009 at 16:06:

Well thats an easy fix!! For a change.
Thanks again

And inexpensive! The hardest thing is getting your hand in, especially the nearside, behind the battery. Thumbs Up!

and getting the rubber cap back on. first time I ever did it, took me bloody ages on the ferry to get it put back on properly!

I left mine untill I got home. From what I've come across, it doesn't seem as though all lights have a kick up, some just seem to have a flat dipped beam & so are suitable for left & right hand drive. Huh

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Re: Headlight Kickup
Reply #10 - 03. Jun 2009 at 16:37

Andy B wrote on 03. Jun 2009 at 16:30:

TheBoy wrote on 03. Jun 2009 at 16:21:

Andy B wrote on 03. Jun 2009 at 16:09:

v6miggy wrote on 03. Jun 2009 at 16:06:

Well thats an easy fix!! For a change.
Thanks again

And inexpensive! The hardest thing is getting your hand in, especially the nearside, behind the battery. Thumbs Up!

and getting the rubber cap back on. first time I ever did it, took me bloody ages on the ferry to get it put back on properly!

I left mine untill I got home. From what I've come across, it doesn't seem as though all lights have a kick up, some just seem to have a flat dipped beam & so are suitable for left & right hand drive. Huh

They are 'flat' (and low) in continental mode, and kick up (and are higher) in native country mode

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Re: Headlight Kickup
Reply #11 - 03. Jun 2009 at 16:49

TheBoy wrote on 03. Jun 2009 at 16:37:

[quote author=48676D70564B090 link=1244040102/9 .....
They are 'flat' (and low) in continental mode, and kick up (and are higher) in native country mode

Yes! I know. Thumbs Up!

I was talking about other makes & types of car in general. eg in a multistory car park yesterday and the car a few spaces down had its lights on and the beam on both lights was flat, unlike SWMBO's Astra.

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v6miggy Senior Member Offline Posts: 890 Gender: Drives: 2000 2.5V6 CDX	Re: Headlight Kickup Reply #12 - 03. Jun 2009 at 17:31 MMMMM not as easy as expected. I failed to mention that the kickup difference is on dipped beam. So it is the xenon bulb that is incorrect. I ended up taking the headlight out to get to the back of the xenon bulb for this lever lol then found it on the main beam bulb, both of which were set the same (up). Any ideas now
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Re: Headlight Kickup
Reply #13 - 03. Jun 2009 at 17:35

v6miggy wrote on 03. Jun 2009 at 17:31:

MMMMM not as easy as expected. I failed to mention that the kickup difference is on dipped beam. So it is the xenon bulb that is incorrect.
I ended up taking the headlight out to get to the back of the xenon bulb for this lever lol then found it on the main beam bulb, both of which were set the same (up).
Any ideas now Questioning

Dipped beam is where the kick-up should be Thumbs Up!

, and as per the hand book, left is UP and right is DOWN. Thumbs Up!

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v6miggy Senior Member Offline Posts: 890 Gender: Drives: 2000 2.5V6 CDX	Re: Headlight Kickup Reply #14 - 03. Jun 2009 at 17:38 Both were set in the up position, both the same but nearside is completely flat. How would adjusting this lever affect the dipped xenon bulb? The main beam is a seperate halogen bulb, that has the lever. I'm confused
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