Omega Owners Forum - HID Self levelling

Raymond Junior Member Offline Posts: 111 Glasgow Gender: Drives: Omega 2.6 Elite	HID Self levelling 08. Feb 2011 at 21:29 I know I have had the car a while but this has always played on my mind. Should the headlights go through a self levelling sequence when turned on? My mates BMW HIDs go up then down then seem to find their level.
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Entwood Omega King Offline Quietly Confident Posts: 13708 North Wiltshire Gender: Drives: 3.2 Elite (with LPG)	Re: HID Self levelling Reply #1 - 08. Feb 2011 at 21:34 2 omegas now .. over 8 years .. and neither of them have ever done that !!!!
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Raymond Junior Member Offline Posts: 111 Glasgow Gender: Drives: Omega 2.6 Elite	Re: HID Self levelling Reply #2 - 08. Feb 2011 at 21:46 Thats good to know
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Dave Elite BANNED Offline Posts: 706 Ellesmere Port Gender: Drives: 3.0 elite and Rides: ZX7R Kawasaki	Re: HID Self levelling Reply #3 - 08. Feb 2011 at 21:51 Mine sometimes does it if I turn the lights on first and then start the car, there go down then up.
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Re: HID Self levelling
Reply #4 - 08. Feb 2011 at 22:11

Funny thing. Mine have never done it either....UNTIL tonight.

I installed two "new" complete light units from a wreckers....first time they switched on after about 5 seconds they both dipped briefly then popped back up and settled to pretty much perfect...weird to watch.

That said, STILL get the field of vision warning.

On to the sensors next ?

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dbug Omega Lord Offline Dont knock Linux! Posts: 7822 Northants Gender: Drives: 98 V6 Elite auto	Re: HID Self levelling Reply #5 - 09. Feb 2011 at 01:07 On both saloon & estate - switch lights on and they go up to "driving" level.
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Re: HID Self levelling
Reply #6 - 09. Feb 2011 at 03:34

My lights have never done that. The reason I remembered to ask was I had the airbox out the other day and noticed some vacuum lines going towards the headlights and I have one that is clipped to the metal chassis under the plastic cowl that you remove to get into the headlights but it is not connected to anything. Does anyone know what it is for?

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Raymond Junior Member Offline Posts: 111 Glasgow Gender: Drives: Omega 2.6 Elite	Re: HID Self levelling Reply #7 - 09. Feb 2011 at 03:51 Or could it be the cars with self levelling suspension don't do it?
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Boditza Senior Member Offline Posts: 608 Craiova, Romania Gender: Drives: Omega 2,2DTI Estate	Re: HID Self levelling Reply #8 - 09. Feb 2011 at 06:21 mine never didi this .. bmws do this even with halogen lights
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mathewst Omega Knight Offline Posts: 1499 Split, Croatia Gender: Drives: omega 2.2i 16v	Re: HID Self levelling Reply #9 - 09. Feb 2011 at 10:10 They wont move on mine when the car is turned on. Although if you switch the car and the lights on and then press the car lights down will move slightly and you can hear the headlights motors kicking in
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Marks DTM Calib Administrator Offline Ex Member Posts: 25671 Northern Hemisphere Gender: Drives: Astra J, Mum Bus, Dexta Tractor, 108 DMU wip	Re: HID Self levelling Reply #10 - 09. Feb 2011 at 12:14 They only do it when they see a significant voltage drop (e.g. cranking engine on a poor battery) and you wont notice unless the lights are on
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omegabsw Intermediate Member Offline Posts: 326 Essex Gender: Drives: 2000 Facelift V6 Auto CDX (Breaking) and 2000 Facelift 2.2 Manual CD	Re: HID Self levelling Reply #11 - 09. Feb 2011 at 12:32 Marks DTM Calib wrote on 09. Feb 2011 at 12:14: They only do it when they see a significant voltage drop (e.g. cranking engine on a poor battery) and you wont notice unless the lights are on What he said, I thought there was a problem with mine when my battery was on its way out
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markrl Intermediate Member Offline Posts: 263 London Drives: Omega Elite 1998	Re: HID Self levelling Reply #12 - 09. Feb 2011 at 15:01 You dont want them moving around too much or the adjusters will snap These things seem to be made with a quality that would shame even Lucas.
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Dave Elite BANNED Offline Posts: 706 Ellesmere Port Gender: Drives: 3.0 elite and Rides: ZX7R Kawasaki	Re: HID Self levelling Reply #13 - 09. Feb 2011 at 15:18 markrl wrote on 09. Feb 2011 at 15:01: You dont want them moving around too much or the adjusters will snap These things seem to be made with a quality that would shame even Lucas. Mine wont, because I have my free set of ali ones in.
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