Xenon Headlights

[gazza57]

The remark about the stickers was a little tongue in cheek, but it can't be a difficult job because Audi charge £99/hour +VAT, so the £60 won't get you very long!
Gazza57

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Hi
Having the same problem. Audi support don't seem to know what to do. Surely if we can't use 'stickers' there must be a user configuarable lever or something to make this happen without dissassembling the front of the car!
Audi say don't use stickers, not sure they would work anyway with self levelling lights (or adaptive lights).
I go to France at least twice each month. I can't possibly take the time to make an appointment with my dealer and visit, wait for the work to be done on the way out and then on the way in (apart from the fact that I am illegal driving from the dealer to the boat/tunnel and vice versa!) let alone the cost
Anyone know how to raise this at a senior level within Audi or anyone know anyone in the motoring press?

[Photo_wizzard]

Well, we went to Swizerland, through Germany and Austria, and although most of my driving was in daylight, we did travel a bit during darkness but never once got flashed.

It's not good enough really and Audi should make provision for the lights to be adjusted with the flick of a switch by the driver, either under the bonnet or on the dash. However, if you are doing a quick trip and are unable to get your lights adjusted, don't lose too much sleep over it. You may not be entirely legal but it's possible no-one will notice!

[marklilley]

I am waiting for Audi Workshop in France to get back to me to tell me if this can be done and how much it will cost. (2 days wait so far) I need to change my Audi A6 1999 Xenon Headlights for driving in France and to pass their equivalent of the MOT. Any ideas anyone?

[Photo_wizzard]

Are you by any chance the Mark Lilley - famous dealer in deisel cars?

[Photo_wizzard]

I already have a thread on this subject, but it really is a bit of a scam, this switch businees, in my opinion. It should and could be easily accessible to change the beam whilst on the Euro tunnel. £60 plus all the wasted time visiting a dealer (1 hour away in my case) each time you go abroad is ludicrous

Stickers will not work! The reason being that the lights are not trained through a fresnel lens as were the halogen old bulb lamps. You will remember the patterns for creating the pattern of light on the road / pavement. The new lights are trained through a carefully designed lens, if you look at the beam whilst foggy you'll see that it inverts in front of the car. it would be impossdible to position a sticker anywhere that would effectively blank the stray beam from oncoming drivers, particularly on adaptive headlights that "steer" the beam as you drive around bends.

[marklilley]

Hello - no we are not Diesel Dealers and sadly not famous either. We do need to change the lights, for the French equivalent of MOT as we are in France most of the time but Audi Workshops have no idea how to do it here! Thanks anyway. May drive it home to UK for MOT. Cheers - have now found the other posts related to this.

[marklilley]

Just to let you know incase anyone out there may need the equicalent of MOT - a Controle Technique in France on their UK Audi with Xenon headlights - after quite a few days the Audi Workshop here in France have had the information that they require from Paris and yes they can re-direct the Xenon Lights to face the other way like they do in the UK and it will cost 40 euros and take 20 minutes. (In the UK it costs 60 quid so about the same price) Can't do it until Thursday though. However a good result as won't be bringing that car to the UK much if at all due to headlights - but what of the rest of the people who regularly make the trip it works out to be a lot of money.

[rogerbrooks]

I have an Allroad (2009) with adaptive lights. Audi say now, despite saying the lights could be switch via MMI before I bought the car, that the lights can not be switched. There option is to tip the lights down so far that you light up 30 feet of road only, still light up the left side kerb, and get a fault warning on the self levelling system every time you turn the head lights on.

Not bad for a qualtiy car, this is an appauling con. Should be able to go to the EU and get AUDI's butt kicked.

I suggest we report any lhd audis seen in this country for dazzaling lights, they cannot adjust theirs either !

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