Worth converting to HID considering insurance implications?

[one4spl]

I'd guess that you would still have to get your modded headlight engineer approved after installing the leveller and washer.

For those after actual performance from their headlights I highly recommend adjusting them accurately. If your car has ever been in an accident then the headlights almost certainly need re-aligning.

Have a read of this - http://www.international-auto.com/in...m?fa=ad&aid=54

One thing that’s wrong with that article is that it states “Now, make a new horizontal line ("H2") parallel to and 3 inches lower than H1.“ Rather than taking an arbitrary 3” you should used the % dip marked on your lamps and calculate how far below the H1 line that H2 should be. For example on my Euro its 1.3%. So if the wall you are adjusting your lights on is 3M (300cm)away, then the H2 line should be –

300 X 0.013 = 3.9CM

The lights on most cars have a little cross-hair style marking on the lens that gives you an accurate point to measure the height of your lights so you can mark your measuring wall accurately.

The lights on the Euro are one moulding for high and low beam, so in that case you get the low beams right, and high beam should follow. Getting low beam right is your first priority on any car. The low beams should line up with the H2 line (a the specified % dip) and the high beam should line up with H1, or exactly parallel to the ground. The kink in the low beam should line up directly in front of each lamp (horizontally), as should the centre of the high beam. As the article says its easiest to cover each light in turn and adjust the other.

There is more good info about aiming on the Daniel Stern site - And - http://www.danielsternlighting.com/tech/aim/aim.html

Note that both sites are referring to LHD markets, as Australia is RHD you will expect the beam to tilt up to the left, not the right as in the diagrams on both of those sites. The Euro HID projector lights have a step rather than a tilt, the beam should be adjusted vertically to the lower (right hand) level, with the step adjusted horizontally to be directly in front of each lamp.