Re: Mini Cooper S Headlight Adjustment

>> Please can anyone point me in the direction of some article/Offer advice
>> on how to adjust the self leveler on an 03 cooper s with xenon
>> headlights.  The lights auto level far too low in front of the car
>> making it near enough impossible to see anything more than about 30
>> yards infront of the car on unlit roads.  The auto leveller works fine
>> when driving the lights are just too low.
>
> The mechanical adjustment is usually tamper proof. Seems strange both
> beams are low. What is the main beam like?

Hi Dave,

Thanks for the reply, the main full beam is fine, interestingly you can
fool 
the car into setting them correctly by turning the lights on pointing up a

steep hill with the handbrake on, this has the effect of lifting the car
up 
on its rear suspension.  doesnt work all the time but sometimes works.

I spoke to my mate again he recons as the leveler works fine during normal

driving that one of the sensors on the rear axle or front axle may have
been 
knocked out of alignment thus causing the car to calibrate the level 
incorectly effectively fooling the car into thinking it is squatting down
on 
the rear axle during the calibration process.  He suggested finding the 
sensor, probably on the suspension strut somewhere and moving it in the 
direction that would suggest that the suspension is extending.

He said a smilar thing about the adjuster being tamper proof, he said 
adjustment would prolly be done electroncally by plugging a computer in 
somewhere.

Acht well...  Looks like a trip to the dealer!

Ross