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Even more idiotic is my truck. I put a camper on it. I can't drive it at night because the weight of the camper tilts the entire truck back just a bit so that t
by coding123 6y ago
Even more idiotic is my truck. I put a camper on it. I can't drive it at night because the weight of the camper tilts the entire truck back just a bit so that the head lights are aimed right at driver's eyes even on the lowbeams. Everyone flashes me and gets pissed off. Hopefully Adaptive headlights account for things like this.
- bri3d 6y agoself-leveling is required on bi-xenon headlights even in the US, so this is quite strange. if you have older-style headlights, there should be manual adjustment screws on the lamp housing you can fix this with in a matter of minutes.
- alistairSH 6y agoBi-xenon lights are mostly reserved for luxury cars in the US. And despite the MSRP, many trucks don't have them (not without buying the fanciest trim level).
- drewg123 6y agoIn my state, you would not pass the yearly safety inspection. Can't you just adjust the headlights?
- stingrae 6y agoOf course you would do the safety inspection without the trailer?
- drewg123 6y agoI assumed the OP meant "camper" as a mostly-permanent thing mounted in a pickup truck bed, not a detachable trailer.
- frosted-flakes 6y agoThose are in no way permanent. Many of them even have built-in stands that can lift and support the camper, allowing you to simply drive the truck out from under it.
- jdmichal 6y agoDoes your truck not have self-leveling headlights? Or is the change outside their ability to handle?
- ygra 6y agoIf it's outside the adjustment range, there's too much weight on the trailer hitch. There are limits (usually documented in the manual) and both the rear suspension and headlights are the reason for them.
- jdmichal 6y agoOr the hitch is placed at the wrong height for the trailer.
- oblib 6y agoI've not worked on newer cars in a long time, but when I did you could purchase "adjustable shock absorbers" that use compressed air to lift the back of your truck when it was loaded down with a heavy trailer attached to the trailer hitch.
- TheSpiceIsLife 6y agoThey’re adjustable. Mechanic should be able to adjust them for you or search for a guide online or the device manual. May need heavier duty springs in the rear suspension to accommodate the weight.
- rightbyte 6y agoSurely there is leveling on it? Check the dash board or drivers manual. What model? Automatic beam cutoff is overrated since it too ofent just is a bit too late.
- cecja 6y agoYou adjust it.
- kiliantics 6y agoIn my experience, people driving trucks and people with high/blindingly bright headlights are highly overlapping sets of people. So you can at least feel consolation in that those people are probably not surprised in being pissed off by you.
- glxxyz 6y agoTruck owner with correctly adjusted stock headlights here, but your observation is pretty accurate on average.
- chrisseaton 6y agoI would say there is almost certainly a little wheel somewhere on your dashboard to adjust them. My Land Rover has this.
- rootusrootus 6y agoNot if they are halogens. I've only seen manual adjustment on HID-equipped cars, and only older ones. Most anything modern is auto-leveling.
- chrisseaton 6y agoIt's bog-standard on my old Land Rover with weak yellow halogens. I think you'd find it hard to drive with a load in the back without them!
- alkonaut 6y agoI have only seen manual adjust on halogen and only auto adjust (because it's a requirement in Europe at least) on Xenon.
- rootusrootus 6y agoMy last Japanese car with HIDs had manual adjust. Everything I've owned since was auto leveling. I've never owned a manual adjust (unless you count the screw on the headlight itself...) on a halogen headlight equipped vehicle. And I've owned a lot of vehicles over the years.
- beamatronic 6y agoIndeed, my Bentley has this feature but my Ferrari and Lamborghini do not.
- chrisseaton 6y agoI'm not sure if you're trying to mock the fact that I said I had a Land Rover. That's not very kind. I mean an old Land Rover Defender - a working vehicle that rattles and doesn't even have air bags. It still has a headlight adjustment wheel as it's a functional feature, not a luxury.
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- nwallin 6y agoLights are always adjustable. On my last car, there was just a screw where you adjusted it one way or the other and it would move the beam up or down. You pull up to a wall some distance away, and adjust the beam so it's at the right level. The only equipment you need is a screwdriver, and the only knowledge you need is which screw to turn and a basic understanding of "that's too high" vs "that's too low". It takes ten minutes tops.
- glxxyz 6y agoHow much lift do you have, and how awesome do those 35s look in photos? ;)
- peterwwillis 6y agoSounds like too much tongue weight. Assuming you aren't exceeding your vehicle's tow capacity, the tongue weight should be about 10% of the loaded trailer weight (check your owner's manual) which the suspension should be designed to handle and thus not tilt your vehicle under load. Or you may have a worn suspension...