VW Bora Headlights

JustinR1979

My Passat is same, main beam pretty good, dipped is dreadful - has ballasts/resistors, so has hid or whatever it is.
Think a lot of it is the lenses, very thick and plastic.
I've polished mine too, didn't make them what I'd call decent.

Quiet_Spark

Zola. wrote: »

Is 3 the highest?

You set the number according to the load you are towing.

If you have a heavy load that drags the cars backside along the ground (therefore aiming the headlights at the sky), you set it to the highest number to effectively lower the headlights towards the road to bring them back in to line so as not to dazzle other road users.

If you're not towing anything, you set the adjuster to the lowest number.

AdrianC

Quiet_Spark wrote: »

You set the number according to the load you are towing.

If you have a heavy load that drags the cars backside along the ground (therefore aiming the headlights at the sky), you set it to the highest number to effectively lower the headlights towards the road to bring them back in to line so as not to dazzle other road users.

If you're not towing anything, you set the adjuster to the lowest number.

Vertical load on the back axle, yes - whether than be in the boot or noseweight on a towbar. But the actual horizontal load on the towbar doesn't make a difference.

Noseweight on a towbar certainly has a magnified effect, because of the distance from the axle, but it should never be particularly high - 50kg is a maximum (and fairly close to optimum) for most towbars and trailers. Even accounting for the lever factor, it's probably less of a vertical loading on the back axle than a couple of passengers in the back seat and a suitcase or two in the boot.