ItsEasyEmKay7
New member
- Location
- Northern IL
- Car(s)
- 2016 GTI w/PP
First time owning a VW and I I've always wanted a GTI. Glad I'm here. With that said...
I got a 2016 GTI with the lighting package. Wanted it for the aesthetic look and assumed it would have slightly better visibility at night. Anyhow, the car appears to be lowered. I bought this the other day and didn't think anything of it till my neighbor, who is a sort of Golf aficionado, thought that it looked lowered to him. That night I drove it around to do some errands and noticed I had an awful time seeing anything past 30-50 feet in front of the vehicle. Seems the car's lights are pointed down too much. I'm comparing the cut-off to previous vehicles I've owned with projector headlights (some halogen others LED). I'm used to sitting at an intersection and see the cut-off just at least up halfway on the door body panels for most sedans that come across the intersection. In this car it looks like it's sitting just at or below the rocker panel. It seems having the car lowered will do this, from what I've read.
Of course I search the internet and I'm told I need to use some expensive cable and software to change configuration of the lights. Others say I can use the manual adjustment screws to fix my problem. I tried that first since it's free and I noticed there is no change at all when adjusting the screws. I'm afraid to keep turning the screw and break something. I've read that using the manual adjustment can damage the adaptive lighting system. (I believe the screws I should be adjusting the the lower ones at bottom of housing, not the top one)
Is there anything I'm missing with the manual adjustment or am I just gonna have to bite the bullet and use the expensive interface and software?
I got a 2016 GTI with the lighting package. Wanted it for the aesthetic look and assumed it would have slightly better visibility at night. Anyhow, the car appears to be lowered. I bought this the other day and didn't think anything of it till my neighbor, who is a sort of Golf aficionado, thought that it looked lowered to him. That night I drove it around to do some errands and noticed I had an awful time seeing anything past 30-50 feet in front of the vehicle. Seems the car's lights are pointed down too much. I'm comparing the cut-off to previous vehicles I've owned with projector headlights (some halogen others LED). I'm used to sitting at an intersection and see the cut-off just at least up halfway on the door body panels for most sedans that come across the intersection. In this car it looks like it's sitting just at or below the rocker panel. It seems having the car lowered will do this, from what I've read.
Of course I search the internet and I'm told I need to use some expensive cable and software to change configuration of the lights. Others say I can use the manual adjustment screws to fix my problem. I tried that first since it's free and I noticed there is no change at all when adjusting the screws. I'm afraid to keep turning the screw and break something. I've read that using the manual adjustment can damage the adaptive lighting system. (I believe the screws I should be adjusting the the lower ones at bottom of housing, not the top one)
Is there anything I'm missing with the manual adjustment or am I just gonna have to bite the bullet and use the expensive interface and software?