HIDs auto level?
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HIDs auto level?
does our tsx have auto leveling headlights?
because, HIDs are illegal here in usa without autoleveling. on my friend's lexus, i can cleary tell they do adjust, but i cant really tell if our tsx does adjust.
anyone know?
because, HIDs are illegal here in usa without autoleveling. on my friend's lexus, i can cleary tell they do adjust, but i cant really tell if our tsx does adjust.
anyone know?
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Not autoleveling = not illegal
Acura wouldn't be importing an illegal product. None of the Acura vehicles have autoleveling...so I'm pretty sure it's not illegal.
Acura wouldn't be importing an illegal product. None of the Acura vehicles have autoleveling...so I'm pretty sure it's not illegal.
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Originally Posted by euroStyle
hmm. guess im wrong.
i was told they couldnt sell aftermarket kits because it didnt have auto leveling.
i was told they couldnt sell aftermarket kits because it didnt have auto leveling.
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Originally Posted by Xtremespeed2102
yeah only a few just got the new feature and theyre around 40 or 60 k if i rememeber correctly.
BMW, Lexus, Audi, Mercedes, and other manufacturers only do auto-leveling xenons. Even on their entry-level cars, like the 3-series, IS, A4, C-class, etc...
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I know this my first post, I don't have a TSX, but really like the car. I think the autoleveling issue is for Europe. You are not allowed to have HID's in Europe w/o some sort of autoleveling. The autoleveling can be either adjustment of the light (in the case of BMW's) or through self-leveling suspension(in the case of Mercedes Benz). The reasoning is if load the car down the headlights do not put an light down on the road.
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In all honesty, the auto-leveling capbilities right now, I feel, are hardly useful. Their reaction time isn't fast enough to compensate for every rise and dip in the road and for most situations, they still blind other drivers. Until auto-leveling technology can provide near instantaneous adjustment, they will be just another gimmick to jack up the pricing of cars.
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Originally Posted by CGTSX2004
In all honesty, the auto-leveling capbilities right now, I feel, are hardly useful. Their reaction time isn't fast enough to compensate for every rise and dip in the road and for most situations, they still blind other drivers. Until auto-leveling technology can provide near instantaneous adjustment, they will be just another gimmick to jack up the pricing of cars.
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Originally Posted by Lung Fu Mo Shi
But they aren't designed for every dip in the road. They are designed to compensate for more rear seat (or trunk) loading, tilting the front of the car up.
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Right, but the marketing people try and promote it as though it were designed to handle every dip in the road, which gives people the wrong impression. If they didn't market it as such, then people could make the right decision based on proper information.
What you have seen is marketing for adaptive headlights that swivel in the direction of your turn.
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Originally Posted by skilit
I know this my first post, I don't have a TSX, but really like the car. I think the autoleveling issue is for Europe. You are not allowed to have HID's in Europe w/o some sort of autoleveling. The autoleveling can be either adjustment of the light (in the case of BMW's) or through self-leveling suspension(in the case of Mercedes Benz). The reasoning is if load the car down the headlights do not put an light down on the road.
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Originally Posted by biker
Wrong and wronger. You can get HIDs in just about any car (even in an econobox VW Golf) that have no autoleveling.
http://www.unece.org/trans/main/wp29...oc/47inf06.pdf
if you search through the document for automatic on page 19 it has the following line:
"More recently, as a condition for allowing HID headlamps
in Europe, these lamps must be installed only when automatic leveling (aiming) and automatic low beam
washing and/or wiping is installed."
so I don't think I was wrong or wronger
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Originally Posted by skilit
Is that true for Europe? I know in the U.S. you don't need autoleveling. I did a quick search on the United Nations of Economic Commision for Europe for HID in the transport section and found this document:
http://www.unece.org/trans/main/wp29...oc/47inf06.pdf
if you search through the document for automatic on page 19 it has the following line:
"More recently, as a condition for allowing HID headlamps
in Europe, these lamps must be installed only when automatic leveling (aiming) and automatic low beam
washing and/or wiping is installed."
so I don't think I was wrong or wronger![Smile](https://acurazine.com/forums/images/smilies/smile.gif)
http://www.unece.org/trans/main/wp29...oc/47inf06.pdf
if you search through the document for automatic on page 19 it has the following line:
"More recently, as a condition for allowing HID headlamps
in Europe, these lamps must be installed only when automatic leveling (aiming) and automatic low beam
washing and/or wiping is installed."
so I don't think I was wrong or wronger
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Look at any European product list and you'll see the headlight washer as an option not standard/required.
It could be that for marketing/product reasons most newer models (like 5 series) come with autoleveling but there are many without.
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