OK, I noticed a weird observation about the headlights on the new TL. When they are turned on at night, the distribution is clearly uneven. The drivers side of the car casts an area of light about 1-2 feet shorter than the passengers side. From one side of the car to the other, the pool of light seems to "step down." Is this normal? I would tend to assume so that oncoming traffic is not blinded so badly. Anyone else notice this on their new ride?

Thanks!

 

This is normal so that as you said oncoming traffic is not blinded. I've noticed this in other cars that I've driven but because of the projector Xenons it is more obvious. The cutoff for the projectors is nice and sharp. I bet BMW doesn't have the driver's side headlight dropped a bit and that's probably why I find that they seem to shine into your eyes more in oncoming traffic.

 

No, actually BMW does something better. They have auto leveling on their Xenons to keep the headlights and a certain level regardless of how many people are on board or if the trunk is packed full of heavy luggage. As you may know, heavy luggage in the rear of the car can cause the front of the vehicle to lift slightly and the auto leveling feature compensates for this by lowering the angle at which the headlights are directed. I'm suprised Acura has yet to implement this feature in any of its North American cars.

 

the reason the passenger side headlight is tilted upwards is to reflect road signs at night. JDM headlights are the opposite.

 

You know...I think the word "sticky" applies here. This is headlight uneven post #213.

 

According to my dealer, the new TL DOES have auto-load leveling headlights, FYI....Of course, it would be hard to test this out, but that's what the guy said. Hey wait, there is a mother-in-law joke in there somewhere.....

Sorry dude, I read some of the other headlight threads very briefly and they were all talking about some different aspect of them, such as theft, installing, etc.

 

Dealers/salespeople sadly don't seem to know squat about the cars they sell. Trust me, the TL does not have auto leveling Xenons. If it did there would would be some mention of it in the Acura literature.