Aiming LED Adaptive Headlights

[Roychimac]

Does any one who's retrofitted the new LED adaptive headlights on an X6M know how to aim them? The way the engine bay is laid out makes it nearly impossible to get to the knobs used to aim.

Any ideas from any experts out there?

Thanks in advance.

[northern2020]

Roy man

There are 2 white plastic 5 or 6mm hex adjustment tabs when you look at the headlamp from inside the engine bay

The one closest to you is for vertical adjustment

I'll try to post a pic but let me know if you find them

You need a long hex tool with the special ball hex tip (forgot name) to angle the tool into the adjustment tab.

Obviously you did the retrofit ?

Any issues?

[northern2020]

Tool and tab

[northern2020]

Tool

[skforzagroup]

Originally Posted by northern2020

Tool and tab

Hey bro I see your side marker is painted. How do you remove it?

[northern2020]

Originally Posted by skforzagroup

Hey bro I see your side marker is painted. How do you remove it?

I used a plastic butter-knife like tool that is blunt on one ended, squeezed the top and bottom of the side gill closest to the engine bay and used the tool to leverage it out.

You kinda have to pull back and squeeze at same time

It's pretty easy

[skforzagroup]

Originally Posted by northern2020

I used a plastic butter-knife like tool that is blunt on one ended, squeezed the top and bottom of the side gill closest to the engine bay and used the tool to leverage it out.

You kinda have to pull back and squeeze at same time

It's pretty easy

Kk I seen some guy on YouTube use tape as a handle but it's a bit to cold lol

[spaniard]

yes, it is easy for X5M but OP car is a X6M and it is different.

[Roychimac]

Originally Posted by spaniard

yes, it is easy for X5M but OP car is a X6M and it is different.

You are correct. X5M and X6M engine bay, specifically where the headlamp access would be, are completely different. BMW always finds a way to bone me in the fucking ass after all the doe I dump in their shit.

[Roychimac]

Originally Posted by northern2020

Tool

I very much appreciate your help regardless. Hopefully I can find a way without having to drill a hole or remove fenders to access those fucking knobs.

[Roychimac]

Originally Posted by northern2020

Tool and tab

Hey,

After careful evaluation it seems our engine bays are exactly the same and BMW was just trying to milk me for more labor hours. How did you use that tool when the knob is directly behind that metal piece in front of it? Did you just angle that tool in?

[Xsilly]

I understand this thread is for LED headlights, but is the adjustment the same for the xenon headlights? I recently had my headlights replaced due to stress cracks at the dealership and the aim is way off! can I make the adjustments? and if so how?