I picked up my vRS on Tuesday (WOW - SO IMPRESSED!!!) and taking it out last night to try the xenons I noticed them flickering over bumps. Does anybody else experience this/is it a problem?

I'm really impressed with the quality of the light (really crisp and bright) but I also think they need adjusting just a wee bit higher... Will the dealer do this FOC?

Cheers!

I picked up my vRS on Tuesday (WOW - SO IMPRESSED!!!) and taking it out last night to try the xenons I noticed them flickering over bumps. Does anybody else experience this/is it a problem?

The xenon's are self-adjusting (to try and prevent dazzle) and work based on the compressions of the rear suspension, I believe, so they will probably be constantly adjusting over bumps. Not sure how sensitive they are though....

And yep, dealer or local MOT station can adjust them but not sure how much they'd charge - will probably vary dealer to dealer....

Chris

It works on the front suspenion, there is an arm going from the nsf wishbone to a motor arm on the inside of the wheel arch, in front of the strut. For DIY leveling, put it on full left lock, get a 7mm (IIRC) spanner, loosen the nut on the wishbone and slide the arm upwards. Worked for mine

It works on the front suspenion

That is what I originally thought as it would make more sense, but my mate with a Polo told me his worked on the rear suspension. I'll go and give him a slap

Chris

I picked up my vRS on Tuesday (WOW - SO IMPRESSED!!!) and taking it out last night to try the xenons I noticed them flickering over bumps. Does anybody else experience this/is it a problem?

I'm really impressed with the quality of the light (really crisp and bright) but I also think they need adjusting just a wee bit higher... Will the dealer do this FOC?

Cheers!

My xenons on the Octavia have flickered since new and it really annoyed me.

I took it to a dealer and they stripped them down - checked them - said everythings fine and then said "they all flicker like that" !!!

I was less than impressed so did a bit of investigating and saw that they were only held in with screws on 3 corners (no screw missing it's just the way they are fitted at the factory)

I ended up cutting up a wine bottle cork and wedging it under the 'unfixed' corner on each headlight - sounds a bodge but it works and they no longer wobble

I did wonder if they needed some sort of play in them to stop the bulbs breaking perhaps - which is why I used cork as it's got some give in it.

The fabia is probably the same.

'xenons flickering over bumps. Does anybody else experience this?'

Hooray for these forums - yep, noticed similar thing but just thought I was blinking too slowly on my late night drives! Doesn't happen very often though and, to be honest, you'd be hard pressed to notice it unless you were specifically looking for it.

'I'm really impressed with the quality of the light (really crisp and bright) but I also think they need adjusting just a wee bit higher... Will the dealer do this FOC?'

Similar thread on 'Xenon disappointment'. Booked mine in at local dealer (good effort at short notice on a Sat morning) but guy put it in the MoT bay and told me they were 'spot on'. Couldn't accept that as I could not see as far on dipped beam as my previous old Rover on correctly adjusted halogens! He then started briefing me on using the main beam (yep, thanks mate....and what about oncoming traffic!!!!). After much waffle, he conceded that they could be raised slightly up to the legal maximum but 'it wouldn't make any difference' (eh?!). Anyway, he did it, no charge, and the road to Damascus is now revealed . They just needed that sharp 'cut off' at the outer extent of the beam removing. Looks like he just used a crosshead screwdriver on the clear plastic screws at the top of the inner headlight casing ie. easy job (if you've got the MoT settings chalked on your garage door!!!)

Mine were adjusted properly when I picked it up, and the light is excellent. The biggest difference is when there is fog - it seems to cut through very well.

Looks like he just used a crosshead screwdriver on the clear plastic screws at the top of the inner headlight casing ie. easy job (if you've got the MoT settings chalked on your garage door!!!)

Hmmmmm.... I'm sure xenons have to be set with VAG-COM as well. Other wise, they revert to the last setting when the iginition is switched on again. :confused:

Hmmmmm.... I'm sure xenons have to be set with VAG-COM as well. Other wise, they revert to the last setting when the iginition is switched on again. :confused:

You use VAG-COM to move them into the middle position and then adjust them with a screwdriver. The car then thinks this is the new mid-position and operates around that. At least that's what I think the Ross-tech site says

Chris

You use VAG-COM to move them into the middle position and then adjust them with a screwdriver. The car then thinks this is the new mid-position and operates around that. At least that's what I think the Ross-tech site says

Chris

You have to tell the self-levellers that you have finished the job (the Ross-tech site gives the step-by-step details) - if you miss the last step out, it reverts to the previous setting.

I'm not conviced that it is the self-leveller making the flicker. Surely this would be set so it only changes the level slowly to stop exactly this problem?

It happens quite frequently on all but the smallest bumps. ( I live in the Fens, the road quality is poo).

The light unit seems really solid. Cannot wobble it at all, so don't know where there is to sandwich any cork? Might try and find a dealer who is prepared to swap for an evening to compare...