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Headlight adjustment (BMW 5 Series E39)

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Correct headlight adjustment is of great importance for road safety. Accurate headlight adjustment is only possible with a special adjustment device. Therefore, this chapter only tells you where the adjustment points are located and what conditions must be met during adjustment.

Tires must have the prescribed pressure.

An unloaded vehicle must be loaded with a mass of 75 kg (mass of one person), located on the driver's seat.

The fuel tank must be full.

Place the car on a level surface.

The front of the car is pressed down forcefully several times so that the spring suspension of the front wheels settles.

Set the headlight beam angle adjuster to "0".

The headlights can only be adjusted with low beam. The optical axis inclination for normal headlights is 10 cm at a distance of 10 m.

The headlights can only be adjusted with low beam. The optical axis inclination for normal…


Adjust the headlight by turning the adjusting screw "1" and/or "2".
  • 1 - adjusting screw - height adjustment
  • 2 - adjusting screw - horizontal adjustment

The right main headlight is shown in the picture. The left headlight has the adjusting screws arranged in a mirror image.

Fog lights



The angle of the fog light beam is adjusted with a screwdriver through the hole in the decorative grille.

The optical axis inclination size for fog lights is 20 cm at a distance of 10 m.

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