Factory set Bi-Xenons too low?

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bs from the dealer. just adjust them yourself with a screwdriver.

I agree with booba here, it does sound like bs. Grab a screwdriver and adjust them yourself.

It is pretty simple to do - just find a wall and some flat ground (car park at night??) and if you can move the car back so that you can get some distance to the wall and then adjust to suit your tastes/needs (obviously, you will need to make sure you point them down at least a little so as not to annoy/dazzle/blind oncoming traffic).

But, anyway, tossing up if I should include Bi Xenons in the option list.

In terms of light output (lumens), the bi-xenons do have a significant advantage over the normal headlights. The issue of the light spread/pattern for low/high beams is something you will need to be happy with.

I think it is a personal thing as to whether you like the bi-xenons or the normal lights (there are people in both camps). If you are able to, I would suggest that you get your dealer to show you a Passat with normal lights and one with bi-xenons (probably better to do this when darker/night so you can see how they light up the road) and see which one does it for you - have the dealer do some work to get your sale!

Personally, I like the white light of the bi-xenons and to me the spread is pretty good.

With all the cars I have driven over the past few decades, re headlight performance in country driving, I find that they all could do with more light straight down the middle of the road on high beam . . . alternatively, I try to find someone going in my direction at a speed I am OK with and pace them - letting them light up the scenery for me.




The 'ultimate' solution for your consideration: the Passat has standard fog lights and turn lights (that light up the sides of the road when you use the indicator or the steering wheel turns past a certain angle). Put higher intensity LED's (with CAN-bus 'safe' circuit so that you do not get errors due to lower power draw) in both the fog and turn lights and have them turned on when running at night (there are posts you can find for people who have done this - that is have the side-turn lights come on when you turn the fog lights on, as well as instructions how they did it, I haven't gone down this route . . .). This way you will get a whole lot more light hitting the road and the turn lights do point at about 45 degrees to the sides.

As I said above, test drive both types of lights at the dealers and see if which one does it for you. You do have options that you can pursue should you wish to get more light onto the road.