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LCI Halogen Motor (?) Question
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01-31-2013, 10:02 AM | #1 |
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I opened up the rear of my new LCI halogens today to install the Lux, and I noticed this "motor" looking object next to the halo bulb. See picture below. Anyone know what this is? I haven't see this on other LCI halogen lights pictures that I have seen.
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01-31-2013, 11:30 AM | #2 |
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Are those adaptive halogen's, i haven't heard of anything like that before. Motors are normally just to control the up/down or left/right control of the beam.
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I do know that my vehicle is not adaptive-ready, so I am just going to position them manually with the adjustment screws and leave it be, unless someone else knows what that is. |
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01-31-2013, 04:02 PM | #6 |
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no idea what that is, but that is definitely not an "adaptive" motor for the lights. halogens don't have a focused beam like projectors do so there's nothing for the headlights to "adjust".
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01-31-2013, 04:41 PM | #8 |
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On the one end (that the picture focuses on) is a motor looking thing with wires, and on the other end is a shaft that terminates to a "ball." The ball then connects to a "U" shaped piece of plastic (similar to a human shoulder) which then runs up to the headlights somewhere. That's about all of the description I can provide.
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01-31-2013, 05:53 PM | #9 |
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Found out what it is... I emailed the guy I bought them off of (who lives in the UK), and apparently the EU BMWs have a wheel on the headlight switch which runs this "motor" which adjusts the headlights up/down.
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