D4 high-beam alignment

Low beam & high beam at 10m:

Low beam & high beam at 25m:

Low beam & high beam at 15m:
(sorry, different wider target to previous two posts, hopefully giving a better idea of 'no black/shaded areas', also note that there is a slight grade up towards the shed)
Disclaimer: I am no photographer, nor am I that computer literate, so I am impressed I even got any photos loaded up at all!

Even at that range, mine have black holes. Just added them onto the list.

That is a WAY more even spread of light than mine have, and brighter too. Limited evidence of the horizontal "line" so apparent in my possum-spotters, so I've asked my sparkie to do this switch when he does my dual battery set-up in a week or so. Good work, Duck's Guts - and well done for posting up not one but six pics! No need for your "disclaimer". :BigThumb:

I know we shouldn't have to make this kind of change, but I have no faith at all that LR are going to recognise the problem, let alone deliver a fix for it.

Hi all, my latest update. I wrote to Caravan+RV magazine but haven't had a reply as yet. I spoke to LR Customer Care and the response I received was as expected, the lights comply with ADRs and rego. Nothing more than corporate spin. No offer to come and inspect my car, no satisfaction. I had my lights checked by a vehicle inspector at the local motor registry but according to his apparatus, they were almost spot on even though he could see the halogen beam rising along the side wall of the building. My latest approach was to the Dealer Principal at the dealership where I bought the car. He listened sympathetically to my tale and made an undertaking to take up the issue with LRA. I await his phone call. I am still hoping LRA will recognise there is a problem and fix it but I am the eternal optimist and pigs might fly. I'll let you know the result.

I asked the person who did the blue-slip inspection of my vehicle for initial rego if he had the ability to defect the vehicle if I was to officially inform him of the non-compliance with ADRs. He said that the RTA wont defect for non-compliance with ADRs but the police will if they become aware of it and are inclined to do something about it. He didn't like the idea saying it would then cost him $20+ in phone calls to get the defect cleared once corrected. I'm hoping not to need to go down this path and if I did, I'd look for a less hostile inspector.

We really need everyone who has this problem to bombard/inundate LR Customer Care with reports so they can't blow us off with their corporate spin. Surely there are more owners with the issue than just the handful in this thread. Therefore this is a plea to all members of this forum who have mis-aligned high beam headlights on their LR product, please call LR Customer Care on 1800 625 642. It's a free call from a landline so it's only going to cost you your time. After all, we are driving their products, they're not Holdens or Fords or something from Korea. If you really have any sort of brand loyalty and wouldn't drive anything else, call them! It's for the benefit of all LR owners, not just those on this forum.
Cheers
Graham

Guys,

Latecomer to the thread (and the Forum) but thought of lending a bit of support and an observation or two.

I did the 55W HID 6000 conversion about this time last year to my D3. My kit cost about $200 delivered (back then) and I managed to fit the transformers etc in the existing housing so it ended up quite neat. I chose this option over a set of Spotlights as the fitting of additional lights is not simple on the D3 plastic bumper.

Positives
Yes there was a real improvement.
It has averted the need for spotlights although I would prefer a good set of HID spots.
An affordable and neat improvement using existing wiring as it is about the same current draw as the original halogen globes.

Negative
The beam does not seem to be adjustable (let me know how if it is).
The pattern does not completely complement the High/Low HIDs.
They produce more glare (i.e. the bulb has no little reflector hood over the end like on the halogens and it produces an unusual spread pattern as observed previously in this thread) all this results in a need to dip sooner than expected.

Personally I feel the conversion is worth it and a good alternative considering the investment required for the mounting bar and spotlight option.

Hope this helps.

Cheers PK

Peter,

Did the light from your D3 halogens align with the bi-xenon high beam or was it up in the trees like the D4 halogens? No-one seemed to complain about the D3 halogen alignment which suggests that it was not in the trees.