Is my headlight sensor cooked?

blackwood · 03-03-2025, 11:20 AM

Installed H&R Sports and my headlights don't seem to be in the right spot. My front adaptive headlight sensor arm is going straight down, I'm thinking it's probably broken because it should be sticking out horizontal right? Or did the drop from the springs change how that arm will sit?

Wondering if that sensor is broken and I need to replace that, or if the regulating rod is just bent in a weird way pushing it to the wrong spot.

whyzee125 · 03-04-2025, 10:18 AM

Is your car on its wheels in the pic? Looks to me like the wheels are drooping which is making it hyper extend and on the ground it would sit more horizontal.

blackwood · 03-04-2025, 04:04 PM

That was up in the air. I had the driver side jacked up so I could check out my rear sensor because everybody said they installed theirs backwards after working on suspension, but I have an xdrive and I think my sensor is supposed to look opposite of rwd.

Here's a pic with wheels on the ground though

03-03-2025, 11:20 AM	#1
blackwood Private First Class 75 Rep 123 Posts Drives: BMW 335i xDrive e92 6MT 2012 Join Date: Jun 2021 Location: Norman, OK iTrader: (0) Garage List 2012 335ix [9.90]	Is my headlight sensor cooked? Installed H&R Sports and my headlights don't seem to be in the right spot. My front adaptive headlight sensor arm is going straight down, I'm thinking it's probably broken because it should be sticking out horizontal right? Or did the drop from the springs change how that arm will sit? Wondering if that sensor is broken and I need to replace that, or if the regulating rod is just bent in a weird way pushing it to the wrong spot.
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whyzee125 Brigadier General 2105 Rep 4,165 Posts Drives: Dinan stage 2 335i Join Date: Jul 2014 Location: Chattanooga Tn iTrader: (0)	Is your car on its wheels in the pic? Looks to me like the wheels are drooping which is making it hyper extend and on the ground it would sit more horizontal.
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blackwood Private First Class 75 Rep 123 Posts Drives: BMW 335i xDrive e92 6MT 2012 Join Date: Jun 2021 Location: Norman, OK iTrader: (0) Garage List 2012 335ix [9.90]	That was up in the air. I had the driver side jacked up so I could check out my rear sensor because everybody said they installed theirs backwards after working on suspension, but I have an xdrive and I think my sensor is supposed to look opposite of rwd. Here's a pic with wheels on the ground though
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