I'm looking at getting a FL2, as strange as it may seem one major factor that could make or break a deal is the quality of the headlights.

So, are the standard halogens any good, how do they compare to other cars?
Is it worth upgrading or speccing the Xenons? I appear to be addicted to Landrovers...

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Is it worth upgrading or speccing the Xenons?

Is that because the Xenons are superbly excellent, or because the halogens are just plain crap? I appear to be addicted to Landrovers...

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A bit of both really.
The Halogens on the courtesy FL2 I had once had were ok(ish), but getting back into mine the following night made me realise how great the Xenons are.

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If I was ordering a new vehicle I would certainly have Xenons. The standard halogens are OK and better than some new cars which I have used. I fitted uprated bulbs, +80% to dip and +50% to main beam. The reason for this is if main is very much better than dip and you have driven for some time on main(quiet roads!!!!) you feel dip is poor, not so handy when you meet something. Especially the ever growing no. of cars with headlamps out of alignment or H7 bulbs wronly located in fitting.
One thing I would like to see changed is headlamp adjusting control having click positions. All FL2's (3) Gone
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Get a price to upgrade standard bulbs to OEM xenons from sponsor 10forcash

might work out cheaper than adding them as an option Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

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I am getting the xenon one, and I wonder why they still have an adjustment on FL2 with the xenons. Any german car with xenons adjusts the lights automatically, and fl2 don't?

Is there any real reason for adjusting manually? 2010 Freelander 2 Select TD4 auto....gone
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when you say automatically, do you mean the vertical movement, like if you have a heavy load?

If not, how does a german car know if your driving on the left or right side of the road  Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

Yea I mean vertically. Does FL auto adjust xenons vertically as well? 2010 Freelander 2 Select TD4 auto....gone
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All Fl2's (in fact any car sold in Europe with Xenon lights) has automatic levellling. It is required by EU law Freelander 2.2e HSE , Privacy, Fully debadged, 19" Chrome SHadow alloys

Hmm, Xenons have to have an auto levelling feature to be legal!

So are we all saying the halogens are so bad only the xenons are worth considering?? I appear to be addicted to Landrovers...

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Halogens are OK with upgraded bulbs, but..

In German we don't have cats eyes and street lighting is limited, so you have to drive by your lights. In UK no matter how dark a night halogens are normally up to the job. If you do alot of night driving on dark unlight roads then xenons are a no brainer. If you do the daily commute on well populated roads and only occasionally drive at night then it may not be worth it?

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My daily commute is 100 miles, 1/4 of that is down tiny country lanes totally unlit, quite narrow in places but with a fia rbit of traffic in places. I find my current headlights so poor that with oncoming traffic i'm guessing where the road has gone most of the time which is horrible.

Whilst Xenons are the lights of choice, it seems hardly any FL2's have them, the approved used site shows just a handful out of hundreds of vehicles.....either that or the dealers are listing them on the spec!! I appear to be addicted to Landrovers...

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In which case go for xenons. All the launch cars had them, and any LR press vehicle does, so suspect that dealers are not listing. Might be worth the AFS system if you are going to keep the car long term?  Freelander 2.2e HSE , Privacy, Fully debadged, 19" Chrome SHadow alloys