Maybe a stupid question but in my 2008 HSE which has xenon lights (I don't think they are adaptive) I repeatedly get flashed by other drivers who seem to think I have my full beam on.

I just wanted to know how often other drivers are flashed at -is being flashed twice per day normal? Or is there something wrong with my alignment?

Cheers  Current 2008 Freel2 HSE
Prev 2010 Freel2 GS & 57 Disco3 HSE

I have been flashed a couple of times, so recently have meddled with the levels and now it seems to have stopped, although when passing vehicles I can see that the cut off on the near side is catching their mirror and sometimes they protest but tough I ain't dropping the beam for that.

I find Xenon headlights on on-coming vehicles are usually distracting to me!

To me they shout "I can see really well now, and I'm not fussed about other drivers!"  Life is not a dress rehearsal!

thechopper79 wrote:

I just wanted to know how often other drivers are flashed at -is being flashed twice per day normal? Or is there something wrong with my alignment?

Never happened to me.















Occasionally, people flash their headlights at me though.  Freelander 2 2007 TD4 Manual HSE Tambora Flame
Discovery 3 2006 TDV6 Auto HSE Zambezi Silver
Previously: Freelander 2 2007 TD4 Manual SE Santorini Black

Very disappointed by this thread, the title promised so much. FL2 SD4 Metropolis Auto Santorini Black / ivory completely stock.

It's true that light travels faster than sound, some people look quite intelligent until you hear them speak.


Stop global winging.

Cars with there light set to high @@@ me off
So hard to judge gaps etc
But no I have not been flashed and I d'not flash an less there on high beam

Once or twice a week since fitting night breaker bulbs.
Everyday with OE bulbs because people thought I had forgotten to turn my lights on

a flashing thread started by the chopper? At work
At home

"I can't always believe facts I read on the web" - Charles Dickens

winner by default of the tractor vs caravan race

Haha thought you'd like it!

I can't manually adjust mine in the cabin and believe they are self levelling - would this be checked at MOT? Is there some other manual way of adjusting under the bonnet?

I do feel sorry for oncoming drivers especially round here on the narrow unlit roads so if there is some reason why mine are aligned incorrectly I would like to do something abought it (without damaging what I can see when I'm driving down the dark country lanes!  Current 2008 Freel2 HSE
Prev 2010 Freel2 GS & 57 Disco3 HSE

link showing adjustment

I did it with trial and error, no longer dazzle anyone oncoming, the 'kick up" on the nearside catches other cars mirrors, not sure that can be avoided.

I have an 09 HSE, are Xenon lights standard on that year? I assumed I just had standard bulbs.

I don't know if they were standard or if the first owner added them as an extra. Current 2008 Freel2 HSE
Prev 2010 Freel2 GS & 57 Disco3 HSE

Would have been an Optional Extra or the owner has fitted them, check to see if you have the knurled Headlight Leveling Switch, if it was standard fit the adjuster won't be there. The only Freelanders that have the Xenons as standard is the HSE Lux or the Metropolis iirc.

I fitted xenons to mine and I set them up EXACTLY on the MOT beam tester. I was getting flashed occasionally so I set them down one notch on the adjuster in the cabin and haven't been flashed since. Maybe I should have set them with a full tank of fuel.

Hey Taztastic, how did you adjust them? Under the bonnet or in the cabin? I don't have an adjuster in the cabin to alter the level. Current 2008 Freel2 HSE
Prev 2010 Freel2 GS & 57 Disco3 HSE