On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 8:52 AM, Mitch Haley <[email protected]> wrote: > Alex Chamberlain wrote: > >> My mind boggles as to why a computer's help is needed to aim >> headlights, HID or no. > > Self leveling headlamps? > Headlamps that steer, a la Tucker? > I think the Citroen SM had steerable headlamps in Europe but not in USA. >
Right about the SM per Wikipedia, and I could certainly see D-B engineers wanting to integrate headlight control into a computerized active suspension system such as many of their models now have. (Car goes into a hard turn; computer stiffens suspension on the outside to reduce body roll, and turns headlights a little bit up and into the turn to compensate for weight shift and give the driver a better view.) But I thought John R. was talking about needing the scan tool's help to perform a static aiming, as it were, of the headlights, as opposed to the "draw a line on the wall 30 feet away and twiddle the adjusters until the beams look right" method. Alex _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
