On Dec 16, 9:35*pm, FBNE > wrote:
> On 12/16/2010 10:30 AM, Dad wrote:
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> > "FBNE" > wrote in message
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> >> Merry Christmas all. Either I am getting older or the headlights on my
> >> C5 seem to be too dim for me. It is especially troublesome on the
> >> low-beam side. It looks like the beam is "hitting" the road about 20
> >> feet in front of the drivers side and only slightly better on the pax
> >> side. I have the silverstar bulbs in there now and did not see any
> >> improvement. Anyone running better LED bulbs or street legal HIDS? Te
> >> lights look fairly good on hi-beam, but practical in traffic. Thx
>
> >> -FBNE
>
> > First off I'd align what you have and then put them on a direct power
> > feed. A good site to read is
> >http://www.danielsternlighting.com/home.htmlI'm not sure he still sells
> > a relay kit but they are not hard to make, look under products.
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> > Was your car new when you got it and/or have you or the previous owner
> > changed any settings or equipment besides bulbs? Do the headlight doors
> > open equally? I've never had the issues you speak of with the C5 so I've
> > never tried the changes you desire. I have seen some very poor results
> > with some of the HID changes at quite an expense. Since I now drive a C6
> > the headlights are more than adequate and require no updates.
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> > If there are LED headlights for the C5 now I'd surely consider them but
> > have yet to see them offered by anyone.
>
> I am the second owner, bought it in 2004 with 9K now has 59K *I pulled
> the entire headlight assembly yesterday and the adjustment rod is
> pooched. It is jammed and will not rotate at all. *This is the large
> gold/bronze colored rod. *I see a torx head on the the end of the screw
> it drives (inboard) it drives, but it is frozen as well. I never noticed
> a problem until I put the silverstar bulbs in. *Thought maybe I just
> didn't seat them correctly, but that wasn't the issue.

I put in a full set of HIDs on my C5 a few years ago. What I noticed
was that the bulb angle in the socket can be different and therefore
affect the angle of the beam. I had to adjust them all and they have
been perfect since. You can spot a deer a long ways away,