removing the metal inside

**alxjhn** · 11-29-2008 09:01 PM

what happens if i remove the metal thing from inside the headlights that sits right in front of the HID bulb. It looks like it deflects the beam. it is a half piece of metal in front of the bulb

pics of the metal thing under
US spec cutoff and euro spec cutoff
http://www.audiworld.com/tech/ext30.shtml

**BastardS4** · 11-29-2008 09:26 PM

nnothing, you will just blind oncoming traffic as you no longer have a cutoff

**alxjhn** · 11-29-2008 10:28 PM

would I get more light? can't I aim the beam lower

**Rated S** · 11-29-2008 11:26 PM

The whole purpose of having projectors is having the cutoff. All it will do is scatter the light (a la highbeams) and pis lots of people off. You want more light on the road? Get HIDs in your fog lights, sure it will throw more light @ oncoming traffic, but not NEARLY as bad as HIDs without projectors/cutoffs.

**alxjhn** · 11-29-2008 11:47 PM

I understand I want more light

**MacDaddy** · 11-30-2008 12:31 AM

yes, there will be slightly more light coming out of the housings. but all it will be doing is blinding other drivers, and illuminating areas you don't need to see, like branches of trees above you.

if you have HID's its very likely you can blind other drivers and cause an accident, they may very well crash into you because of it, and insurance wont like it if they find out you were messing with your headlights.

**alxjhn** · 11-30-2008 08:56 AM

my headlight face directly down. I tried adjusting them no luck. any other
way 2 adjust the beam higher

**Rated S** · 11-30-2008 10:24 AM

Originally Posted by alxjhn

my headlight face directly down. I tried adjusting them no luck. any other
way 2 adjust the beam higher

You have to go in to VAG-COM and set the headlights up to be adjusted, you can't just manually spin with Allen screws on the headlights without doing this first.

http://www.modifieda4.com/web/tech/h...ht-aiming.html