Adaptive Front Lighting System

[WilliamG]

Obviously they did most of their testing with drivers who don't flash their lights or honk at people much. I don't have a problem with the design choice since I could probably count on one hand the total number of times I've done that in my daily driver in the last 10 years.

At night it’s a way to communicate and thank other drivers for waiting etc.

 

[Usher]

At night it’s a way to communicate and thank other drivers for waiting etc.

I realize some people use it that way but I would prefer they didn’t. My eyes are pretty light-sensitive at night now and even a quick flash makes it hard for me to see for awhile, therefore I never flash at other drivers.

 

[WilliamG]

I realize some people use it that way but I would prefer they didn’t. My eyes are pretty light-sensitive at night now and even a quick flash makes it hard for me to see for awhile, therefore I never flash at other drivers.

That’s fair enough, but in say… Europe, it’s a commonplace way of communicating.

 

[MFrunkerOG]

Auto high beam is miserable. @terranx is right. They keep flipping off and on even if there’s a lit billboard or a very reflective road sign.

But then… I did something that changed their behavior… I machine (random orbiter) polished the front windshield with some fine glass compound and then applied some glass ceramic stuff. At the time I didn’t realize the impact they’d have on auto high. The windshield is much clearer now.

My auto high is operating a whole lot better now! Not much seizure causing high beam behavior! I think I have significantly reduced the refractive noise on the windshield where the cameras are and that’s causing less erratic behavior

 

[terranx]

Auto high beam is miserable. @terranx is right. They keep flipping off and on even if there’s a lit billboard or a very reflective road sign.

But then… I did something that changed their behavior… I machine (random orbiter) polished the front windshield with some fine glass compound and then applied some glass ceramic stuff. At the time I didn’t realize the impact they’d have on auto high. The windshield is much clearer now.

My auto high is operating a whole lot better now! Not much seizure causing high beam behavior! I think I have significantly reduced the refractive noise on the windshield where the cameras are and that’s causing less erratic behavior

Which product in particular? I did apply a Gyeon's glass stuff a while ago, though who knows if I got good coverage over the camera area

 

[MFrunkerOG]

Which product in particular? I did apply a Gyeon's glass stuff a while ago, though who knows if I got good coverage over the camera area

Gtechniq G1/G2
But I had that before as well. I think it’s really the machine polishing that did it. Griots garage makes a good glass machine polish and glass specific polish pads. Also did a fine clay bar on the glass before the polish.

 

[mtiede]

mtiede, your brights were probably on but the car isn't telling you that. Try testing your car again with a friend coming from the opposite direction.

I don't think they were on bright. The car that was flashing was followed by about 4 more and no one flashed. And after I had passed them all, I manually flashed lights and could tell the brights from not, and I'm pretty sure they were not on brights.

 

[tldickerson]

I just know that I see so many Teslas with their high beams on when they really don't need them and their very blinding. If they were adjusted a bit more down it would help alot but they all seam to be pointing towards the on coming cars and not at all towards the ground in front of them but at the on coming cars.

 

[aerodyne]

I just know that I see so many Teslas with their high beams on when they really don't need them and their very blinding. If they were adjusted a bit more down it would help alot but they all seam to be pointing towards the on coming cars and not at all towards the ground in front of them but at the on coming cars.

There are two procedures in the SM to adjust the headlights. The simpler one needs a level floor and a wall 25' away.

Since most home garages are sloped 2 deg per building code and smaller than this, I have not done it yet.

I might just adjust them down one notch at a time until it seems acceptable.

 

[tldickerson]

I adjusted mine years ago and I can see the road very well.