MG4 Trophy headlamp adjustment

[Joe Boatman]

My dipped beams shine nicely on the motorway at 5am before dawn in December and I could clearly see the road surface for at least 2 metres ahead.
Under the bonnet there's little adjusters behind head front light but turning them made only 1 cms change in height of the dipped beams on the garage door. The zero to 3 dial is on max height. Main beams are good but dazzle oncoming traffic.
Anyone know how to make then higher? MG service centres are closed on weekends!

 

[Kithmo]

Just to confirm, the you have the 0-3 dial on "0" ?

 

[AdamskiEM]

I adjusted mine last night. It’s the one closest to the side that you need to turn. It’s very hard to turn by hand but managed it.

I adjusted it while pointing out onto the road, with my old car parked next to it for comparison. The adjusters do make quite a bit of difference at a decent range. Perhaps because you’re shining them up against a wall that’s very close, you won’t see too much movement.

 

[Joe Boatman]

Just to confirm, the you have the 0-3 dial on "0" ?

Yup!

 

[Ian Key]

As posted elsewhere. To check your headlight alignment...

How To Align Headlights For An MOT With Kwik Fit

www.kwik-fit.com

 

[Joe Boatman]

Useful info but I already know the headlights are not adjusted. I checked Kwik Fit's website to see if they will set them up for me but its not in their list of services.

 

[AndyL61]

Useful info but I already know the headlights are not adjusted. I checked Kwik Fit's website to see if they will set them up for me but its not in their list of services.

Halfords might do it ?

 

[siteguru]

It's a brand new car - get the dealer to do it? (If headlight positioning would fail an MOT then the car by definition shouldn't be on the road - for a new car this is the dealer's responsibility to sort).

 

[Joe Boatman]

I wasn't that clear in my post, but this is the last straw. Public charging is a pain; lane assist grabs the wheel out of my hands, ACC is jerky; radio freezes; mode defaults to Normal and other settings change back to default values. Long journeys are not comfortable; nowhere to hang a coat; speech recognition can only say "Pardon?"; mp3 music plays on my MG5 but not on the MG4; I can't read the station names on the radio because the captions are too small.
Both cars are beautiful and innovative and spoilt by poor software (including the seats which are hard wear!!).

 

[AdamskiEM]

It's a brand new car - get the dealer to do it? (If headlight positioning would fail an MOT then the car by definition shouldn't be on the road - for a new car this is the dealer's responsibility to sort).

I tried that. They said “they’re fine”.

 

[Ian Key]

I tried that. They said “they’re fine”.

They'd only check they weren't dazzling oncoming vehicles not how far you can see.

 

[PeteC]

They'd only check they weren't dazzling oncoming vehicles not how far you can see.

When I took my car in for the new breather I asked my dealer to adjust the dipped headlights as they didn't reach far up the road. They did and the lights are much better now.

 

[AdamskiEM]

When I took my car in for the new breather I asked my dealer to adjust the dipped headlights as they didn't reach far up the road. They did and the lights are much better now.

This is exactly what I told my dealer. But you know, why listen to the customer when you can just say “they’re fine”…

 

[Tefteresia]

I adjusted mine last night. It’s the one closest to the side that you need to turn. It’s very hard to turn by hand but managed it.

I adjusted it while pointing out onto the road, with my old car parked next to it for comparison. The adjusters do make quite a bit of difference at a decent range. Perhaps because you’re shining them up against a wall that’s very close, you won’t see too much movement.

Any chance of a video / photo of where the adjuster is. I have the same issue and while the dealer has agreed to look at it I can't get over there for a few weeks and struggling with only having about 3-4m of light in the dark! Thanks.

 

[Chr1sB]

When I took my car in for the new breather I asked my dealer to adjust the dipped headlights as they didn't reach far up the road. They did and the lights are much better now.

Same here.

 

[MG4 DK]

Had the same problem. Turned both screws two-and-a-half times clockwise. Didn't do any precise measurements on a wall but it is much better now, although I might give it another turn.

Right side

Left side

 

[adriangalilee]

My Trophy’s dipped beam is perfect. But only just got to do a night drive on unlit country roads and the main bean lit up the trees above leaving a disconcerting dark patch at end extremity of the dipped beam’s reach.

 

[Leaf]

My Trophy’s dipped beam is perfect. But only just got to do a night drive on unlit country roads and the main bean lit up the trees above leaving a disconcerting dark patch at end extremity of the dipped beam’s reach.

Same on mine, anyone sorted this?

 

[mg4mc]

Same here, there is a gap between the dip and main beam to the rhs of mine.

The main beam is too high, good for owl spotting though. They seem to adjust as a unit afaics.

 

[siteguru]

I was out early doors this morning (5.30am) and my headlights were fine - both dipped and main beam. (SE SR). Even the auto-main-beam behaved itself.