How do I know if I've got adaptive headlights

I thought that you only got the cornering lights with the adaptives and not with the conventional system. I don't have adaptives on my RRS and no cornering lights either and I miss them for dark country lanes at night

Tim, you are correct my friend. It's part and parcel of the whole package. Adaptive come only with cornering lights.

Thanks for the clarity. I have the cornering lights on my scirocco and they are very noticeable. Didn't think I had adaptive lights just got 12 wires on my current headlight and the new facelift only has 9. Can't work out why the pre facelift would have more wires! Made me ponder if I had adaptive that would need more wires.

Well, there you go, every day is a school day - I was sure adaptive was separate... and corner assist came on the signature lights.
Maybe it used to be like that?!!

(02-02-2016 07:08pm)Stadt Panzer Wrote:  Tim, you are correct my friend. It's part and parcel of the whole package. Adaptive come only with cornering lights.

This is a bit confusing to me. I have adaptive 100%, but I havent cornering lights, or at least they are not working

On my scirocco you can turn the cornering lights off in the on board menu. Might be worth checking.

Wheels, it could be a market specific thing. Maybe LR decided in Sweden it should either not be supplied or they made it an option that you didn't take. When you have had it and then buy a car that doesn't you really miss it and yet it is only a tiny thing but so effective especially on twicty country roads that you cannot drive so fast along and where the edge of the road isn't marked by a white line.
Nick, is your facelift front set up for halogens or LED headlights, that could make the difference, are the LEDs supplied with cornering lights anymore? I assume that there are two wires for the power to the lights and one that is for the corner signal from the steering angle sensor to switch on and off the cornering light on the old style front as many cars came with wiring looms already fitted for items that were optional extras. It's a regular thing with Land Rover. The original Freelanders all were built with aircon............... many owners didn'r spec it as the £1000 option on the lower spec models but subsequently found out that they had all the gear in the car and only needed a 25p switch on the dash board wired up and they had saved themselves £999.75p! Early Evoques have almost universal wiring looms that only require a spur connected to make some of the dealer fit options work. Last generation RRS,FFRR and Disco3 all came with a Webasto preheater system as part of the emissions controls for cold days............ you could pay LR £1000 to have the optional remote control cabin heater "fitted" but it was already there and folks like Pete Bell at BAS would enable it for you and supply the remote control for a fraction of the cost of the factory fitted "option" that only needed to be enabled in the first palce as all the cars already rolled off the line with it fitted! It may be that your 2016 front is for a non Adaptive Headlight car hence less wires.

Hi, new lights are neither halogen or LED. They are Hid, so xenon in laymans terms, which is what I presumed my original units were. I bought these on purpose thinking they may be plugs and play, however now pondering why so few pins on the new headlights compared to the original unit. I fancied a set of LEDs 2016 lights but thought I may encounter other issues so stuck to a HID unit. I think you're right about the wiring loom just being the same but obviously the old light having 12 pins and the new 10 will mean it won't work.

Quick q,

Got my build sheet from Dan at duckworth, and my cars listed as bi- xenon and integrated approach lamps. Is the later the Corning lights discussed and could this be the reason for extra wires. I'm pretty sure I don't have adaptive lights, but could I have cornering lights, hence the extra wires?



Also, on the new evoque build configuratior they don't list bi-xenon anymore. Is this just phraseology, or are 2016 xenons not bi- xenon?

(03-02-2016 09:01pm)Nickj Wrote:  Hi, new lights are neither halogen or LED. They are Hid, so xenon in laymans terms, which is what I presumed my original units were. I bought these on purpose thinking they may be plugs and play, however now pondering why so few pins on the new headlights compared to the original unit. I fancied a set of LEDs 2016 lights but thought I may encounter other issues so stuck to a HID unit. I think you're right about the wiring loom just being the same but obviously the old light having 12 pins and the new 10 will mean it won't work.

Quick q,

Got my build sheet from Dan at duckworth, and my cars listed as bi- xenon and integrated approach lamps. Is the later the Corning lights discussed and could this be the reason for extra wires. I'm pretty sure I don't have adaptive lights, but could I have cornering lights, hence the extra wires?



Also, on the new evoque build configuratior they don't list bi-xenon anymore. Is this just phraseology, or are 2016 xenons not bi- xenon?

looks like you have non adaptive xenons, that's ok. the cornering lights are handy as well. not sure about the 2016 but xenons are short for bi xenons. the 2016 has led drls and led headlights if you can afford them.

Yup, agree non adaptive Xenons. So, do you think I have cornering lights?

When I googled bi Xenons it stated these had a flap that moved and used one beam to do high and low beam which is different to a normal xenon bulb that had a separate bulb to do dipped beam. one would think the new 2016 Xenons are bi- xenon.