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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jarance" data-source="post: 403513" data-attributes="member: 21">bmw7833.. pertaining to your problem.The vertical shadow seem to disappear when you rotate the HID bulb. i.e. making the ceramic rod to face down. See picture below. However, the horizontal shadow remains. This mean that there is another obstruction in the path of the light source. <img src="http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o271/pbjy/E39%20Headlight/Light1compare.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />When compare the light pattern of the beam at a distance, there seem to be not much of the difference in the intensity or the beam pattern. Hence, I can understand your disappointment after 2 hours of sweat.<img src="http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o271/pbjy/E39%20Headlight/light2compare.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />However, looking at the beam pattern, you may have a situation of case "B" as shown below.<img src="http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o271/pbjy/E39%20Headlight/beampatterna.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Time for open heart surgery on the headlamp to see the projector reflector. Maybe, you may have to cut away the deflector or some metal plate. I have done that for my E36 projector lamp.</blockquote>