Blue Line in the Headlight Beam on 2017 GT AWD

[probuilders1]

Hi folks,

I'm just getting used to my new CX-5 and have what I hope is not a silly question.
Recently I noticed something in my headlights in particular an irregular dark blue line starting from the outer edges at the very top of the beam. I first noticed it when pulling up to my white garage door. I love the new High Definition headlights in the 2017 but it seems they are aimed to hit just below the height of a street sign at about 100 feet. Is this height about right in everyone's experience? And what about the blue line in the headlight, what could that be?

Let me say I absolutely LOVE this car. It's my second ever Mazda, the first was a truck many years ago.

 

[batmancx]

you mean something like this ? totally normal, it's the LED / projector lens combo that creates that effect,

some people think it looks cool...... don't worry, that's normal

 

[Panda_415]

you mean something like this ? totally normal, it's the LED / projector lens combo that creates that effect,

some people think it looks cool...... don't worry, that's normal

+1 for that super clean cut off ...
coming from halogens the LEDs make my 2AM drive home visibly safer.

 

[Nelson de Leon]

Tracers. Hehe!

 

[probuilders1]

SUPER COOL. Thanks!

 

[CX-5um]

 

[leedar]

you mean something like this ? totally normal, it's the LED / projector lens combo that creates that effect,

some people think it looks cool...... don't worry, that's normal

+1

It's a known technical side-effect of the lighting technology used.

 

[CX-5um]

you mean something like this ? totally normal, it's the LED / projector lens combo that creates that effect,

some people think it looks cool...... don't worry, that's normal

People pay an arm and a leg to retrofit their cars in order to gain a sharp Cutoff with color. I saw an older 2000's Civic one time. Must've had s2000 lenses retrofitted. Laser sharp and clean cutoff.

 

[eyedocorlando]

This phenomenon is caused by chromatic aberration of the projector lens, which is likely made out of polycarbonate. It doesn't affect anything negatively and is normal. Cheers