good suggestions... i've done most of them:
1- aim headlights (free, 8mm allen key clockwise for up), helped some
2- brighter h11s ($30-50 sylvania/philips/nokya, etc), minimal bluish tint, not much brighter than stock, waste of money imo
3- h9 conversion ($18 pair philips h9, exacto knife/dremel), major improvement, near double the lumens, no issues after 1.5 years (no blown bulbs, no melted wires)
4- led kit ($100 for sirius "6400 lumen" kit via amazon, refunded), looks nice/white, no wiper motor risk, but worse distance illumination than h9, major glare, poor cut off
5- hid kit (skipped, but anywhere from $30 generic to $150 morimoto), bright/white, super illumination, but wiper motor risk due to emi, major glare in halogen housing, poor cut off (fyi, can get used wiper motors on eBay for $70-90, so maybe worth the risk if you don't care about glare/cut off)
6- e46 bi-xenon projector w/morimoto xb35 ballast, zkwr clear lenses (approx $100-250 depending if you already have your own hid kit hiw you source the projector), super bright, better distance illumination than h9, sharp cut off, no glare, close to 0 wiper motor risk with new late 2014 xb35 ballast design with d2s ignitor attached to bulb like oem ballast with eom-level low emi
there are fancier projectors (fxr, etc. check out hidplanet.com) but a retrofit, while costly, is how to get oem/better than oem lighting if your car didn't come with xenons.
choose #1/3) aim & h9 if you're on a budget and a good citizen.... #4/5) led/hid kit if on a bigger budget, want a ton of light and don't feel as guilty about blinding oncoming cars... #6) retrofit if you've got the money and time to do it right
if i knew what i know now, would've saved and went right to #6. #2/4 just wasted my time and money (probably over $100 in "brighter" h11s and h9s that could've gone to the retrofit.
Mine sucked too. In the stickies in this forum there is a bit about using the aiming screws to change the direction. That mostly worked for me.
There is also the option of changing from H11 bulbs to the higher powered H9 bulbs. That involves a slight modification to the light bulb connector. You should be careful though, the higher power produces more heat which may melt the connector in the headlight.
