Motor-Vehicle Headlamp Having an SMD LED Attached by Soldering

A method for specifically setting the emission direction of at least one LED (4) in a motor vehicle headlamp (1), with at least one LED (4) soldered onto metal surfaces (3-1, 3-2) of a printed circuit board (3) with its connections (4-1, 4-2) as an SMD, wherein the metal surfaces are released by a solder resist (7), as well as with an optical unit that emits light emitted from the at least one LED into the traffic space, the method comprising:

• soldering the at least one LED (4) with different solder thicknesses (d1, d2) between its connections (4-1, 4-2) and the metal surfaces (3-1, 3-2) of the printed circuit board (3) in order to specifically set the emission direction thereof, wherein a quantity of solder (6-1) also extending onto the solder resist (7) is pressed onto the printed circuit board before the reflow process given a metal surface (3-1) that belongs to a connection (4-1, 4-2) with a larger solder thickness, so that once the solder has accumulated on the released metal surface, a height for the soldering gap (d1) sets in that is larger than for the metal surface (3-2) with a smaller solder thickness.