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Old Feb 26, 2009 | 12:30 AM
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Headlight issue.

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I have a question to ask, and i dont know if some of you guys have arleady done this or not but...i got some lowering springs (skunk2) and HID's in my car now and my headlights a pointing kinda low the cut off for the HID's are literally 4 feet away from my front bumper...so my question is how i do i point my headlights just a tad bit higher so they arnt lookin at the ground...

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Old Feb 26, 2009 | 12:34 AM
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theres a knob behind the headlight to adjust the height. goto the HID Diy area ull find it.. jus pop the hood and follow the diy its 2 simple screws that jus adjust height. on the right headlight u can jus see it, on the left theres a plastic piece covering it wit 3 pins. jus pop that off and bam! i recommend marking the screws before u raise them to keep crack of how many times u wind em up or down and to jus match them correctly. had the same prob wit my HIDs now they are super!


clock wise to raise and counter clockwise to lower simple as that.
 
Old Feb 26, 2009 | 12:41 AM
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rofl...i cant find it!

EDIT: nvm...found it! lol
 

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Old Feb 26, 2009 | 12:54 AM
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yea dude its simple ive adjust mine over like 20 times.. its like finding that gspot ur like oh oh jus a little more!!!! ahhhhhhh found it!
 
Old Feb 26, 2009 | 01:04 AM
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Originally Posted by YA2_user_GD3
yea dude its simple ive adjust mine over like 20 times.. its like finding that gspot ur like oh oh jus a little more!!!! ahhhhhhh found it!
sound about right lmao
 
Old Feb 26, 2009 | 01:26 AM
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LOL i just adjusted mine...i found a wall and parked like how ever far i want to hit and just started to adjust till it hit the bottom of the wall...ghetto measurements! haha the people walkin around my neighborhood where like wtf is this kid doing out in his boxers fixing his headlights...HAHAH!!! epic
 
Old Mar 3, 2009 | 03:15 PM
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these little things like this should be stickied bc you know someone is going to come by later on and ask
 
Old Mar 3, 2009 | 09:13 PM
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oh dude, thanks, i have the same problem. it's raining right now so i'll adjust my headlights tomorrow night or something.
 
Old Mar 3, 2009 | 09:30 PM
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Everyone - PLEASE just set your headlights to where they're supposed to be set . . . It's really easy, just find a flat spot w/ a wall you can park 25 feet from. Measure the height of your bulbs (stock is roughly 28 inches, if I recall correctly), and then mark 2.1 inches below that height on the wall. Then just crank away on the adjustment wheels until your beam cutoff matches the height it's supposed to be.

As a general fyi, when I adjusted mine they were almost a foot low - just ridiculous, I couldn't see a thing at night. So bad that I almost understand why the previous owner sold the car . . . :laugh:
 
Old Mar 3, 2009 | 09:32 PM
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Originally Posted by YA2_user_GD3
on the left theres a plastic piece covering it wit 3 pins. jus pop that off and bam!
You actually don't need to take off that plastic cover - there's an access hole for a screwdriver, precisely for the purpose of headlight adjustment.
 
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