Adjusting the beam pattern..
08-18-2005, 09:58 PM
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Adjusting the beam pattern..
Okay my car came out of the shop a month ago since I had new headlamp installed. The driver side beam is a bit higher than the right side. I need to make it lower because right now it's bright and it sort of blind people since it's higher and keep flashing when I drive. Need help, thanks.
08-19-2005, 06:21 AM
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While yours may be adjusted too high the driver's side is supposed to be a little bit higher than the passenger's
There is a knob on the top of the light assembly that you can access under the hood. I parked mine in front of my garage door and adjusted them to the level I wanted.
What I wanted was slightly higher than what the car came with since the "cut off line" was too low. I also adjusted them so that the line was almost straight all the way across.
I then had my wife drive the car and I drove past her in anothe car a couple of times to be sure I hadn't gotten it too high. I did not find the lights were bright in oncoming traffic's eyes but I still get some flashes in traffic. I always got that flashes even when I had the stock settings, I think it is the coloration.
The manual says to park your car X feet from a wall and adjust the beam X inches high but since I wanted to raise the stock settings I didn't bother with the measuring, I figured, right or wrongly, that the car came with that setting.
There is a knob on the top of the light assembly that you can access under the hood. I parked mine in front of my garage door and adjusted them to the level I wanted.
What I wanted was slightly higher than what the car came with since the "cut off line" was too low. I also adjusted them so that the line was almost straight all the way across.
I then had my wife drive the car and I drove past her in anothe car a couple of times to be sure I hadn't gotten it too high. I did not find the lights were bright in oncoming traffic's eyes but I still get some flashes in traffic. I always got that flashes even when I had the stock settings, I think it is the coloration.
The manual says to park your car X feet from a wall and adjust the beam X inches high but since I wanted to raise the stock settings I didn't bother with the measuring, I figured, right or wrongly, that the car came with that setting.
08-19-2005, 10:07 AM
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actually on USDM vehicles the passenger side headlights (left side of vehicle when you are looking at the front bumper) should be higher to light up road signs....the driver's side should be lower to not blind traffic in the other lane.
However, the light pattern is like this anyways
driver's side passenger's side
_________------------- ____________ -------------
However, the light pattern is like this anyways
driver's side passenger's side
_________------------- ____________ -------------
08-19-2005, 02:14 PM
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to my knowledge that pattern is somewhat permanent into the headlights. i dont know if it's possible that they either switched them around, OR gave you headlights from a RHD S2000. lol
08-19-2005, 08:47 PM
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Originally Posted by David b,Aug 19 2005, 06:21 AM
While yours may be adjusted too high the driver's side is supposed to be a little bit higher than the passenger's
There is a knob on the top of the light assembly that you can access under the hood. I parked mine in front of my garage door and adjusted them to the level I wanted.
What I wanted was slightly higher than what the car came with since the "cut off line" was too low. I also adjusted them so that the line was almost straight all the way across.
I then had my wife drive the car and I drove past her in anothe car a couple of times to be sure I hadn't gotten it too high. I did not find the lights were bright in oncoming traffic's eyes but I still get some flashes in traffic. I always got that flashes even when I had the stock settings, I think it is the coloration.
The manual says to park your car X feet from a wall and adjust the beam X inches high but since I wanted to raise the stock settings I didn't bother with the measuring, I figured, right or wrongly, that the car came with that setting.
There is a knob on the top of the light assembly that you can access under the hood. I parked mine in front of my garage door and adjusted them to the level I wanted.
What I wanted was slightly higher than what the car came with since the "cut off line" was too low. I also adjusted them so that the line was almost straight all the way across.
I then had my wife drive the car and I drove past her in anothe car a couple of times to be sure I hadn't gotten it too high. I did not find the lights were bright in oncoming traffic's eyes but I still get some flashes in traffic. I always got that flashes even when I had the stock settings, I think it is the coloration.
The manual says to park your car X feet from a wall and adjust the beam X inches high but since I wanted to raise the stock settings I didn't bother with the measuring, I figured, right or wrongly, that the car came with that setting.
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Originally Posted by David b,Aug 20 2005, 05:38 AM
It is located on top of the headlights just under the hood.
Look at it in the daylight and it is easy to spot
Look at it in the daylight and it is easy to spot
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