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Old 11-28-2006, 03:48 PM
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wait why is the cut off uneven? does it have something to do with the light projection? It looks too werid when I drive up to my driveway and see the uneven cutoff line. What would happen if we even it out?
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Even the cutoff = Blind oncoming traffic.
Old 11-28-2006, 05:41 PM
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sorry, but im very dumb. please explain this. does every other oem hids do this? like from the G35s and 350Zs? that diagram drawing is correct, but how does being a little bit lower not blind people in front of you?
Old 11-28-2006, 05:55 PM
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It's common practice to lower the left headlight than the right on a LHD car. Lowering the light's aiming point reduces the glare than oncoming traffic has to deal with.

Halogen equipped cars don't have the sharp demarcation line that xenon HID's do.
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Originally Posted by lilmrtinnie,Nov 28 2006, 07:48 PM
What would happen if we even it out?
Read my post again. It CANNOT be evened out. An uneven line is cast from each headlight, overlapping each other.
Old 11-28-2006, 06:26 PM
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I've seen lots of these adjusted to put the bottom line of the left side even with the top line of the right. They think it's even because you can't see a step below the lowest bottom line. It's still grossly misadjusted and WILL blind oncoming traffic.
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to move the beam up do i turn the adjuster clockwise or counter clockwise?
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Just watch it on the wall as you do it.
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Originally Posted by vtec9,Jan 16 2006, 06:23 AM
who placed that wall in the middle of the road?
LoL, and I thought the roads in mass were poorly thought out.
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nice picture billman.


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