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Old 06-30-2006, 03:12 AM
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Pull up to a wall and look for the two different patterns. Bring them together and you're good to go.
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Originally Posted by Currahee474,Jun 30 2006, 01:48 AM
i remember when i first got the car they were almost perfectly even and now its a noticable difference where as the right is a few inches higher. would 2-3 inches be too much or should i just not worry and forget about it?
thats how they are supposed to be .. tight 2-3 inch higher. If you bought your car used, I assume the previous owner thought they were out of line, and adjusted them.. but he was WRONG!!
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some of you are wrong and some of you don't know where the "step" comes from.

This is WRONG:



This is RIGHT:




As far as the "step", that is for the on-coming traffic like some of you have stated, you don't need to adjust them any more and if you notice the "cut-off" already has a slight curve to it, kind of like a sad smile, which aids in the glare so you don't blind on-coming traffic.

Here is a pic of the shield still mounted on the front portion of the projector, which some of you call it a "mask" and if you look closely at the center of it you will see the "step" on the shield:

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Old 06-30-2006, 12:35 PM
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^^ yes billman already posted what you said.

however, in your "right" picture, that alignment is just slightly "off". you should only see one notch, however, you can see a slight peak of a 2nd "notch" in your picture.
Old 06-30-2006, 12:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Wisconsin S2k,Jun 30 2006, 12:35 PM
^^ yes billman already posted what you said.

however, in your "right" picture, that alignment is just slightly "off". you should only see one notch, however, you can see a slight peak of a 2nd "notch" in your picture.
that's because the shield has a slight bend to it creating the sad smile i mentioned above. there's nothing that can be done about that unless you shave the shield flat but then you destroy the sharp cut-off and the color it creates
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Originally Posted by Hockey,Jun 29 2006, 05:44 PM
[QUOTE (importkid @ Jun 28 2006, 11:09 PM)
remove the wheel, undo the finder lining and then you will have access to the head light.]

Absolutely not! The adjuster is fully accessible from inside the engine bay. Theres a cutout in each fender, and the star wheel adjuster is there. Use a long philips screwdriver to reach.
This is about the 3rd GOOFY bit of advice this "kid" has given today. Please take what he posts with much analytical judgement.
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Originally Posted by xviper,Jun 30 2006, 02:25 PM
This is about the 3rd GOOFY bit of advice this "kid" has given today. Please take what he posts with much analytical judgement.
Well, he is the Import Kid - yo!!!
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Can they be adjusted left and right instead of up and down. I seem to have a black spot in the center.
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There is no "adjustment" for left/right, but I think you could use shims on the mounting bolts if you really had to.
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It always seems like my lights are adjusted too high. When i'm driving at night, the beam "seems" to be higher than the rear view of the car in front. I've never been honked so hopefully this is just normal.


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