Adjusting Headlight Beams Options

[twitchh17]

hey hows it going everyone? its been a year since I wanted to change the beam pattern for my headlights so its nice and straight. my left headlight's beam is going downward instead of outward like the right headlight. does anyone know how to adjust the stupid thing? when i went to the 6gc meet @ DWG no one could figure it out or could help me lol help with pics will be appreciated thanks in advance

- allan

[twitchh17]

hey hows it going everyone? its been a year since I wanted to change the beam pattern for my headlights so its nice and straight. my left headlight's beam is going downward instead of outward like the right headlight. does anyone know how to adjust the stupid thing? when i went to the 6gc meet @ DWG no one could figure it out or could help me lol help with pics will be appreciated thanks in advance

- allan

NO ONE KNOWS WWTFF?WTFWTWTFWTWFWTWTWWTFFFFF?!??!!??

[mneal2_92788]

well, i did this today, its easiest if you take them off but, but its possible without it. to make the beam shoot up, an 8mm wratchet will do the job. place on the all metal bolt behind teh headlight. if it is the low beam it is a reach, and is easiest if taken off. if the lowbeam it is easy. it takes a lot of turns. use the motion to turn the bolt like you are tightening it, righty tightri, lefty loosey. i did it and no its perfect, well, nearly. a little more for me. good luck twitch

mike

[twitchh17]

well, i did this today, its easiest if you take them off but, but its possible without it. to make the beam shoot up, an 8mm wratchet will do the job. place on the all metal bolt behind teh headlight. if it is the low beam it is a reach, and is easiest if taken off. if the lowbeam it is easy. it takes a lot of turns. use the motion to turn the bolt like you are tightening it, righty tightri, lefty loosey. i did it and no its perfect, well, nearly. a little more for me. good luck twitch

mike

hey thanks for replying mneal can you take a pic of the actual bolt youre talking about? thanks in advance :]

[mneal2_92788]

alright well i will out on up for each headlamp.

driver low

driver high

pass high

pass low


hope i helped, any questions just ask

This post has been edited by mneal2_92788: Apr 5, 2007 - 1:17 PM

[twitchh17]

wow thanks alot mneal12_92788 that was alotttt of help.. finally someone to give me the answer

thanks for the pics and stuff too. there should be alot more people like yourself on this forum - real helpful - good stuff ^^

thanks again

[mneal2_92788]

not a prob, i do what i can to help.

[LeonStryfe]

not a prob, i do what i can to help.

lol nice that helped me too, my left light is sagging really badly. How does it aim? right -> Tight = Aim higher? and left is aim lower?

[Batman722]

not a prob, i do what i can to help.

lol nice that helped me too, my left light is sagging really badly. How does it aim? right -> Tight = Aim higher? and left is aim lower?

yes. Tighten it to raise the beam higher.

[Remy]

hmm...I tried to adjust my low beams today because I noticed they shoot to the ground and doesn't make the road visible enough for me but when adjusting the screws I noticed no difference at all ?? Still points down after adjusting for 30 mins ??

[bman]

remy are you sure your turning the right screw? pull your car up against a wall or garage and with only 30 seconds of turning you should see a difference...



-i've spent alot of time getting the lights where i want them, it takes patience to tell you the truth

[Remy]

I'm sure they're the right ones I've been turning the screws that are pictured above those are the right ones right ??

[bman]

yes sir =)

[twitchh17]

oh yeah does anyone know what kind of screw is the one we turn to lower and raise our lights? i didnt know if u turned to the left it aims lower. i turned mine way too many times and now the screws gone lol. thanks

[mneal2_92788]

it is a phillips screw

[twitchh17]

it is a phillips screw

thanks!

oh yeah when i DID have the philipps screw in the headlight i kept turning it right and it seemed like it wasnt doing **** lol. is there any reason why its not doing wat its suppose to do?

This post has been edited by twitchh17: Jun 5, 2007 - 8:27 PM

[mneal2_92788]

mine did that once, and i think that once it reaches a point it will not do anything to the beam. idk for sure tho

[LeonStryfe]

it is a phillips screw

thanks!

oh yeah when i DID have the philipps screw in the headlight i kept turning it right and it seemed like it wasnt doing **** lol. is there any reason why its not doing wat its suppose to do?

ifyour doing vertical, look at th ebubble in the beam adjustment. make sure its in the middle |||O||| and ur aim should be fine. if you want it higher move the bubble a little to the left.

[twitchh17]

it is a phillips screw

thanks!

oh yeah when i DID have the philipps screw in the headlight i kept turning it right and it seemed like it wasnt doing **** lol. is there any reason why its not doing wat its suppose to do?

ifyour doing vertical, look at th ebubble in the beam adjustment. make sure its in the middle |||O||| and ur aim should be fine. if you want it higher move the bubble a little to the left.

sweeeeet just adjusted it this morning. both are in the middle of the ||O|| lol. better be fcking nice now

[mneal2_92788]

none of my bubbles are in the middle, mine were all over the place when i did that, and i was on level ground when i got them to that point. mine are perfect now tho.

[twitchh17]

ugh was excietd to get out of work at nite so i could see if the cutoff was straight. the right side is still further out more. after twisting and twisting after i got out of work, i managed to get the left headlight to go farther but it wasnt as bright as it was like i couldnt see sht.. and the right side was still really bright wtffffff is it just my car? lol

oh yeah when it was on leveled ground i got both bubbles to go in the middle but that didnt work wttttttttttttttttttttttttttttffffffffffff lol

This post has been edited by twitchh17: Jun 7, 2007 - 10:21 PM

[mneal2_92788]

just keep messin with it until you get it. i took my car to where there is a ledge about a foot and a half off the ground. parked near it, like 5 feet away. and adjusted my lights right there until they were all at the top of the ledge, the highs just a bit higher than the lows.

[twitchh17]

just keep messin with it until you get it. i took my car to where there is a ledge about a foot and a half off the ground. parked near it, like 5 feet away. and adjusted my lights right there until they were all at the top of the ledge, the highs just a bit higher than the lows.

i mean i got it evened out both headlights but like the further the left headlight goes seems as if it gets less brightness and the right side is always real bright on the ground

[Ve1Ls1dEvolutioN]

to adjust left and right you use an 8mm screw?? and vertical is a philip?? where is this one located?? and what bubble are you guys talking about

[Ryouxrs]

sorry for bringin it back from the dead, but is it possible to adjust our headlights from right/left? im using 6k hids in stock housings and im throwing light everywere! lmao

[azian_advanced]

you can adjust from left to right but it doesn't change the fact that you have non-projector lights and will be shooting the light in all directions (regardless of the cutoff beam due to the pattern on the lens).. if you want a perfect cut off, you'll need projectors, but the regular lamps will give you somewhat of a cutoff beam but is more of a gradient dispersion than an off/on type of beam.. kinda hard to explain w/o pics.....

[Ryouxrs]

yeah i figured as much, id love to get projectors, but money and a turbo come first. so anyways how do u adjust from left/right, is there another screw besides the up/down one??