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Old Dec 20, 2006 | 01:52 AM
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align headlights

how do i align my headlights? i think they are pointing too high.
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Old Dec 20, 2006 | 02:13 AM
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Pop the hood and there's an adjuster mounted in the center rear of each headlamp assembly. It requires an allen wrench/socket. Don't know what size or which direction is up or down. Just park 20ft from a wall and adjust accordingly.

The left headlamp should be slightly higher than the right. But only by a hair.

P.S. If you have factory foglamps and they haven't been adjusted before, the bottom edge of the light pool from the headlamps should begin where the top edge from the foglamps end.
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Old Dec 20, 2006 | 02:14 AM
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i had the same question thanks dude.
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Old Dec 20, 2006 | 02:50 AM
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um, isnt there some kind of measurment i can use, i dont have the factory fog lights.
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Old Dec 20, 2006 | 07:49 AM
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Check out this link...should help ya out.
http://www.carinsurance.com/Articles/content169.aspx
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Old Dec 20, 2006 | 08:12 AM
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sweet.
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Old Dec 20, 2006 | 08:26 AM
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haha one of mine are **** eyed, good info!
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Old Dec 20, 2006 | 09:43 AM
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Originally Posted by Malaclypse
Pop the hood and there's an adjuster mounted in the center rear of each headlamp assembly. It requires an allen wrench/socket. Don't know what size or which direction is up or down. Just park 20ft from a wall and adjust accordingly.

The left headlamp should be slightly higher than the right. But only by a hair.

P.S. If you have factory foglamps and they haven't been adjusted before, the bottom edge of the light pool from the headlamps should begin where the top edge from the foglamps end.
I adjusted mine recently, and left the left headlamp slighty lower than the right to avoid blinding people more when driving opposite directions and such.
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Old Dec 20, 2006 | 11:04 AM
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haha one of mine are **** eyed, good info!
One of mine was too...but then I figured out that I just didnt have the housing back in the slot the way it should have been.
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Old Dec 20, 2006 | 11:15 AM
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haha one of mine are **** eyed, good info!
ditto!!! now I'll fix em
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Old Dec 20, 2006 | 07:43 PM
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If they're adjusted properly you won't blind people even with the left headlamp aimed slightly higher than the right. Its just to add a bit more distance on the side the driver is sitting.

I've noticed it on alot of stock vehicles.
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Old Dec 22, 2006 | 10:21 AM
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ok when im in my car and park about 20feet infront of a glassdoor of somesort there is definaltley more like coming from the passenger side light, when me and my friends painted the headlight bezels i guess this one got outta wack a bit, so for the passenger side headlight i aim it down a bit right?
i havent looked at where the adjsuter is yet, but here is my car, is it that bolt in the back?
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Old Dec 23, 2006 | 05:35 PM
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Yea i beleve its that one that is between the two mounting ones. It looks like one you have to put an allen wrench in to turn. It may tell in the owners manual but i'm not sure.
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Old Dec 27, 2006 | 02:15 PM
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thanks

Good info, thanks everybody

Dan
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