pantji

Is it me or anyone else also notices that the left light (HID) is a little lower than the right one? I notice two sharp cutoff lines from the HIDs, the left one is a little lower...

twizta

me too!....ever since i got the car. its not that bad, but i would like to fix it

pantji

i read somewhere else in this forum; its purposely done to respect the incoming traffic...dont know how much it helps with one light slighltly lower beam..

xizor

it cannot be "fixed". The cutoff on both headlights is that shape.

twizta

so im guessin everyone else's tsx is the same?

xizor

Dan Martin

That's by design.

iNteGraz92

nothing is wrong with your lights. they are aimed like that so you don't blind oncoming drivers.

RickKel

Mine are set that way too, but I still get oncoming cars flashing their lights at me like I hae them on high beams. The lights are intense, but I don't really think they are in people's eyes.

moda_way

Check out my CarDomain site... this shows exactly why the light is the way it is.

http://www.cardomain.com/memberpage/389638/9

ange1

my left is higher, but i drive on the wrong side

SSMTL04

yep..its the same thing on my TL

DJDZ

Thats right!!!

moda_way

Probably easier just to post the pics:


This is the assembly behind the lense of the HID.


I put a flashlight behind where the HID bulb would be.

xizor

great pictures. now where's the thread where a jackass was telling me that all you had to do to level the beams was adjust their height. and he was so smart because he worked at a garage.

NorCal

Great pictures and great info

JeffTSX

The driver side HID light is a bit lower cause you're sitting on that side of the car and the car isn't leveled.

moda_way

Now that is the classic one of all time!!!

sw20td06

I always thought they should be level. When I got my car the driver side was much intense had you could notice it everytime I got behind a car. Now that I adjusted it the cutoff is even, but I still notice that everytime I hit a bump that it flickers, but the driver side seems much brighter still. Am I just being anal or what should I be expecting?

moda_way

They should not be level because by NHTSA regulations, all lights on the drivers side are set lower to account for oncoming traffic. The beam itself will have that stair step by design, so unless you go into the housing and dremel down the stair step, you won't be able to make that stair step go away.

rmpage

The specified offset angle is 15 degrees, btw.

xizor

listen to the man, the cutoff is built into each headlight. no level of adjustment can make it right. so quit making up these theories, jeez

Dan Martin

I'm going to replace mine with the Batman symbol.

jlukja

now THAT would be a mod I'd like to see.

Brain

batman don't need to follow no stinkin' NHTSA regulations...

TechSX

I am the jackass that told you off, and no I never said anything about leveling the projector cutoff. I simply said that USDM headlights are aimed lower on the left headlight, and JDM/EDM cars are the very opposite, they're set lower on the right headlight.

And yes if you adjust the projectors, the cutoff will move, but there is no way to adjust the level to be completely flat, the projectors are made that way. That is exactly what I said in the last post. You can reaim the JDM/EDM headlights to USDM specs, but you cannot level the projector cutoff. Reaiming your headlights allows the brightest part of the beam pattern to be focus and a specific location.

I really hope this clears everything up, and I guess we were both wrong. I had no clue what you were talking about, and you had no clue what I was talkin about. But honestly, theres no need to call names.