justlooking

Hey,

I just recieved my car back after being repaired from an accident. The repairs the body shop did came out great but the right headlight is aimed a little low. Can anyone tell me how i can adjust them. In the manuel it says take it to the acura dealer or a mechanic but i really don't want to go through that hassel. Any info on how to do it myself would be a great help.

Thanks in advance

fraga

I remember reading a thread about that here....just do a Search and I'm sure you'll find it...I think I even remember someone posting a .pdf from the Service Manual showing how to do it...

xizor

search on it, but the gist is you stick a phillips head screwdriver into a hold on the top of the headlight (pop the hood and look next to the black knob on the outside of the grill trim. turn the screwdriver and the head will turn the dial there and it'll change the trajectory of the headlight. make sure ot match both, you'll want to do it at night.

Triz08

really simple, just pop the hood like xizor said and youll see a black knob with a U and a D on it for adjusting the elevation of the beam. To the left of that theres a black philips head adjuster that changes it from the left to right.

TdotSSTSX

But it really is very simple, when you pop the hood you can't miss the alignment hole. Park in front of flat surface (garage wall, etc) and point the right headlight just slightl higher than the left...

tehCOW

like everyone says, it is simple. also do a search because i uploaded a picture of exactly how to aim your headlights.

fraga

And why would you do this again....I would imagine you would want them parallel/even....but then again....I know jack sh!t about this stuff....so please as to clarify...

tehCOW

from the factory, the left headlight is set lower than the right headlight so as not to blind oncoming traffic.

xizor

actually its not the left headlight, the cutoff on both headlights which is lower on the left part of the light

fraga

Oooh...I see...good info....

patch

So Euro-R headlights can't be aimed to match OEM headlights?

xizor

nope, its not possible. the cutof will be reversed no matter how you adjust them

TechSX

In the USA, the left driverside headlight is aimed lower and towards the middle of the car, while the passengerside headlight is aimed straight ahead.

It will look somthing like this: //// ||||

Overseas right hand drive cars are the very opposite, however they CAN be reaimed to US Specs.

The best way to reaim headlights is to find a shop with a headlight aim machine. Any shop that provide State Inspections should have one.

xizor

absolutely wrong, please read my posts

TechSX

I make a living working on cars, what do you mean I am wrong?

xizor

no offense, but go check the headlights on your TSX, the jagged line is from the cutoff, not the aiming.

TechSX

I still dont get what you're trying to say.....the cutoff on any US car is always lower on the driversside headlight. When you reaim your headlights, the cutoff will change.

If you're talking about the angle of the cuttoff, meaning they're not straight across, rather they're more at an incline/ decline angle, thats just how the projectors are made.

Not trying to flame you nor am I saying you're wrong, but I do know what I am talking about.

xizor

do you know if that's true for HIDs? I can understand that halogen headlights are aimed differently.

but if you go an adjust your headlights, both are at the same level.

brianlin87

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Actually xizor, you're absolutely wrong. Re-read what TechSX is saying, the cutoff point can be adjusted and thus the headlights CAN be adjusted to spec.

xizor

if you are saying you can take the cutoff off the headlight and flip it for the JDM ones, then I can believe that. isn't the cutoff sealed inside the headlight though?

hoewver, you CANNOT adjust the headlights up and down to fix the reverse cutoff of the JDM lights. if you believe this to be the case, go out and test your own to see.

TechSX

What do you mean by flipping the cutoff? All you do is adjust the projector unit up/down and side to side, and the cuttoff will move with the projector. This is how you aim the headlights. If I wanted to, I could adjust my US headlights to JDM spec....but I wont go that far just to prove my point.

xizor

go outside and adjust your headlights to be like the JDM ones, take pic and prove me wrong.

TechSX

Please believe what you want to believe.....I give up .... I honestly do......go to some S2000 forums and ask how some get their JDM headlights aimed to US specs........however if a mechanic can't convince you, I guess noone can.....