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Old Apr 14, 2006 | 08:36 PM
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HID beams converge

I had my headlights replaced under warranty due to condensation back in December. The new headlights have more pronounced step (I noticed it after looking at the photos by San-AnT) pattern and they converge (it's more noticeable due to the pronounced step pattern). Is this normal? It has been bothering me since I had them replaced. Anyway I can fix this myself and make the beams more parallel to each other?

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Old Apr 14, 2006 | 08:44 PM
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Does this help?

https://acurazine.com/forums/showthread.php?t=30109
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Old Apr 14, 2006 | 08:58 PM
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Originally Posted by GIBSON6594
The photos don't show up in that thread but if you're talking about the step pattern, I'm aware of that (I had my TSX for 1.5 years before had my headlights replaced). When my beams are projected close onto a wall, the pattern is slightly different from the photo by San-AnT and they tend to converge at a far distance.
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Old Apr 14, 2006 | 09:43 PM
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That's just the aiming that the dealer did when they replaced the lights. No biggie. If you really want to... you can just readjust the lights to different heights.
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Old Apr 14, 2006 | 09:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Alin10123
That's just the aiming that the dealer did when they replaced the lights. No biggie. If you really want to... you can just readjust the lights to different heights.
I have adjusted them vertically but now I need to adjust horizontally.
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Old Apr 14, 2006 | 10:53 PM
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I read on the hidplanet.com forums that after '04 they changed the actual projector used and the lense design that ended up altering the beam pattern + cutoff and making it less desirable compared to the original design. I have no valid info to back that up other than several HID comparison tests and the guys over there that are OBSESSED with HID/Xenon lighting. "OBSESSED" being an understatement......
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Old Apr 14, 2006 | 11:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Agent11br
I read on the hidplanet.com forums that after '04 they changed the actual projector used and the lense design that ended up altering the beam pattern + cutoff and making it less desirable compared to the original design. I have no valid info to back that up other than several HID comparison tests and the guys over there that are OBSESSED with HID/Xenon lighting. "OBSESSED" being an understatement......
Thanks for the info.
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