So there was condensation in my headlamp and when i took it to the dealership they replaced the whole thing for me.. of course they did a half ass job and didnt align my hid's so now its all crooked and gay looking. my brothers smart butt figures he can fix it himself and only made it look worse.. now its all kinds of fonky. he's trying to convince me thats how it SHOULD be anyways.. uh no no no. i sure didnt buy it like that. so if someone can, take a pic with the headlamps facing a wall or something pls? Thanks in advance.

-mai n.

 

sounds like the normal pattern. There should be a stepped pattern to them




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Not quite that sever but you get the point

 

Here's a pic of mine against my garage...

 

thanks for the replies

yeah mine looks like crap. when i drive at night the passenger side is all nice looking. and on my side its a lot darker.. like its pointed to the ground. =/

 

thats an interesting step up.
The lights over here only have the one step

 

its not actually like that... i think R is a little too close to the wall to focus the light pattern.

its like tony said, 2 sharp lines. its easy to adjust the headlights, use a philips head screwdriver and stick it into a groove on the back of the headlight and turn. the screwdriver will catch and turn the headlights. its a slow process, but easy.

 

Here's a pic that's farther away...

 

thanks tsx r us yeah.. mine doesnt look like that, theres a huge difference between the left n right. i may just do it myself tomorrow then , i dont trust others, much less ... my brother. his hid's point all up in the sky and in 2 different directions.

 

Hmmm...from what xizor mentioned...I wonder if mine are off...
I took those pics a couple days after I got my car..

 

R I think your lights are fine. When I picked up my car I asked about the HIDs and if they would blind people. (I read somewhere how people complained about being blinded by cars with hids). He told me that there is a slight offset on the drivers side so you don't blind traffic coming the other way when your in the left lane. (on a two road that is).

R you can see in your second pic the slight offset on the driver's side.

 

Sorry guys, but the HIDs on the TSX do blind oncoming drivers at night - more so than other HIDs. Just so you know when other people are flashing their high beams at you.

 

Well I'm saying that the lights have 2 levels w/ the offset, R's look like it has 3.

Each headlight makes this pattern

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You have to align them so they make 2 steps, if they're off they'll make 3 steps

right:

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wrong:
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(ignore the periods, they're just for spacing)

Its hard to tell in pictures because the lights need to focus about 20ft away, i'll try to take some pics of mine as soon as I can.

 

bah just make them fix thier screw up

I've only ever had that happen once and I was coming over a hill so they were lower and it flashed the car. My other car would've done the same thing so I gotta disagree with ya on that.