This is the first car I have had with HID lights. The low beams seem to not have much illumination distance. The high beams are great. Can the low beams be adjusted?

 

you can raise them.
but not too much b/c the oncoming drivers will flame (flash) you as they are intensely bright.

 

[QUOTE=sotiri]you can raise them.[QUOTE]

How? My dealer told me they couldn't be adjusted.

LL

 

try this link Headlight adjustment

 

I noticed this, too. They seem to cut off pretty abruptly and too close.

 

i fixed this problem by switching to Phlips 6000k, and i couldn't be happied. trying is believing.
I had opted for HID fogs as well because of the headlight poor visibility, but since i swithed to 6000k, i no more needed the hID fogs

 

Phlips Try this website

 

So your saying the 6000K bulbs out put more light than 4X00K? If you did nothing to headlight aim, you would have LESS light than the 4x00K bulbs....

4x00 lumens ~3200
6000K lumens ~2400

http://www.intellexual.net/hid.html

Your eyes must be more sensitive to blue. Do you find these bulbs fatiguing to your eyes on longer trips?

 

Everyone told me the same thing, even the dealer. When i had my Phlips bulbs installed, i had the service manager and advisor drive my Rl and another back to back, the result was unquestionable. My Phlips 6000k gives white light as appose to the stock which looks close to yellow.
If you are in my area i don't mind anyone checking out the difference

 

You can only switch the high beams, any of the new whiter halogens is an improvement. The low beams can be adjusted but there is essentially nowhere to go but down, its by design so as to prevent glare to oncomming traffic. The RL does not have self leveling Hids thus they are permanently positioned too low, specifically on the left side.

 

um, you can definitely raise the low beams.

 

I had my low beams adjusted slightly higher by the dealer. It made a quite a bit of difference in my opinion.

 

Yes you can raise them but by very little. In most RL's it will be barely noticeable. The adjustment instructions are in the manual.

 

I totally disagree with you, at least regarding 05 and 06 RLs. I intially adjusted my low beams so high, it hit the front vehicles rear view mirror, so basically you can adjust them as high as you can. Be advised that there is a point where if you pass, you cannot counter turn and the headlight must be replaced, which happened with me twice last year. i have posted that a while back. The headlight isn't cheap at all.

 

Agreed; in fact mine are high enough that I get 'flamed' by a few motorists.
But the trade off is that I have excellent lighting as I drive.

 

I adjusted mine and the results were impressive. I got my left one too high and brought it down a bit. Man, what a difference a slight upward movement makes to low beam distance illumination. I bought a #2 phillips screwdriver with an 18" shaft, took the battery cover off and used a flashlight to get see how to get the screwdriver into the adjustment tube. It takes lots of turns to make a significant difference. I made my adjustments prior to reading Qatar's post above regarding adjusting to a point of no-return.

 

I think the best way to adjust the headlight is to either park at a distance away from your garage or a wall (DO NOT park close to anything or you will pass the no-return point) you can even have another car park across with a driver, and see what they think of your headlight level

 

Qatar is absolutely correct. I adjusted my lights with my car half in and half out of the garage and it was too close to the wall to see how much effect I was having. Those beams really spread out and upward at a distance out from the car with a small adjustment. I must have come close to the point of no return.

 

I'll give it a try. My impression from what I had read was that there was not much adjustment to be had. On my TL I tried to raise them and the change was negligible.

 

RL06tech,
when your turning the screw driver to adjust your headlight, just dont apply any pressure, or you'll wear out the headlight plastice screw.

 

The only way you know that you've past the safe point is when you start hearing clicks and your headlight wont raise anymore (you broke your housing leveling system), if you reach that point, a new headlight is a must and might not be covered under warranty. Your relationship with your service manager and service department will dictate whether you'll be covered under warranty or not. Thats why you should not leave any pressure marks on the headlight (i've been there and only speaking of experience) and should not turn the screw more than 7 full turns

 

Thanks for resurrecting this thread ... I finally went out tonight and finsihed the job of adjusting I started back before Thanksgiving. Unfortunately, I didn't get them high enough, and when I drove the backroads in the hills east of San Francisco I couldn't see far enough ahead to go more than 30mph.

I now have them right where I want them.
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I wish I could find a screwdriver to fit in the hole. I have a long (18 inches) #2 Philips screwdriver from craftsman and I can't get it to land on the adjuster. What brand screwdriver works?

 

Theoretically, all #2 phillips should be the same, and your Craftsman will do the job.

The thing you have to do is to first make sure you have located it at the opening to the adjuster. Either remove the black plastic panel or use a small flashlight to guide it in. It's a little tubular opening about the size of your screwdriver head.

Then, push the screwdriver into the opening firmly. Be careful and don't overdo it, but it takes a little force to get it in. You won't feel it "click" in or anything, just push and then begin turning. If you turn more than a couple of turns and see no change, push a little harder. Keep in mind a small amount of movement of the beam on the wall might translate to a lot of adjustment if you're fairly close.

As with all such things, there's a little risk of damage here, so do this stuff at your own risk. It isn't hard, though, and unless you go all Hercules, you aren't going to hurt anything.

Good luck!
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Thanks Mike- appreciate your words of encouragement.

 

I have the same problem with a #2 Philips screwdriver from Craftsman. I think the shaft is too large in diameter to fit into the hole for the adjuster. I am going to look for another brand of Phillips screwdriver with a smaller diameter shaft.

 

when i first mentioned the headlight aim to my service advisor, he used a craftsman screw driver to fix it for me and so did i when i had my headlight replaced. as mentioned above, you have to apply little force.

 

your best bet is while applying the force is to actually turn the screw driver and monitor the headlight

 

I have looked and do not see a hole. Is it on the inner fender liner?

 

Okay. I just went out and took a picture of it, after removing the black plastic panel to make it easier to see. This is the one on the driver's side.



A flashlight will help you guide the screwdriver in.

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Thank you

 

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