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Old 03-30-2004, 10:07 AM
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Question headlight adjustment?

My darn headlights aim pretty low, anyone have any instructions on how to adjust them? thanks
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Old 03-30-2004, 03:39 PM
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10mm bolt at the bottom of the housing adjusts them up and down.
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Yup, and if you really want, I saw somwhere where for like 20 - 30 bux they AIM your headlights with a laser for pin point acuracy, might be worth looking into.
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thanks

cool, I'll check it out tomarrow, appreciate it.
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One thing to do is to park in front of a garage door and use the lines on the door to line up your lights. I was thinking the same thing about the lights pointing too far down. has his pointing up a bit, I kinda like that. Probably annoying for others but as long as the road is better for me, who cares.
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i tried aiming my headloghts and i totally screwed up...no idea where there pointing now...i kept turnin gand it didnt loo like it was moving b ut once i drove away from the wall it was aimed at the sky...so i tried to readjust but forgot how far to turn it....also i tried to aim my foglights higher so i can use them as driving lights...that did not work to well
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I try not to mess with the fog light aiming because it is hard to aim while they are in place on the bumper. If there is a way to get to it while they are on let me know.
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Originally Posted by Bxscig
I try not to mess with the fog light aiming because it is hard to aim while they are in place on the bumper. If there is a way to get to it while they are on let me know.
i know what you mean...my bumper was off tho...(btw....if you do deside to reaim them 10 1/4 turns is way to much
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hahaha there has to be a way to aim them while it they are on the car though
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hahaha there has to be a way to aim them while it they are on the car though
there is....from under the bumper you'll see alittle hole...stick a screw driver into that hole and feel around for teh screw....it'll take about 30-45 mins to find.......i have found the easiest way to remove the grills upper mounting clips and push the gril away from the engine...space is still limited..but atleast you can see the screw..(use a socket instead of a screwdriver for this method)...also you risk breaking your grill or bumper if you push to hard...i had my grill of already tho...so i could see striaght down into my bumper
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Originally Posted by goldendragon576
One thing to do is to park in front of a garage door and use the lines on the door to line up your lights. I was thinking the same thing about the lights pointing too far down. has his pointing up a bit, I kinda like that. Probably annoying for others but as long as the road is better for me, who cares.

Its there like a formula.....so many feet away from the door, the light should shine this high up????
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I adjusted mine. It took 3 tries before I got it the way I like it. First attempt, way too high, 2nd attempt pretty much stock, 3rd attempt almost 50% farther projection. It will just take some time to get it right.
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http://www.acura-cl.com/forums/showt...threadid=50672

hopefully that'll help, it helped for me When I first got my car, I thought the lights were aimed WAY too low. I mean it lit up what was right in front of me perfect, but I dont need RIGHT in front of me to be super bright. I'd rather it be GOOD and have farther projection so I can see farther down the street. Make sure to mark the notches where you originally start at, its easier that way

p.s. I know the pictures dont work in that link, but you dont need the pics, you'll be able to figure it out.
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