Nick216

i keep geting ppl flashing there high beams at me. heres a few pics of my headlight alignment. dont wana waste my time at the dealership ya kno.

04WDP6spd

Are those your high beams? Your cutoff doesn't seem very sharp. But yes, it looks like your driver side headlight is aimed a bit too high.

Nick216

forgot to mention, these are my lows. and yeh i was thinking the driver side was high just needed second opinions. thnx

04WDP6spd

Camera trickery, I suppose.

LockDots

driver is definitely higher than passenger.

If you want to know EXACTLY how to aim them without needing the dealer, all you need is a tape measure, level floor, and this as your guide, straight the DOT:

http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/publications...148/aiming.cfm

NetoAzul

Si you need mucho help on them headlights. I did mine on my own, just take a screw driver and mess around with them.

Nick216

U just have to like push the dial right. And not actually unscrew somthing

350

iTrader: (4)

Driver side is way high, just park back there with them on and fiddle with it with a long phillips screw driver, should take you a minute to fix.

MEKO

iTrader: (1)

Yes if ppl flash you ya kno

Redsand353

thats a pretty ugly cutoff, and your in NY....I think its time to talk to bruce lol

LockDots

yep, and stock unfortunately. Sucks that it's actually preferred by the DOT, but not a requirement (that I know of) as of yet. It's ugly, but it's smart.

simran4h

there a diy in the garage on how to adjust the low beam
here u go...hope I'm right lol
https://acurazine.com/forums/3g-tl-2004-2008-93/re-aiming-headlights-3g-garage-g-007-a-558380/

Nick216

wat do ya guys mean wen ya say the cut offs no good?

SharksBreath

iTrader: (33)

^check out www.theretrofitsource.com and grab a set of ZKW-R lenses. they will greatly improve the cut off line. instead of a sloppy/mushy line it'll be sharp/precise and more focused.

http://www.theretrofitsource.com/pro...roducts_id=136

350

iTrader: (4)

Projector headlights have a very pronouced cut off, basically the top of the light beam. With a decent projector it is a very sharp line, if you look the pic you can see the driver side headlight is way higher than the passenger headlight, it should be level or just a little below so you don't blind oncoming traffic. Look at an old car with reflector/refractor headligths, it's kind of a blob of light with no distinct cut off. Cut off is way more important with HIDs as they put out 3000+ lumens compared to 1000ish for most halogens.

Nick216

hm kk i know i have to get the haze off my headlights, ill look into zkwr lenses if that doesnt fix it.

SharksBreath

iTrader: (33)

^it wont. you need the lenses.

LockDots

If you look along the top of the horizontal 'line' that's formed from your headlight output you'll notice that it's blurry. This is normal, and actually implemented from the factory. This is done because the vehicle does not have auto-leveling headlights. Because of this, they make it blurry so that when you go over bumps the person in front of you doesn't think you're flashing your high-beams at them. The 'blurryness' makes it less harsh when look at your lights through mirrors.

This. The lenses themselves is what will make the cutoff clearer. ZKW lenses make a night and day difference.

Redsand353

im planning on ZKWs and CBIs after the holiday. cant wait

wojo1988

http://s1003.beta.photobucket.com/us...09543767176486

UA6

Do it yourself...takes a few seconds.

splew

OP, your driver's side headlight is way high, and your passenger side actually looks a tad low. I wonder how that happened.

Also, I think headlight haze and/or camera trickery are the reason the cutoff looks so bad.

Here's mine for reference on what the aim should look like and what the stock fresnel lens cutoff normally looks like.

HondaTech85

I replaced my bulbs with Philips DS2 bulbs from HIDBulbzrus and i noticed that my driver's side was high and passenger side was low... I was going to let it go, but then i saw this thread I guess I am going to adjust them tomorrow after work.

sauceja

iTrader: (2)

Yeah I had to adjust mine and it was pretty easy. Also I left my pass side up a little higher so I could see road signs / animals on side of the road easier.

People in front of me might get pissed but I never get high flashed from oncoming traffic.

Park 25 feet away from a flat wall on level surface and measure. I didnt' measure, just kind of eyeballed it.

Then I go by traffic. I go up a little at a time, still no high flashers.

And the zkw-r's were one of the best decisions for night driving you can make. I love them.