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Hey All,

Before I start...yes I have used the search tool but most of the results are not what I'm looking (or I may have overlooked it)

I got HID's in my car and I want to know how to adjust the headlights as my ones are not aligned (I think one is higher than the other but I'm not sure which is correct).

I'm not talking about the adjustment switch in the cabin (which works. I can click from 0 to 3 and see the headlights move up and down) but have them properly aimed

Is it a easy thing to do it yourself??

Thanks In Advance

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Rough guide

Find a parking lot or similar area where you can park in front of a wall 30 meters away or similar flat surface on level ground and measure the height of the bottom edge of the Headlight then at the wall your parked in front of mark that same height make sure that the switch in the car is at 0 On low beam. Now move the switch to the first lower setting and check that both lights drop a similar amount. This will be you base setting ( Hi you can't do a lot about I believe)

Sorry to disagree with you Kiwi but you must adjust your Low first so that the interaction between Low and High beam is kept to a minimum only cars with a separate Hi-Beam light can be adjusted independently.

The reason I do this is so that the setting on the Low beam is normally at setting 1 on the dash so that the Low Beam can be raised if needed (this doesn't effect High beam as the filament is at the centre of rotation) , thus doesn't move.. but you can raise the Low slightly without dazzeling oncoming traffic if needed

Once this is set you are pretty much at the mercy unfortunately of the High-beam internally as the adjustment is not separate ( not in mine it isn't at least) within the Light fitting,

Normally you always set your lo beam first and then check where the Pool of light is for High. unless you have cars with a separate High & Low light like many car with 4 lights

Remember the Stagea (2001-2005) the adjustment screws move the entire inner bulb holder left/ right and up/down so setting low can effect High and vice versa.

Check High beam yes as you state but I think you'll find that the pool of light will be at or close to the centre height of the lower bulb (High-Beam/Fog) within the fixture anyway.

I had to cheat and loosen the mounting bolts on the actual light fitting itself to get them pointing better, after this some fine adjustment and job done.

I put a HID Kit in the High-beam / Fog light and this worked a treat.

I have got to set my wife's car after I do the suspension and alignment so I should make a photo shoot and tutorial out of it . eh

Excerpt from Motorama Web Site

  1. Park the car on level ground 7.5 metres (use a tape measure) from a flat vertical surface, your garage wall will work.
  2. Open the bonnet and look at the back of the headlight casing, on most models there will be two adjustment screws/bolts on the rear or top of each headlight-locate them and grab the right tool in order to turn them (check the owner’s manual to be sure they’re the right ones).
  3. Cover one headlight with a towel or similar and turn the headlights on (you may want to have the engine running if your battery isn’t new).
  4. One screw will adjust the headlight up/down while the other will adjust left/right – keeping your eye on the beam on the wall slowly turn one of the screws to determine which direction it’s adjusting, if it’s not the way you want turn it back to the original location and use the other screw.
  5. Ideally the beam on the wall should be no higher than the centreline of the headlight with the area of most intensity directly in front of the headlight casing(use your tape measure here again to measure from the ground to the middle of your headlight and do the same on the wall when adjusting – you can even put a mark on the wall to help you aim).
  6. In Australia you want the most intensity from the left hand headlight on the road shoulder, and as such the top of the headlight beams should display a pair of laidback L shapes on the wall as seen in the illustration.
  7. Repeat the procedure for the other headlight.

    http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/attachments/technical-stuff/132143d1241416361t-how-adjust-headlight-beams-hl.jpg

http://img.tapatalk.com/5ec57fe4-3a46-1ba6.jpg

Edited by MozzMann

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