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make sure the globe is located in correctly

if it is not in the correct position

the spring lock will still catch making it look like it is in properly but

you will not get the same reflective performance

try switching globes left to right

may be a faulty globe also

i know for my lights (r33) there was 2 adjustable screws.. top one did nothing, bottom one moved it up and down :D

that said, im also lead to believe the drivers side light isnt as bright, due to other cars being on that side facing your car, less blinding i guess.

It's fairly easy to allign yer lights.

Get a big bit of card board (like a fridge box from the back of Harvey Norman or something) flaten it, and use a marker to draw an even + shape on it.

Park the car on level ground in front of a wall or someplace where you can hang the cardboard level and square. Multi level Concrete carparks are good. Use a tape measure to verify the heights are the same to the bottom of each headlight just incase it's not the lights that are out of whack eg tyre pressure or suspension.

Park the car one or two metres back from the cardboard and turn the lights on, you should immediately see if one light is higher.

Before you play with screw drivers, use a white paint pen to mark the current positions.

To adjust headlights on some cars you first need to loosen all of the retaining screws slightly, then changing the angle with the adjustment screws will have better results.

Edited by zx9john
So the passenger side is meant to be brighter?

On some skylines they are even...can anyone one verify?

Most people on the road just think that my lights are on high beam,

can imagine what it will be like when i get HID.

the HID's arent too bad... they are bright, but they still point down, so not to blind anyone.

if you've loosened the retaining screws and the adjustment screw still does nothing sounds like it's stripped it's thread.

You could try a ghetto mod but make sure you can get yer hands on a complete replacement 1st :O You need to dismantle it and find out exactly what is wrong.

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