Diy: Visual Headlight Aiming Procedure

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Jul 23, 2004

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Diy: Visual Headlight Aiming Procedure

For all of you that get any kind of aftermarket headlights/projectors... This is a MUST.

Heres a link that will explain EVERYTHING to you...

http://www.autooptiks.com/aiming.html

If you have any questions, please PM me. I did this like 8 times

Jul 23, 2004

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Someone did a diy here using pics of the car and adjusters. It's way too much work imo. Just drive up to a glass store window at night and see how your reflection looks. If they're pretty much low and even, and people don't ever flash you, that's good enough

Jul 23, 2004

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well, if u want things done right...

plus for people with cough... a retrofit... cough, and want people to see lots of color

Jul 25, 2004

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thanks for this, i should probably do this til i buy some projectors. i got highbeamed for the first time buy a dumb 'lude tonight... but my 25% tint made me really not care about him

Jul 29, 2004

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how do u aim tyc projectors? im having a hard time with mine. my drivers side tyc is lazy eyed.

Jul 29, 2004

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Quote:

Originally Posted by MIAMIVTEC

how do you aim TYC projectors? im having a hard time with mine.

http://www.7thgencivic.com/forums/sh...ad.php?t=91984

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I've been aiming my heads for the last 2 days and for some reason I got the beams even on low even my left light is brighter,but when i cut on my highs the left beam is low and the right beam aims like 3 feet higher.anyone know why?...ImPulse

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are you using projectors? or oem housing?

IF its projectors... You need to adjust the high and low beam... There are different screws to turn...

IF its oem, Then, I dont know what could be wrong? are you sure its leveled correctly?

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Their OEM.
I don't know whats the deal.

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if u have any other h4 bulbs around swap them and see if anything changes.... Thats odd o_O Maybe the filament is messed up?

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I definitly need to do this, ever since i put my headlights back on after clearing them i swear my headlights arent pointed correctly. THanks for the info

Nov 6, 2004

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holy crap.. i just put my new headlights in.. good friggin lord they are off.. my car now looks like that lazyeyed can that is always outside

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http://www.7thgencivic.com/forums/sh...adjustment+56k
I made the DIY and here is the link.

If you have a coupe, your stock housings can only be adjusted up and down.
If you have a sedan, your stock housings can be adjusted up/down and left/right.

Most if not all aftermarket OEM replicas (gunmetal,JDM black,etc...) are model after the sedans and have both adjustments.

Jan 6, 2005

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I have the Black Housing HALO lights and I cant find where the part is that adjusts them! my lights look STUPID cuz one beam is SO high and the other is so low, anyone have these exact lights and know wwhere the adjuster is located?

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link doesnt work!

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for the black housing projectors, there are screws for both the high and low beam. From what i remember, the screws on the low bean stick out way more, and the ones for the high beam are more screwed in.