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I've recently fitted HIDs and noticed the right (right hand drive) lights are shining slightly lower than the left, ie. the spread is slightly shorter. I was told that it was a honda setting to prevent over-glaring against oncoming traffic. Is this true?

It wasnt so obvious with standard bulbs but with 8000k HIDs, it sure is. Hope someone can help me with this or else i'll readjust the right lamp.

Cheers

 
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Readjust the headlight according to DOT law. At 25 feet from a white wall on a flat surface, park perpendicular to said wall and aim your headlights 2 inches lower than however many inches high they are on your car.

Also, you made the mistake of purchasing 8000k HIDs.

 
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The problem with HID conversions is that most of them use an HID bulb in place of a Halogen bulb. Even if the arc is placed in exactly the correct location where the filament had been placed, the best result is a tripling of intensity everywhere in the beam. This means not only on the road, but also in the eyes of oncoming and preceding drivers. Done poorly, the glare to other drivers can be 10 or more times as intense.

Regarding aiming, presuming that what you did was to install a once complying OEM HID headlamp into your Civic, aiming should be fairly straight forward. The OEM headlamp should have had the letters "VOL" or "VOR" on the lens. That is to tell you that the lower beam is to be visually/optically aimed using the left side (VOL) of the beam pattern, or the right side (VOR). If it is a VOL lamp, then the cutoff on the left should be aligned to be 53 mm (2 inches) below the center of the lamp, when the vehicle is on a level surface and placed 7.62 meters (25 feet) from a vertical wall, and the beam is projected on that wall. If the lamp is a VOR, then the cutoff on the right side of the beam should be aligned to be the same height as the center of the lamp.

 
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Well I still have the option of changing it back to the 6000k kit but it's fun with the 8000k. However I dont wanna go blinding everyone I drive past as well.

Greatly appreciate the adjustment tips. Still figuring out the VOL and VOR mentioned..just gotta find a wall to get it done.

So my initial question...should the right lamp be the same level as the left?

 
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you should try to level it out, but don't raise the driver's side beam. that'll only get you a lot of high beam flashing at you