HELP: Aiming headlights
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HELP: Aiming headlights
I've read gearbox's aiming DIY and understand it. Measusre center of headlight to the ground and have the cut off about 2 inches below that measurment at 25 feet away.
He mentioned that 01-03 coupe's didn't have left/right adjustment but sedans did. Why is that?
The headlights I purchased off ebay do have left/right adjustment. So my question is; how important is it to adjust left/right with projectors on a coupe?
PS: I have yet to take my car out at night to see how the cutoff looks.
He mentioned that 01-03 coupe's didn't have left/right adjustment but sedans did. Why is that?
The headlights I purchased off ebay do have left/right adjustment. So my question is; how important is it to adjust left/right with projectors on a coupe?
PS: I have yet to take my car out at night to see how the cutoff looks.
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its important because you want to have a straight forward beam. if they are crooked, they will not align right as the beam goes further down the road and the light output will not be evenly spreaded out.
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i have my projectors pointing inwards so the cutoffs meet at a distance. it gives brighter light in front of the car and less to the sides which i like better. but its personal preference. the real aiming calls for each projector shining forward without any left/right angle. post some pics of your output on the wall and we can give comments
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I always thought that the horizontal adjustment should be fine when retrofitting mini morimoto's since they fit into the existing bulb socket and the alignment rings are used. I didn't do any left/right adjustment after I mounted my mini morimoto's; only had to adjust the rotation and vertical adjustment.
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I always thought that the horizontal adjustment should be fine when retrofitting mini morimoto's since they fit into the existing bulb socket and the alignment rings are used. I didn't do any left/right adjustment after I mounted my mini morimoto's; only had to adjust the rotation and vertical adjustment.
since i have a coupe, i couldnt adjust left/right......and it so happends my right morimito projector was completely aimed left.
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I was supposed to go get pictures last night, but didn't get time.
It's not dark enough until after 9 this time of year, and I had work today so I couldn't run out.
I'm hoping tonight I'll be able to grab some pics. Probably do the vertical adjustment as well.
Will the horizontal adjustment effect the vertical? Or can I do them at separate times?
It's not dark enough until after 9 this time of year, and I had work today so I couldn't run out.
I'm hoping tonight I'll be able to grab some pics. Probably do the vertical adjustment as well.
Will the horizontal adjustment effect the vertical? Or can I do them at separate times?
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