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1st post is updated..
post some cutoff pic.....even they aimed too high to just show u how wide this projectors are....
and yaa my camera is suck....will post better pics once i reopen them and aimed them currectly....
post some cutoff pic.....even they aimed too high to just show u how wide this projectors are....
and yaa my camera is suck....will post better pics once i reopen them and aimed them currectly....
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is there a way to aim off the car, i have no place to aim and my room is pretty small too. i guess you just have to put it together and hope it looks okay?
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Rep Power: 0 cuz this projectors are too big i put some tabs at the bottom of the projectors to hold them up and to keep the wider beam....and now its hitting the front clear cover so dont have enough room to move the projectors up and down......so gone reopen it and take the tabs off....and might loss some wideness
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Rep Power: 435 why is your aiming so bad? it's not supposed to step like that.
the headlights are beastly, but your aiming needs some work
the headlights are beastly, but your aiming needs some work
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Rep Power: 0 i have the passanger side itself but i will try to get driver side too
infi thats best i can do i think they are very close to perfact...
i thought dot shield need to have step like that are u sure about step ???
Originally Posted by dirtySAMURAI
why is your aiming so bad? it's not supposed to step like that.
the headlights are beastly, but your aiming needs some work
the headlights are beastly, but your aiming needs some work
i thought dot shield need to have step like that are u sure about step ???
Last edited by jay78; Jul 26, 2006 at 01:26 PM. Reason: Automerged Doublepost
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Rep Power: 435 it's not supposed to step between the headlights like yours. the left "bottom" cutoff is supposed to line up on each side. lemme get a pic...
EDIT: here's something i've posted before
EDIT: here's something i've posted before
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Rep Power: 0 infi here is the link from hidplanet same projectors as mine
http://www.hidplanet.com/forums/view...s430&start=100
look at the cutoff line its not as u showed me
cuz my projectors dont hve slope like this __/--
here is another exp...
http://www.hidplanet.com/forums/view...ighlight=ls430
same setup as mine
http://www.hidplanet.com/forums/view...s430&start=100
look at the cutoff line its not as u showed me
cuz my projectors dont hve slope like this __/--
here is another exp...
http://www.hidplanet.com/forums/view...ighlight=ls430
same setup as mine
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Rep Power: 812 i think he means there should only be one step-per headlight- in yours i see a fainter one off to the left. these are just halogen tyc but it should look like this with only one step (yes tyc is a bit suck cause the line isnt exactly flat on the side).and you prolly already know this but the bottom line is used for aiming distance.
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Rep Power: 435 exactly like that. the tops/bottoms of the beams should be level with each other, or you're either losing some valuable light from your driver's side headlight OR you're blinding the people driving in front and to the right of you.
notice how his projectors are aimed so the top of the passenger side beam is not higher or lower than the driver side beam? that's how you want it.
notice how his projectors are aimed so the top of the passenger side beam is not higher or lower than the driver side beam? that's how you want it.
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Rep Power: 812 ya that took 4 hrs lol! im gonna have fun aiming the a4 projectors on a wooden fence. and ya ive seen how important having them horizontal aimed is. you could be losing alot of light.
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Rep Power: 0 gearbox and infi did u guyz chek the link above ???
look at the cutoff they just look like mine and both retro has same setup as mine....
__/--/--- this is currect if u have ece shiled also called slope shiled..... mine is dot wich dont hve slont line / mine has very small slope ..
has same pics posted on hidplanet and no1 has told me anything about this.... also two other member has same setup as mine.......well i dont who is wrong and rite both can be correct......i will ask some people on hidplanet and see wat they got to say
thankx infi........and dont forget to chek out those two links if u didnt ....and u too gearbox
look at the cutoff they just look like mine and both retro has same setup as mine....
__/--/--- this is currect if u have ece shiled also called slope shiled..... mine is dot wich dont hve slont line / mine has very small slope ..
has same pics posted on hidplanet and no1 has told me anything about this.... also two other member has same setup as mine.......well i dont who is wrong and rite both can be correct......i will ask some people on hidplanet and see wat they got to say
thankx infi........and dont forget to chek out those two links if u didnt ....and u too gearbox
Last edited by jay78; Jul 26, 2006 at 11:55 PM.
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Rep Power: 435 it should still be like so:
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with the DOT shields. the only difference between the DOT and ECE is the slope/angle of the step. DOT is usually 90 degrees, ECE is usually ~50 degrees. however, there are some instances where the DOT shield = ECE shield. for example, my zkw bixenons have an ECE/slant step. my valeos had a DOT/"stair" step.
idk, this is just what i think to be correct. you may be right, though.
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with the DOT shields. the only difference between the DOT and ECE is the slope/angle of the step. DOT is usually 90 degrees, ECE is usually ~50 degrees. however, there are some instances where the DOT shield = ECE shield. for example, my zkw bixenons have an ECE/slant step. my valeos had a DOT/"stair" step.
idk, this is just what i think to be correct. you may be right, though.
