how do you adjust the headlight for 02 civic?

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Mar 28, 2005

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how do you adjust the headlight for 02 civic?

hey my right headlight is aimed higher than my left and i was wondering how to adjust the headlight?

Mar 28, 2005

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there are 2 screws on the back of the headlight. One is for up and down, the other is for left and right. Have to play with it to figure out which one is which.

Mar 28, 2005

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and when you adjust them, do it at night and pull up close to a wall or garage door or something, this way it will be more accurate then trying to guess it in the daytime.

Mar 29, 2005

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o alright thanks

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Hey,
I cant reach the bottom screw? How do i get to it and do i jus adjust the screws or do i unscrew it a little and adjust the bulb? Sorry for the newbie questions

Apr 5, 2005

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It is normal for the left headlight to be lower than the right. They do this to reduce glare to oncoming traffic.

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It is normal for the left headlight to be lower than the right. They do this to reduce glare to oncoming traffic.

I have never heard of that.

Apr 5, 2005

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yep, never heard of that. the bottom of each beam pattern should be aligned.

my coupe headlights have no adjustability for up/down. there's one for side to side, but that's not something a regular phillips head screw driver can twist. it's a hex pattern

Apr 5, 2005

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hmmm... so what should i do? cause i was planning to put a hid kit on it and the right side would be aimed too high.

Apr 5, 2005

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anyone have a picture of the screws that should adjust the headlight?...cause my headlight is not adjusting, and my drivers side is higher then my passenger side

Apr 5, 2005

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hahaha my passenger side is higher than my driver side lol

Apr 5, 2005

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nvm got it, its really easy lolz

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^post pics! =D

Apr 7, 2005

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ill try to post some pics but im goin to be taking it from a camera phone so it mite not look so nice but ill circle the areas, ill take it today after my classes lolz

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sweet..thanks

Apr 7, 2005

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i think that there are minor differences on the headlights from year to year, i just bought some new gunmetal ones from dragin and the lower parking light was a different socket, and there are more adjustments than the stock headlights on my 01

Apr 9, 2005

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how do you adjust the nuts? what size is it? i couldn't find a right wrench one in pepboys

Apr 10, 2005

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MISTAMOO.....thought u were gonna post pics?

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Sorry had a lot of school stuff to deal with.. by the way sorry about the pics i couldnt really get the back to the headlight. well these pics are for the 2002 civic sedan so iono how it is for the other years. These pictures are for the driver side

This the right side of the headlight near the fender. If you look on top of the headlight you'll c what the picture shows. For mines it counterclockwise to aim it down and clockwise to aim it up. The screw is behind the letterings, it is silver( sorry if i couldnt take a picture of it couldnt get a good shot of the screw, but im pretty sure you'll see it)

This picture is of the left side of the headlight near the grill. The screw is behind the lettering too.

The Passenger side should be in the same area of the pictures i took and the same concept which was the screws were behind the letters or around the back. I'll try to take a better picture of it.

Btw here's the picture of the new hid'z i installed which i got off ebay fer 240 sumdin shipped. 8000k company was AURA(never heard of it but hey itz hot)