I read the how to on how ot aim your headlights, but it doesn't say hot to adjust them on our cars. How do I do this?

 

There is a black 8mm extension on the lower outer part of the headlight ... just get your rachet, extension and a universal adaptor (to ease in the process on the passenger side). Just turn it until you reach the ideal headlight height.

The black 8mm extension in the upper inside area with aim the headlights right to left

 

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

 

I tried this before, didnt see any difference.

 

In the fog I noticed my lights aimed up. This is wrong right?

 

Didn't the beam adjust?>

 

I just got done doin this about 30minutes ago after reading this thread. Ive been meaning to do it for awhile b/c the unevenness of the 2 headlights was driving me nuts. I drove it to a closed buisness w/ out alot of lights in the parking lot, turned lights on the wall, and got out and leveled them, much better now. Do like Conrad283 said.......

 

The adjustment bolt closer to the parking/corner lights (outboard of the vehicle) is for the up/down aiming of the headlamp. The one further inboard is to control the right/left aiming of the lamp. You'll need a 10mm wrench to perform the aiming task.

To do the height adjustment, park your car so that the headlamp lens faces are about 25 feet from a wall. This wall should be perpendicular to the ground and level in all aspects. Measure the distance from the center of your headlamps to the ground. Mark this dimension on the wall. From this mark, move down 3.75" to 4" and make another mark. Begin to turn the adjustment bolt so that the centers of your low beam patterns land on that second mark that you made. As for your right to left adjustment, mark the centers vertically and aim so that they point straight out. Bear in mind that sometimes adjusting the right/left bolt can change the setting of the height adjustment slightly.

By the way, the foglamps can be aimed the same way. The foglights are 8mm.


Credit: Albertt and j-95G (for the foglamp info)

Two really good articles on aiming of headlights and auxiliary lights:
http://www.autooptiks.com/aiming.html
http://lighting.mbz.org/tech/aim/aim.html

 

Thank You ...

Certified, it works trust me. You have to make sure you have the right tools, it's an 8mm socket. Go to a dark parking lot with a at least 4 foot wall. Turn the lights on against the wall and turn the extensions coming from the headlight and watch the beam go up and down

 

I had to turn mine a few times till they actually started to move, once they do its obvious, cant miss it

 

I thought they weren't supposed to be level? The passanger side is SUPPOSED to be higher than the driver side, that way you have the light aimed more at signs and things like that, or was that just for HIDs?

 

The driver headlight comes from the factory lower supposedly so it dosent blind other drivers (HID owners, take note). This drove me crazy though, so i lowered the passenger, and raised the driver to "meet in the middle".

 

neither of those links worked for me. You can really adjust the fogs like this. I knew about the headlights, but not the fogs. I have just been doing it the old fashioned way....holding up as much as possible when screwing the entire housing of the fog back in. It works, pretty much, but it is hard and annoying.

How do you get to the adjustment for the fogs? Is it under the watershield for the engine underneath the fenders? Where?

 

It says about the fogs in the owners manual.

 

Thanks.

You couldn't just post it really quickly?