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Old Dec 24, 2016 | 10:39 AM
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HID Adjustment

All the information I can find tells me to turn one screw and the only thing that screw does successfully is raise and lower the high beams. My HID beams hit the ground about 6 feet out on the passenger side and about 10 feet on the drivers side. Is there something I need to look for that might be broken or what am I missing? Thank you in advance.
Old Dec 24, 2016 | 11:32 AM
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Turning that one screw adjusts both the low & high beams.
Old Dec 24, 2016 | 12:39 PM
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Then something must be either way out of whak or broken inside.... The HID part is not moving. ill tear them apart and post results after Christmas. Thanks again for the info.
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Then something must be either way out of whak or broken inside.... The HID part is not moving. ill tear them apart and post results after Christmas. Thanks again for the info.
There's also a horizontal adjustment as well, I'll try to look for a pic exposing that bolt
Old Dec 26, 2016 | 09:25 AM
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Well.... The adjusters are broken on the passenger side. Time to find some projectors.
Old Dec 27, 2016 | 05:25 PM
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Well.... The adjusters are broken on the passenger side. Time to find some projectors.
You still need adjusters for projectors, unless you're getting aftermarket projector lamps, I have an oem lamp for sale
Old Dec 27, 2016 | 05:35 PM
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There's also a horizontal adjustment as well, I'll try to look for a pic exposing that bolt
There's a horizontal adjustment in our cars?? FSM only mentions vertical.
Old Dec 27, 2016 | 06:30 PM
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There's a horizontal adjustment in our cars?? FSM only mentions vertical.
I know, I just read my fsm, apparently it's not mention because they don't want people messing with it, let me try to get a pic.
Old Dec 27, 2016 | 06:41 PM
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There's a horizontal adjustment in our cars?? FSM only mentions vertical.
Here the pics, it's really not necessary but being lowered a lot back in 2010-12 I wanted a wider view of the road(for the oh *****), now with close to stock height and new headlamps, I haven't touched the adjustment.


Old Dec 27, 2016 | 08:30 PM
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Looks like one side of mine was already exposed. With what is going on in my fixtures, I think Im just going to go aftermarket projectors. I really hate DOT headlights...
Old Dec 28, 2016 | 04:26 PM
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Well damn. I'm still surprised there isn't a word about this in the FSM. There's plenty of things Nissan wouldn't want owners fiddling with that are still mentioned in there.




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