any one know how to raise the headlights a little because i feel like they are a tad bit to low....

and another thing the taillights i wanna change the blinker bulb but im looking @ the tail light and i dont have the slightest clue on how to pull it out.... i gave up because i dont wanna break it...

 

Yea i also feel there too low, ive said this since the first week i had the car..................To take out the tail light , youll have to take them out from the inside of the trunk, look underneath the lineing and ull see clips and all, just pop those out and the tail light should come out fairly easy

 

I haven't looked at my '09 headlamps yet, but I would expect they would adjust the same as previous generations, which means two screws behind each lamp, one for horizontal and one for vertical, reachable from the engine compartment, sometimes with considerable effort.

I readjusted my 6th gen Maxima lights several times, using the wall of the garage to check the light pattern. I had to lower my beams, because these HID headlamps are very strong, and when they hit the eyes of opposing motorists, that tends to make them not only blind, but angry. If they happen to be wearing a badge, you will see them make a quick U-turn and hit their blues.

 

i've seen oncoming 7th gens, and i feel they put the beams that low cuz theyre so bright. any higher and i think youre gonna start blinding other drivers

 

anomaly117 - Seeing your '00 SE brought back memories of my '00 SE. It was Pearl Blue (I called it Robin's Egg blue), and had the GLE option package added, which meant it had just about every thing available. I drove that beautiful car five full years, without so much as a flat tire. A flawless machine.

 

I adjusted mine up the first night I used the car in the dark. There are adjustment holes that use a large phillips screwdriver. They are sort of hidden into the inner sides of the fenders in the engine compartment. To get to the passenger side one, you will have to remove the side plastic cover. There is more info on how to adjust them in the Service manual. I forgot which way makes them turn up or down, but you may wish to mark and count the number of teeth when you turn them. Thus if need too, you can bring them back to original position. I think I counted 8 teeth on each side of mine, I have it wrote down at home.

 

Consider setting the right and left headlight aims slightly different from each other, with the right side a little higher. That way, if there are any "dark" regions in the light pattern they'll be less likely to coincide and you'll end up with more even illumination. Less eyestrain that way even if you aren't consciously aware of it.


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The standard headbeam setting pattern for each of my Maximas (and even for cars I owned half a century ago) always has the left beam slightly lower than the right, and often has the left beam pointed slightly to the right of straight ahead. I always assumed part of the reason for this was the left headlamp is nearer the centerline, hence is more in line with oncoming driver's eyes.

 

I opened the wheel half way to get my hands in to adjust. I lowered my car with eibach spings and you really have to raise lights.

 

Just be very careful to keep the beams pointing domewhat down. If you get these HIDs pointing level, you are going to be very unpopular with oncoming drivers. Those oncoming drivers who happen to have a gold badge on their left chest and a pistol on their right hip may decide action is warranted. That happened to me when I raised my beams on my 2000 SE.

 

DOT specifies a 2.1-2.5" drop at 25 feet. That's about 4 or 5 degrees below horizontal. This is in reference to the left side of the cutoff. I would not reccomend going much higher than that. Remember, directly under the cutoff is the brightest part. If never hits the road, it's wasted. If it hits other drivers' eyes, then it's very dangerous.

 

I installed the 4300 HID'S which has a narrower beam then say a 6000-10,000 bulb. The higher the number the more blue the bulb(10,000 being purple)also the higher the bulb the more scattered the beam becomes. I would think the higher the bulb number the less you will be able to raise. Any thoughts?

 

You're mistaking scattering with width. 4300 will have a nice wide and bright beam. 10k scatters like crazy, which does not equate to a wide beam at all. Scattering will result in more glare and less distance. It's a bad thing. It won't give you wider lighting at all.