Cefiro Head Light Aiming
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There's a long brass bolt sticking out the back of each light housing that moves the reflector.
Crank on it for what seems like forever and the aim will be moved slightly. Crank on it till the year changes it will be about right. Now do it again because the whole time you've been going the wrong way!
Seriously, it adjusts slowly. I believe that the adjustment is actually a "sweep up" type of adjustment whereby using the single adjusting screw moves the center of the beam L to R (depending on which way you turn it) and as it moves toward the center if the car, it also "sweeps" to center and also "up".
(I'm just guessing about the sweep-up ...and think this because I hooked up a cordless screwdriver to the adjusting bolt and could finally see the lamp reflector move and it also appeared to move to center, as well as up.)
I still never got mine perfect (it was morning by then) but they are better.
Maybe Sy will chime in and clarify for us.
Crank on it for what seems like forever and the aim will be moved slightly. Crank on it till the year changes it will be about right. Now do it again because the whole time you've been going the wrong way!
Seriously, it adjusts slowly. I believe that the adjustment is actually a "sweep up" type of adjustment whereby using the single adjusting screw moves the center of the beam L to R (depending on which way you turn it) and as it moves toward the center if the car, it also "sweeps" to center and also "up".
(I'm just guessing about the sweep-up ...and think this because I hooked up a cordless screwdriver to the adjusting bolt and could finally see the lamp reflector move and it also appeared to move to center, as well as up.)
I still never got mine perfect (it was morning by then) but they are better.
Maybe Sy will chime in and clarify for us.
Originally Posted by Double E
There's a long brass bolt sticking out the back of each light housing that moves the reflector.
Crank on it for what seems like forever and the aim will be moved slightly. Crank on it till the year changes it will be about right. Now do it again because the whole time you've been going the wrong way!
Seriously, it adjusts slowly. I believe that the adjustment is actually a "sweep up" type of adjustment whereby using the single adjusting screw moves the center of the beam L to R (depending on which way you turn it) and as it moves toward the center if the car, it also "sweeps" to center and also "up".
(I'm just guessing about the sweep-up ...and think this because I hooked up a cordless screwdriver to the adjusting bolt and could finally see the lamp reflector move and it also appeared to move to center, as well as up.)
I still never got mine perfect (it was morning by then) but they are better.
Maybe Sy will chime in and clarify for us.
Crank on it for what seems like forever and the aim will be moved slightly. Crank on it till the year changes it will be about right. Now do it again because the whole time you've been going the wrong way!
Seriously, it adjusts slowly. I believe that the adjustment is actually a "sweep up" type of adjustment whereby using the single adjusting screw moves the center of the beam L to R (depending on which way you turn it) and as it moves toward the center if the car, it also "sweeps" to center and also "up".
(I'm just guessing about the sweep-up ...and think this because I hooked up a cordless screwdriver to the adjusting bolt and could finally see the lamp reflector move and it also appeared to move to center, as well as up.)
I still never got mine perfect (it was morning by then) but they are better.
Maybe Sy will chime in and clarify for us.
Anyway, one is for up and down movement, the other one is for left & right movement. The OEM headlights do seem to be easier to adjust (don't have to use a cordless screw drive or something to turn forever)... just regular 10mm or philips head screww driver will do..
I guess there is a difference in between the OEM Cefiro and Aftermarket headlights somehow.. (adjustment/ beam pattern, reflector, quality etc).
Hope this helps.
SY
sycefiro@yahoo.com
Hey, Yeah for sure did the cordless drill before you posted this. I went at it for maybe a good 2 minutes with a 1000 rpm cordless drill. It moved decently. Finally got it. But still have more to do. I thought i broke it at first but i'm glad to know that other people crank on it for 3 days straight too. 
OEM vs. Aftermarket Cefiro One piece headlights
I am pretty sure there are a different in aiming the OEM vs. aiming the aftermarket One piece (or two piece) Cefiro headlights.
Devin,
You have the OEM, does it take you that long to adjust/aim the headlights? When I drove with Hi/Lo HID on my Cefiro's. I pulled in to a gas station and used the regular 10mm tools to adjust my OEM Cefiro headlights... it seemed to be only 30sec-1 min of manual adjustment.
SY
sycefiro@yahoo.com
Devin,
You have the OEM, does it take you that long to adjust/aim the headlights? When I drove with Hi/Lo HID on my Cefiro's. I pulled in to a gas station and used the regular 10mm tools to adjust my OEM Cefiro headlights... it seemed to be only 30sec-1 min of manual adjustment.
SY
sycefiro@yahoo.com
It only took me a couple of minutes to adjust the head lights, but I'd imagine the procedure is still the same whether OEM or not... turn adjusting screws with your tool until desired setting is achieved.
Phew, I though mine was broken b/c I did not see the axis of the light move at all when I tried to adjust mine (granted I only turned it a few times)... since it takes many turns to see change can someone confirm which way the beam patter moves when turning clockwise vs counter-clockwise for the long and short adjusting screw??
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