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Anyone consider that the proper adjustment tool would be something like a #24 torx on a long shaft?
Makes sense!
Anyone consider that the proper adjustment tool would be something like a #24 torx on a long shaft?
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Wait so... Tldr: place car at least 20 ft from wall, and dot in lighting should be 30 inches up?
Better to actually “level” them, mirrors are above headlights, which means that you’ve probably pointed them up. At what distance do they hit the bottom of the mirror? If the car is 10 feet further away, they’ll likely be pointing directly into the mirrors.I've adjusted mine to level out just below the side view mirrors of an average sedan
The cutoff lines are level. However dont have a flat surface to measure. The important thing is they're significantly better than before & they're not cuasing glare issues to other traffic.Better to actually “level” them, mirrors are above headlights, which means that you’ve probably pointed them up. At what distance do they hit the bottom of the mirror? If the car is 10 feet further away, they’ll likely be pointing directly into the mirrors.
As I said, after a few drives, I lowered mine a tad. Try and keep the top of the headlight beam below the side mirrors of cars just in front of you. I think that is a good measure of where our headlights should be raised to, and the distance back as per common highway spacing, i.e. four or five car lengths. The top of the headlight beam should just miss the side mirrors. Sure, tilting them higher would be preferable. But this isn't all about me.Hopefully I've not gone too high now.![]()
As I said, after a few drives, I lowered mine a tad. Try and keep the top of the headlight beam below the side mirrors of cars just in front of you.
I had the same issue i followed the technique listed in here using the screw driver after trial and error i thought i had it right but kept getting flashed by oncoming traffic. I took it to my mechanics and he said all i had managed to do ls loosen the self levelling cable. He said there was a nut there i should have adjusted instead.Thanks for this post, my 2018 GT2 lights were set way too low. Used method described above with car parked 6-8 ft in front of my garage door. Using painter's tape I adjusted both sides up about 3.5 inches on the door, then it seemed like further turning of the bolt did nothing. Taking it out that night it seemed too high: LED lights are very bright even in low setting and seemed to be shining on the upper portion of cars in front of me and lighting up signs waaaaaaay down the freeway. Today I attempted to adjust them down, but after a ton of cranking, I could only get them to come down around 1/2 inch??? Wondering if this has something to with self leveling feature?
Yep so i hear and yet many moons back on this forum under a particular thread just about all but 1 member said the screw driver method was the way to go. I feel guilty now i gave it the thumbs up. Feel now i should give an extra 5 hail marys at church. Oh i haven't been going regularly since 1976Ya take airbox out and using nut is proper way to adjust.
Yes there was a lot witten here about the headlights particularly pointing skywards up into the trees i was one of them. Having them professionally adjusted its like chalk and cheese. Im really happy with the results. No more getting continuously flashed by others.I like the "horizontal" method posted by Paul J. McCain on page 9. I couldn't find the llittle dot molded into the headlight cover, but it was easy enough to determine that the top of the cutoff of my low beams was at 28" immediately in front of the lights. Interestingly, the top of the cutoff at 20' was a disappointing 25" ... 3 whole inches low. Doesn't sound like much, but project that out down a highway and it's major. I'm adjusting mine tonight when I can drive behind them and give 'em a real world test.
Thanks all for this thread.