HID Headlight Aiming

[scottdk]

I adjusted mine myself and didn't have any error codes from AFLS....

^+1. Same here. No issues after adjusting myself.

 

[Philth]

Oh okay. The manual mentions to reset any AFLS error codes after adjusting.

I noticed it appears a fairly long screwdriver is needed. I can't see the adjustment screw either. Is it a phillips or flat head?

 

[scottdk]

Oh okay. The manual mentions to reset any AFLS error codes after adjusting.

I noticed it appears a fairly long screwdriver is needed. I can't see the adjustment screw either. Is it a phillips or flat head?

Philips is needed. The shaft of the screwdriver will need to be as long as the headlight is tall basically, maybe longer. The adjustment gears are pretty low.

 

[OneFunGenesis]

I used flat...which might be why it wasn't easy lol. It needs to be super long and skinny.

Also, I found that if the car is running, you are fighting the auto-leveling system. Do it with the car off but the lights on.

 

[Philth]

Thanks guys!

 

[Retry]

Onefun or Scott, have either of you adjusted the high beam? If so, how?

 

[OneFunGenesis]

High beam and low beam use the same adjuster. They are fixed together and move as one unit. It is impossible to just adjust the high beam or just the low beam :/

 

[Retry]

No wonder I can't find the high beam adjuster. Thanks for the reply.

 

[Philth]

High beam and low beam use the same adjuster. They are fixed together and move as one unit. It is impossible to just adjust the high beam or just the low beam :/

Now that is disturbing because I was just noticing how my left DRL was a little higher than the righ DRL as I pulled into my garage this morning. (DRLs use high beams, correct?)

Now if my low beams are level with each other, but my DRLs appear off, what is the cause for that?

 

[OneFunGenesis]

^ I am going to go ahead and say poor quality control? lol

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[Philth]

LOL. I wonder if the bulb itself is causing it?

 

[OneFunGenesis]

Might be ha. Clean the bulb base and the area where it rests and find out.

I replace a bulb in my friends halogen projector, got it seated and clipped in. Turned it on and it lit up the ground like a fog light. To this day I still cant figure out why haha

 

[snork]

I replace a bulb in my friends halogen projector, got it seated and clipped in. Turned it on and it lit up the ground like a fog light. To this day I still cant figure out why haha

The bulb is probably clipped in crooked. Since halogens are filament based (ie: a thin line emitting the light), if the bulb is crooked the projector optics don't work correctly. On our Subie Tribeca, changing the headlights is a real PITA as you have to blindly reach into the housing to clip the bulb into the projector. Last time I changed it, I thought it was all good...turned the lights on to check it and it was lighting up the ground directly in front as you described So I literally crawled up onto the engine so I could stick my head into the housing to see inside and the bulb wasn't in straight.

Also, I want to murder the engineer that decided an H7 headlamp that must be held in place with a retaining clip was a good idea to be put in an enclosed projector headlamp housing with an opening barely big enough to get your hand into Why not just use plug style lamps

 

[OneFunGenesis]

^ Funny story. Hers was an H7 in a Sizuki and it had only a little hand hole too lol. I know your pain man