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Old Aug 30, 2007 | 07:04 PM
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Do any of you have the problem where one headlight kinda shines higher than the other?Ive adjusted them to an equal level but somehow it appears that my driver headlight always shines higher. I parked my car on a straight road with the lights one and started walking backward from it and the driver headlight gives that twinkle effect while the passenger headlights is just......there. Im running HIDs by the way.
Old Aug 30, 2007 | 07:21 PM
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that is weird, the driverside light should be lower so it doesn't dazzle oncoming drivers...
Old Aug 30, 2007 | 07:26 PM
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could the optics of the projector be messed up?
Old Aug 30, 2007 | 07:30 PM
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The projectors on my Mazda are like that. They are aligned properly, but one just looks 'brighter' than the other.
Old Aug 30, 2007 | 07:33 PM
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I have that issue too
Old Aug 30, 2007 | 07:39 PM
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oh wow, i thought i was the only one. is it probably because our proj, arent designed for HIDs that it does that? Cuz i was all OCD and tried to get them aligned perfectly.
Old Aug 31, 2007 | 02:08 AM
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ok i figured out why. after lookin directly into the projector i noticed that neither projector is centered in the shroud. in fact they ar in completely different positions. the driver sits higher up while the passenger awkwardly sits farther to the left. oh well. cant really fix that so i guess ill just have to live with it.
Old Aug 31, 2007 | 03:27 AM
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i was considering on getting these, now im second guessing
Old Aug 31, 2007 | 01:44 PM
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I have the same problem that you are talking about tChui, did you find a way to fix it?
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Yeah, I drive a '08 and notice that one headlight shines brighter than the other. No biggie lol.
Old Sep 1, 2007 | 06:57 AM
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I actually did notice something unusual. When you park it directly in front of a wall and align the beam in a straight line, i noticed when you back up from the wall the passenger light automatically aims lower for some odd reason. To solve this I aimed the passenger headlight 6 notches higher than the driver. it seems to work ok now. driver is still a lil brighter but u can always aim it a lil lower to compensate.
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