what up. does anyone know how to adjust the headlight in the 94-01 integra's? i read the helms manual where they said to use a scew driver to turn the gear by the headlights to adjust the headlights. i turned that gear for maybe a 1/2 hour straight but i didnt see no results. my lights need to be raised up. they're pointing down too much and i cant see the road too clear.

on the headlights, i think u can adjust it in two ways. one involves using an allen key to turn (this is located right by the high beam light) the other is the hear method stated above (which is located by the regular headlight) if i want to raise the headlights, which one do i turn. i tried turn n both adjusters in both directions but i dont think it has any affect.

so which one would i turn to raise the headlights? im think n it's the one that u turn the gear with a screw driver. if im stand n in front of the, which direction should i turn this gear in order to raise the headlights? to the right or to the left?

PLEASE HELP!

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by boosted k20 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">what up. does anyone know how to adjust the headlight in the 94-01 integra's? i read the helms manual where they said to use a scew driver to turn the gear by the headlights to adjust the headlights. i turned that gear for maybe a 1/2 hour straight but i didnt see no results. my lights need to be raised up. they're pointing down too much and i cant see the road too clear.

on the headlights, i think u can adjust it in two ways. one involves using an allen key to turn (this is located right by the high beam light) the other is the hear method stated above (which is located by the regular headlight) if i want to raise the headlights, which one do i turn. i tried turn n both adjusters in both directions but i dont think it has any affect.

so which one would i turn to raise the headlights? im think n it's the one that u turn the gear with a screw driver. if im stand n in front of the, which direction should i turn this gear in order to raise the headlights? to the right or to the left?

PLEASE HELP! </TD></TR></TABLE>

check on team-integra.net that'd be the best place to check it out.. or maybe someone in here will come out and tell you how. i wish i could help more but i dont have a DC

 

i think you need a flat head for both raising/lowering and turning it left/right. check team-integra.net like 91teg said, they have an article on this.

 

is this article for a 94-01 integra? i went to that website but they just give a general description on how to adjust the headlights, but it's not for an integra. maybe i was look n at the wrong write up, but i cant find it on that website

 

also all i need to do is turn the gear with a flathead screw driver? or do i need to loosen a screw or something, then physically move the headlight assembly, then tighten it down? im so stumped about adjust n the headlights. i need to see the roads better!!!

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by boosted k20 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">also all i need to do is turn the gear with a flathead screw driver? or do i need to loosen a screw or something, then physically move the headlight assembly, then tighten it down? im so stumped about adjust n the headlights. i need to see the roads better!!!</TD></TR></TABLE>


you can only turn the gear with a philips right? if its the same gearing type as on my DA

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by boosted k20 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">is this article for a 94-01 integra? i went to that website but they just give a general description on how to adjust the headlights, but it's not for an integra. maybe i was look n at the wrong write up, but i cant find it on that website</TD></TR></TABLE>

are you talking about this article?
http://www.team-integra.net/se...D=388

 

damn thanks alot coordinator. i didnt see that post when i searched that website. i didnt even see that second adjusting screw for the vertical adjustment

 

i remember on my driver side it could also be adjusted with an 8mm socket, but not on the passenger side.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by The Poopsmith &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i remember on my driver side it could also be adjusted with an 8mm socket, but not on the passenger side.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Later G3 headlights had a hex head cast into the gear wheel itself that you could turn with a socket. Earlier G3 headlights did not have this.

I was going to say that the plastic nut that the adjusting screw goes into, which moves the headlight bracket inside the housing either up/down or left/right may have come off of the screw somehow if it was adjusted too far, but the lights would be pointing way too high if the vertical adjusting screws had come off of the nut. I don't know how or why they would be pointing down and wouldn't adjust.

To adjust the lights higher, you want the gear wheel to turn counterclockwise. If you're using a phillips screwdriver to turn the adjusting wheel, you need to turn the screwdriver clockwise in order for the gear wheel to turn countrclockwise.

 

Does this apply to aftermarket projectors?

 

that would depend on the brand of the aftermarket housing. Probably the same concept though, a couple of screws to adjust vertical and horizontal.

 

in that link for team-integra.net above, the vertical adjusting screw on my 97 integra is made to be turned with a allen (hex) wrench. i believe this is the one i need to adjust in order to raise my headlights. This plastic hex screw is spring loaded at the end of it. do i need to turn this one so that the hex screw screws further into the headlight or do i need to open it up. i'll try both tomorrow night to see what happens. Before when i tried to adjust the headlights, i would have my car parked up about 5 feet from the wall. i'll back it up tomorrow like 20 feet like that website said to do

also patrickGSR94, u said i need to turn the gear in order to raise the headlight???? now im confused, that link above said that adjusting the gear will adjust the lights horizontally not vertically. also which screw do u need to turn with a PHILLIPS screw driver? none of my adjustments require a phillips screw driver. only a hex or allen wrench, and a flathead to turn the horizontal alignment gear (or u could use a 8mm wrench to turn the gear)

 

You use the phillips screwdriver to turn the teeth on the gear wheel.

I don't know what spring-loaded thing you're talking about. I have taken apart a 94 headlight, a 96 headlight, and a 2000 headlight, and none of them had springs. The gear wheels are simply screws, which go into plastic nuts on the bracket inside the headlight housing. Turning the gear wheel moves the plastic nut in or out. The headlight bracket is attached to a single pivot point inside the housing, and so the in-out motion of the gear wheel that's at the bottom of the housing, between the low and high beam bulbs, makes the headlight adjust up/down. The in-out motion of the outer gear wheel on the very outside of the headlight makes it move left/right.

Look at this pic of Dan GSR's driver side headlight, up/down adjustment is in the middle bottom, left/right adjustment is on the left side:


^^^Notice the little channel that looks like it's coming down at a 45-deg. angle above the up/down adjustor, you stick a philips screwdriver in there (#2 or larger) and it will engage the teeth on the gear wheel, so you can turn the wheel that way. On those you can also use an 8mm socket like you described. On earlier G3 headlights the gear wheels didn't have the 8mm hex head.

Now in this pic (pass. side headlight) you can see the plastic nut that the adjustor screw goes into. This is the left/right adjustor. The large hole in the middle of the bracket, above the "R" is where the bracket attaches to the pivot inside the housing, and the up/down adjustor nut is hidden below the "R":

 

I have been trying to figur that out for a long time...

 

PatrickGSR94, u r the MAN!!!!!!!!! i didnt even see the vertical up/down adjusting screw. the thing with the spring loaded adjustment i was talk n about is that peice of the headlight that sticks out on the top right side of the 1st picture u posted. it's that black plastic casing thing with a white plastic Hex fitting. Its the one held on by two philips screw. i thought that was the vertical adjusting screw.

now im gonna go try to align my lights. thanks ALOT patrick. i really appreciate it

 

update:, well thanks to PatrickGSR94, i have adjusted my headlights and now i can see the road a little better.

on the G3 integras, theres a built in level marker on the headlights. is the bubble in the level supposed to be in the middle? i would assume that, but when i adjusted my headlights, the bubble was closer to the fron of the car. im guessing that since my car is lowered, my adjustment level is would be "out of tuned". but i can see better now sincei adjusted the headlights. thanks again fellas

 

I would also assume that when a car is lowered, the front is lower than the back, so the headlights would have to aim higher, making the bubble go to the forward of the car.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by boosted k20 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">update:, well thanks to PatrickGSR94, i have adjusted my headlights and now i can see the road a little better.

on the G3 integras, theres a built in level marker on the headlights. is the bubble in the level supposed to be in the middle? i would assume that, but when i adjusted my headlights, the bubble was closer to the fron of the car. im guessing that since my car is lowered, my adjustment level is would be "out of tuned". but i can see better now sincei adjusted the headlights. thanks again fellas</TD></TR></TABLE>

Yeah that piece you were talking about is the horizontal adjustment guage. It's supposed to be "0".

As far as the bubble level, I pretty much never use that. You have to be on exactly level ground for that to work, and where are you going to find a place like that? I always just park in front of a wall about 25 ft. away, measure the distance from the ground to the center of the headlight, and then transfer that same distance to the wall, but then subtract 2 inches. Aim the lower (driver) side of each cutoff beam pattern at that height on the wall. So at 25 ft. away the cutoff beam should be headlight height minus 2 inches.

 

Hate to bring this back from the dead but I can't seem to find the lever for my left/right adjustment. I have 98+ headlights so should I be looking for a crank thing or a hex head cast?


Modified by iixerOii at 2:22 PM 6/19/2005