96 Accord-- aiming headlights
Suppose I had a headlight that is not in-line with the other and points off to the right. How do I aim the headlight?
Thanks in advance for any advice.
Thanks in advance for any advice.
i'll try to do this without pics...here goes
open up the hood and look on near the edge of the head light closest to the fender you'll see white colored plastic cylinder thingy...there's a screw in there that you turn to aim up or down. you access the head of the screw thru the front of the headlight.
hope that helps.
open up the hood and look on near the edge of the head light closest to the fender you'll see white colored plastic cylinder thingy...there's a screw in there that you turn to aim up or down. you access the head of the screw thru the front of the headlight.
hope that helps.
This is going to be difficult to discribe without pictures, but I'll give it a try.
Adjustments can be performed with a long shank phillips screwdriver (9" to reach the lower (Side to Side) adjuster)
Adjustments to the left side are easy(er)
Adjustments to the right (lower) require removal of the radiator overflow to gain access.
The bottom adjuster looks like a square box which protrudes out the back of the headlamp near the bottom, almost directly aligned under a 1/2" hole on the top of the Radiator Support. With a flashlight, if you look directly into the top of this, you'll see a toothed wheel. You rotate that wheel in/out using the blades of your Phillips Screwdriver. That adjusts the headlamp side to side..
The top adjuster looks like a 3/8" (head diameter) phillips screw which is mounted horizontally. This adjusts the headlamp up/down
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Adjustments can be performed with a long shank phillips screwdriver (9" to reach the lower (Side to Side) adjuster)
Adjustments to the left side are easy(er)
Adjustments to the right (lower) require removal of the radiator overflow to gain access.
The bottom adjuster looks like a square box which protrudes out the back of the headlamp near the bottom, almost directly aligned under a 1/2" hole on the top of the Radiator Support. With a flashlight, if you look directly into the top of this, you'll see a toothed wheel. You rotate that wheel in/out using the blades of your Phillips Screwdriver. That adjusts the headlamp side to side..
The top adjuster looks like a 3/8" (head diameter) phillips screw which is mounted horizontally. This adjusts the headlamp up/down
P
look for a dark as sin level parking lot, aim straight to a wall(if they have a brick one, that's even easier to see) at 25ft away.
make sure everything is line up, drive around, if you don't like the position, go back and make final adjustment.
make sure everything is line up, drive around, if you don't like the position, go back and make final adjustment.
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