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Old Apr 16, 2007 | 08:08 PM
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Well I have projector lights on my 98 EX. Have had them for quite a while actually, and I believe the light beam points a bit low so I don't get a full projection on the road in front of me. Just wondering if there was a way to adjust it to where the projection was higher up/farther out. Is it just toying with the headlight bracket (mount underneath) or what?
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Old Apr 17, 2007 | 07:25 PM
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Old Apr 17, 2007 | 08:33 PM
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I have a 5th gen, and on mine, there is a big screw pointing towards the front on the back top of each headlight, turning it to the right I think makes them point higher, and to see if they are even, at night, park faving a wall or something like 4 feet away. I have mine pointinga little higher than stock cause I couldnt see anythign at night.
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Old Apr 17, 2007 | 09:02 PM
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Old Apr 17, 2007 | 09:15 PM
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Default Re: (racerstodeath)

do you mean ebay projector lights? if it is, its not that its pointing low its because those projectors are literally **** because they arent made of good quality. even if u switched with hids and used those ebay projector headlights, it still wont shine as bright as a stock headlight with halogen bulb
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Old Apr 18, 2007 | 10:04 AM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by haiyter &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">do you mean ebay projector lights? if it is, its not that its pointing low its because those projectors are literally **** because they arent made of good quality. even if u switched with hids and used those ebay projector headlights, it still wont shine as bright as a stock headlight with halogen bulb</TD></TR></TABLE>

Very true, but it doesn't help if the halogen projector is aimed too low. There are one or two adjustment screws in the back of the headlight. Clockwise with a socket is up.


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Old Apr 18, 2007 | 07:37 PM
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I'll have to check my lights and see. The headlights are from Matrixracing.com

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Old Apr 19, 2007 | 03:34 PM
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yeah on my TYC's three are two screws under the back cover (covering up the back of the light bulb. one adjusts the up/down and the other adjust the side/side.
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Old Apr 19, 2007 | 08:37 PM
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So say I take the cover off to change the light bulb - there is a clip that holds the lightbulb in place....I adjust those to adjust the angle of projection?
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Old Apr 20, 2007 | 11:33 AM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 98savage &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I'll have to check my lights and see. The headlights are from Matrixracing.com

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those are the same as ebay projector crap lol
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Old Apr 20, 2007 | 01:35 PM
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what kind of bulb are you running? 6k, 8k 10k??? does it have a blue tint? or is it a regular white tint??
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Old Apr 20, 2007 | 09:07 PM
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8k and I don't have HID. Looks white.
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