I tried aligning my headlights on my 96 coupe and it didn't seem to work. My headlights are oem and I followed the following instructions.

I parked 25 feet away from a wall. Then i measured how high the center of my lights is from the ground. That was 22 inches. Then on the wall i marked a line of 2 inches lower than that so 20 inches. And i aimed it to those specs.

Doing that made the low beans look like highs, and highs cannot even be seen on the road. What gives?

 

then just aim it back down untill you like where its at.

 

But what is the "perfect" aiming? Because following this guide doesn't produce even close to optimum lightning.

 

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Was the ground actually flat?

Here's the thread with all the headlight alignment instructions btw. Just in case a search brings this up and they need other instructions.

https://honda-tech.com/forums/honda-civic-del-sol-1992-2000-1/diy-how-aim-your-1992-2000-headlights-2086368/

 

Yeah I followed that thread's instructions exactly and my headlights are now aimed even worse than before. The ground also looked pretty damn level to me.

 

Looks can be deceiving. Bring a level out. It might have something to do with it.

 

I tried on two different locations with the same failing result.

 

well the best way to do is either with your garage door or a wall it worked out for me but yea cant do it like the book do it how you want it

 

Bringing this back from the dead..I tried to align my lights again yesterday and I couldn't get the bubble to center..or to move at all. What gives?