I recently put on my JDM HID front, and as most of you know the lights are stock aimed to the left blinding the hell out of oncoming traffic.

It seems that the driver side projector is a little sharper/focused than the passenger side one. Does it just seem that way or is that true. I tried aiming them but I keep screwing up.

Anyone have tips or advice on what you did to properly aim yours?

 

to aim the Headlight Left to right---it is the Silver Screw down towards the bottom that has Teeth in ti like a Gear.It is the hardest one to get to.

To aim up and down...its the same type of screw up towards the bulb itself.
That ones easy to reach,..its a 9mm Socket or use a flat head to spin it(very tough to do it that way)

Theres a thread on this that was up last week.

 

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This is generally what happens when headlights (especially HIDs) are swapped from a RHD to a LHD car.
Adjustment can help, but there's still the basic wrong-side-of-the-road issue.

 

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Adjustment can help, but there's still the basic wrong-side-of-the-road issue. </TD></TR></TABLE>

Exactly. From what I understand, the JDM ITR's pattern isn't as bad as some others in this regard, but there is only so much that adjusting can accomplish, and you'll be left with less light where you actually need it.

 

Mine is Perfect,...I still need to bring the Beam up a tad,..its a little too low to the ground,..but its not all up on the other side of the road.
The Fog lamps are bright as hell and its amazing how much light they produce on the ground.
Its a big diffrence when I turn them off & on.+ I absolutly love the damn Yellow w/ HID low beam look.Like IS300..those look great together as well.


You will probably have to pull the light to get to the Left to right adjuster.Luckly mine was set ok.the up & down is right in the back.

 

Has anyone tried removing the shield within the headlamp housings and moving it onto the other side. for example take out the shield in the right handlamp and put it into the left one so they don't aim towards on coming traffic but to the right side/side walk.

 

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You would need to reverse the shields, rather than swap them from one light to the other.

 

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You can't do it that way, because I believe the shields are similar to those in S2000 headlights and stock USDM Integra headlights, that is cast into the housing itself. You would have to swap in some LHD projectors. S2000 projectors might fit, but I'm not sure.

 

http://www.autooptiks.com/aiming.html

 

The shift upwards on the OEM HID isn't all that bad as it goes towards the left. I just angled mine so the light pattern was totally horizontal. I don't think that I blind any oncoming drivers with mine, and they illuminate the road perfectly. So adjusting them correctly is possible, just takes some time.

J N

 

So the light that shifts to the left is something that can't be adjusted and will always be there on JDM front? That's something I'll consider now when adjsusting them.

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Mr.Fairlady &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">to aim the Headlight Left to right---it is the Silver Screw down towards the bottom that has Teeth in ti like a Gear.It is the hardest one to get to.

To aim up and down...its the same type of screw up towards the bulb itself.
That ones easy to reach,..its a 9mm Socket or use a flat head to spin it(very tough to do it that way)
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Do you have a pic of that? I thought to aim them you just needed a phillips screwdriver for up down and left right?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Gatecrasher20AF &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">So the light that shifts to the left is something that can't be adjusted and will always be there on JDM front? That's something I'll consider now when adjsusting them.

Do you have a pic of that? I thought to aim them you just needed a phillips screwdriver for up down and left right?</TD></TR></TABLE>

nope its a hex screw thingy..

you'll never get them the way they SHOULD be.. but mine look pretty good.. doesnt really blind oncoming traffic at all. just put them waaay down.

 

Lucky for you guys the JDM HID headlights use a reversed DOT-style beam pattern, instead of an ECE or E-code pattern. Just set the upper (left) side of each projector's beam pattern to 2.1" below horizontal (from the center of the projector lens) at 25' away and you should be straight.

A RHD E-code pattern would blind ALL oncoming cars ALL the time, EVERY time, and no amount of adjusting would fix it.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by PatrickGSR94 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Lucky for you guys the JDM HID headlights use a reversed DOT-style beam pattern, instead of an ECE or E-code pattern. Just set the upper (left) side of each projector's beam pattern to 2.1" below horizontal (from the center of the projector lens) at 25' away and you should be straight.

A RHD E-code pattern would blind ALL oncoming cars ALL the time, EVERY time, and no amount of adjusting would fix it.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Thats very true. You aim them so that you sacrifice some illumination of road signs, but you get perfect illumination of the road. The flare was intended to provide illumination of signs, but you cannot use it that way.

 

Exactly. I don't get much road sign illumination, but I found that even upgrading the city lights does aid somewhat with that problem.

J N

 

Let me tell you this so you don't get confused. You will not be able to make the line on the right higher than the left.

For proof all you have to do is completely cover one of the headlights. You will notice that one HID beam will reach across the whole span of the road. The only thing you can do is lower both of them until the lines match up. Just make sure it isn't sitting on oncoming traffics forehead while driving and you should be ok. No matter what you will be hitting people, but at least not while driving on flat land.