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Old 01-13-2004, 08:10 PM
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Default Installed HID's but my beam is a scattered mess..help

I have the one piece valeo headlights and recently installed a 4300K Hella HID kit. It works, but my beam is a digusting mess. Instead of a -----/------/----- like usual, there's a bunch of light scattered everywhere. There's an X in the middle where the beams cross and they curve upward towards the ends. I removed my headlights and reinstalled the lights but I get the same result. They don't see much brighter than when I had halogens installed. Also my driver's side is significanly more yellow. Can someone please help? I tried using the vertical and horizontal adjustments but they don't help. I have no idea why my beam pattern is so retarded. TIA
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were the bulbs used? discoloration of one being more yellow seems to come from used bulbs
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Nope it was an entirely brand new kit
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id help, if i were in davis =/. snap a pic for me and ill see if i could help you out
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nevermind I had to make a H7 adapter and it's perfect now =]
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Default I faced the same issue- just aim the bulbs using the wrenchesf on a wall @ about

25 feet away or so. Remember the right side (when you're sitting in the driver's seat) should aim up slightly to illuminate road signs.
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And how exactly did you make one?
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I was hoping for pictures or a description not one word, d0rk!
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Default well dork! take a h7 bulb, and dremel off the aroudn the base, and the ring will pop right off

or you can machine one. i tried everything to pop off the base of a h7 bulb, including baking it to try and rip it off, it woudlnt come off, so i resorted to dremeling it off.


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