How hard is it to aim a Xenon headlight?
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How hard is it to aim a Xenon headlight?
My passenger headlight is aiming a little bit to the right... basically when I am half way (maybe a little more) into the left hand lane, the driver in front of me in the right hand lane is being hit directly by the headlight. (I had someone get int front of me on the freeway last night to check). She said that was the problem. I have gone to my dealership too many times to have this fixed, I am sick of it.
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the **** is next to the up/down adjuster...
look above the headlight area with the hood up, its says left/right and up/down by a small hole. its 8mm hex if my memory serves me right.
just be careful when you pull the hex out as they ahve a tendency to get stuck in the malleable plastic socket-head adjuster ***** and pull the ***** out.
replacing the bulbs (in reponse to your post above) might be too difficult to do with the headlights still attached to the car. which would require removing the front fascia (the whole front end) to accomplish. removing the fascia probably takes a good hour~1.5 hours on and off, but might take 2 horus the first time (remember to clamp the alien hoses and deattach them before taking the front off).
splitting open the headlights to remove the side reflector probably takes an hour total. but getting them painted at a body shop will put your car out of commission for a good day.
just be careful when you pull the hex out as they ahve a tendency to get stuck in the malleable plastic socket-head adjuster ***** and pull the ***** out.
replacing the bulbs (in reponse to your post above) might be too difficult to do with the headlights still attached to the car. which would require removing the front fascia (the whole front end) to accomplish. removing the fascia probably takes a good hour~1.5 hours on and off, but might take 2 horus the first time (remember to clamp the alien hoses and deattach them before taking the front off).
splitting open the headlights to remove the side reflector probably takes an hour total. but getting them painted at a body shop will put your car out of commission for a good day.
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Do you think the headlights assemblies...
would look good painted the same color as the car? I have raven black, and since the headlight assemblies are already black I think it might be kinda cool to have that little sparkle/shine vs the dull plastic look.
You told me what I would have to do about removing reflector, but what would have to be taken apart on the headlight to replace the bulbs?
You told me what I would have to do about removing reflector, but what would have to be taken apart on the headlight to replace the bulbs?
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quaTTrings painted his raven black, mine are denim blue.
Steve Schwing painted his too, but not the entire housing.
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I am just wondering if it is worth the effort to go from plastic black to Raven Black
Plus how hard is it to put the whole thing back together. Will I need to reaim the headlights? etc etc
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