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Old Aug 24, 2008 | 06:57 PM
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xenon adjustment--side to side

More detail on post I just did under probs/issues, but bottom line, I need to know how to adust the high beams to shift to the RIGHT side of the car. Oh highs, my focal point on driver side is way off the left side of the car (lighting up trees, etc rather than down the road, and on the passenger side, I don't have near the illumination as the driver side, and it should be to the right illuminating the shoulder and slightly farther down the road. I can find no way to make a side-to-side adjustment of the bulb element or even the housing. No equiv to the vert adj screw, which didn't make any real difference, as the light is just not focused.
Using my garage door as a ref and taping the focal points, the left side is not in line with the car--it appears to far to the left, and on the passenger side, the focal point is toward the center of the car rather than straight or slightly to the right to illuminate the shoulder.
Dealer was no help at all, saying "we just shine them on the wall in the shop and make sure they are level."....
Any help appreciated. Again, more detail on what I have tried is on the other post.
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Old Aug 28, 2008 | 11:03 AM
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In case you need to adjust your lights and haven't seen the post in the Issues forum, I have "figgered" out how to do this and it's simple. Check over there for pics and details.
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