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Old Nov 5, 2009 | 08:19 PM
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Earlier today, i was adjusting my headlights and was trying to make my headlight shine up more. Than, for some reason it stop moving up and it went all the way down. Did i break it? i barely adjust it a little bit... and now when i try to adjust it... it won't go up or down. is there something that can fix this.

check out the pics. it's the left side (driver side) that went down.



please help?
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Old Nov 6, 2009 | 12:13 AM
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You probably overextended the adjustment. You better hope that you just popped the bowl out of the socket. If so, you can reach in from the back of the headlight and pull the bowl back onto the socket. If you cracked the adjustment tab, then you're really screwed...no pun intended lolz.
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Old Nov 6, 2009 | 07:50 AM
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Is there a way to avoid this?

Longer screws? Put washers/nut on the end so you can't overextend?
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Old Nov 6, 2009 | 08:09 AM
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Originally Posted by JeffTsai
You probably overextended the adjustment. You better hope that you just popped the bowl out of the socket. If so, you can reach in from the back of the headlight and pull the bowl back onto the socket. If you cracked the adjustment tab, then you're really screwed...no pun intended lolz.


lets hope i didn't damage it. i think i heard it pop when i was screwing it. its such a biiiitcchhh to take out the headlight. sighs.
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Old Nov 8, 2010 | 08:24 PM
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is there anyway to adjust self leveling headlights to be lower? it shines to high lol
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Old Nov 8, 2010 | 08:54 PM
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my pasenger headlight is aimed to low, when i tried to adjust it, it does not go up? any ideas? i guess to morrow i will check the rear of the bulb, but it has not move around at all and it has been like this for a few months?
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