Headlight alignment?
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It depends, are they loose or out of alignment???? It's 2 very different things...
There is a tiny rod that sticks up through the top of the rad support, it's like a 1mm socket, that's your adjustment for up and down, the side to side I think is sticking out the front behind the turn light.
There is a tiny rod that sticks up through the top of the rad support, it's like a 1mm socket, that's your adjustment for up and down, the side to side I think is sticking out the front behind the turn light.
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It depends, are they loose or out of alignment???? It's 2 very different things...
There is a tiny rod that sticks up through the top of the rad support, it's like a 1mm socket, that's your adjustment for up and down, the side to side I think is sticking out the front behind the turn light.
There is a tiny rod that sticks up through the top of the rad support, it's like a 1mm socket, that's your adjustment for up and down, the side to side I think is sticking out the front behind the turn light.
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The stock headlight threaded rods that hold them in aren't supposed to be screwed in all the way. Remove the headlight surrounds and adjust the other mounting points. The one that sticks out the top is a 4mm socket. Unless they are some kind of wacko aftermarket, I don't know.
Also, if you keep turning it past the limit, you will split the plastic housing holding the bevel gear and it will be loose.
Also, if you keep turning it past the limit, you will split the plastic housing holding the bevel gear and it will be loose.
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+1; we need to know if you're using the stock adjusters, or if the aftermarket lights have their own adjusters. Most likely you'll have to contact the mfr. of the lights.
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There stock style, I had think I finally got it aligned but one lense is cocked inward cause it reflects light wrong...
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