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Headlight Adjustment

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#1 ·
First off I wanted to say hello. In Feb traded our 2003 wagon in for a new '07 reflex silver wagon. Love the car. I love the new bigger size and more comfortable ride.

Anyway my question is: there a way to adjust the headlight beam? The driver side headlight beam suddenly drops off. In other words the passanger side light goes 300 ft(hypothetically) and the driver side goes 150ft(hypothetically). Thanks in advance.

Hope this makes sense.
 
#2 ·
b6rswagon said:
First off I wanted to say hello. In Feb traded our 2003 wagon in for a new '07 reflex silver wagon. Love the car. I love the new bigger size and more comfortable ride.

Anyway my question is: there a way to adjust the headlight beam? The driver side headlight beam suddenly drops off. In other words the passanger side light goes 300 ft(hypothetically) and the driver side goes 150ft(hypothetically). Thanks in advance.

Hope this makes sense.
You should probably go back to the dealers with it if you think it is wrong. If it is as much as double this would not account for them aiming at the kerb slightly. Have you aimed thenm at a wall to check the beam pattern? If you take it back let us know how you get on.
 
#3 ·
it is very obvious which knob controls the height of the low beams (the knob sticking out the most). clockwise lowers the beam and counter-clockwise raises the beam. go to a wall with a flat ground at night with the correct allen key and adjust the drivers side accordingly...
 
#4 ·
SinnedTL said:
it is very obvious which knob controls the height of the low beams (the knob sticking out the most). clockwise lowers the beam and counter-clockwise raises the beam. go to a wall with a flat ground at night with the correct allen key and adjust the drivers side accordingly...
He should not have to adjust them unless something has happened since delivery to move them. If not then they came from the factory like that and the dealer should fix
 
#5 ·
brianjlenaghan said:
He should not have to adjust them unless something has happened since delivery to move them. If not then they came from the factory like that and the dealer should fix
he asked me how he can adjust the beams, i just answered the questions...it's not my business what he does with his car