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Author Topic: I/S headlight adjustment question  (Read 2966 times)
fordmano
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« on: June 29, 2011, 10:37:59 PM »

Ok this is part of the prelude to a longer thread to tie together with my Multi-point-project.

I installed the cheap HID head lights setup on my I/S and now I need to adjust the angle of the headlights.
The question is which direction do you need to turn the knobs to lower the angle of the headlight beam?

Do I turn the knobs clockwise or counter clockwise to have the beam drop lower?

I turned them about 3 revolutions in a clockwise direction and it seemed like it barely moved at all, so when I got to work this evening I turned them counterclockwise about 6-7 revolutions did not seem to make enough difference. Am I just not turning them enough?


Ok I would like to report that the HID kit I purchased works as far as brightness goes it is GREAT and has that cool looking blue tint. Have only driven about 45 minutes at any one time so far and they have not gotten hot from what I can tell.  The ballasts were mounted to the underside of the top of the fairing sort of up and behind the headlight bucket. The only downside so far is that the low beam is just about the angle that I like but the High beam is pointed up too much for my liking, so I need to find a happy medium as far as angle for low beam to high beam.

They are not as blue as this picture makes them look, this is compaird to the PIAA, Ultar white bulbs I had in there.
Now I will look into finding a replacement HID style bulb setup for my I/S Pod lights.
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fordmano
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« Reply #1 on: June 30, 2011, 05:26:00 AM »

I guess I fugured this one out on my own.

Twisted both knobs about 6-8 full turns "Counter Clockwise" and they finally settled back down a bit. They are still shooting the beam a little higher than what I like for high beam so I guess a couple more turns this afternoon and see how it looks tonight on the way to and from work.

So "Counter Clockwise" = Beam moves down.
And "Clockwise" = Beam moves up.
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« Reply #2 on: June 30, 2011, 05:30:24 AM »

I will let you all know when they come in and I get them installed, but I ordered a set of H3 HID from the same manufacturer as my headlights in the same Kelvin Temp color for my POD lights. Sure hope they work out as well especially since they will only draw 35watts instead of the 55watts the PIAA's pull in the pods currently.

Between head lights and pod lights I was pulling 220watts I think, and now will only pull 140watts total for all 4 bulbs.
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05DRZ-125
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