Left headlight higher than the right??

[ozzie_online88]

So I installed some new HID 6000K dual hi/low headlights in my car today, quite like em

But I noticed that the left (passengers side) headlight beam seems to be angled higher than the right one, is it meant to be like this or should I adjust em to the same? Anyone have an easy step by step guide for a first timer to adjust them correctly?

[Flat_White]

interesting question,
unfortunately i have no idea.

[Philthy]

I have noticed this on a couple cars as well.
I thought it might give better vision without blinding on-coming cars

[nicko]

this seems to be the case with after market spot lights. The left light is aimed a bit higher and will project off to the side of the car more, this is done with spotties so you can see kangaroos etc in the scrub off to the side of the road. could be similar on normal lights so some light is spread onto the footpath

[adamc11]

Normal lights are like this on cars... the left light projects higher so that you can see the side of the road without blinding oncoming cars. I'm not to sure about the VR, but you might be able to adjust level of the headlights.

[gottavecalaisv]

all lights have level adjusters, just look near the lights (under the bonnet) there will be a screw or wheel to turn, one for up/down and one for side to side adjustment, although the left headlight should throw more light to the footpath for ease of seeing pedestrians etc.

[ozzie_online88]

Thanks for all the great info. I found the adjustment spots but by the sounds of it I think I will just leave it as it

[adamc11]

Thanks for all the great info. I found the adjustment spots but by the sounds of it I think I will just leave it as it

Just make sure that both headlights are not sitting too high as you don't want to blind oncoming cars. Sometimes it is necessary to adjust your headlight level after fitting HID kits.

[ozzie_online88]

Yeah I was thinking that, though no one has flashed their high beams at me yet. I heard you just need to park it facing a wall, does anyone know how far away and how high up the lights should be? I'm sure there would be some math to it.

[Calaber]

Headlights are required to comply with Australian Design Rules (dont know which one specifically), which require that the light is diffused and spread across the road in a specific pattern. That's why the lenses on headlights have the strange looking patterns moulded into them and are not plain glass or plastic. The idea is that the light is projected directly down and along the road in front of the vehicle, but is diffused to aim slightly higher to the left hand side to illuminate the side of the road more fully. If you drew the light pattern on the road, it is closer to the car directly in front, but furhter out on the passengers side.

It is also necessary to have both lights set at the same level, so that there is no glare for oncoming traffic when on low beam. If Ozzie's left hand light seems to be set higher than the right, then it needs to be adjusted down to match the right hand light. This will have no effect on the diffuser and the lights will still work the way they are meant to, it will just remove the dazzle for oncoming traffic, and make the lights setting legal.

[adamc11]

Yeah I was thinking that, though no one has flashed their high beams at me yet. I heard you just need to park it facing a wall, does anyone know how far away and how high up the lights should be? I'm sure there would be some math to it.

Just take it to a very empty long dark street and adjust it there so that you can setup LHS and RHS levels as if you were driving. You should go and stand in front of your car too and crouch down so that u are at the level a driver would be at. If the light blinds you, you havnm't set them right.
You should also know that adjusting your low beams (normal lights) so that they are perfect can stuff up your high beams, and you may get patches of brighter light in some spots when using your high beams. You have to make a bit of a compromise so that both low and high beams have even spread.

[Farlig]

Spreading rumors here only, i hear its park car away from a wall 4m, and the lights should be centered at 1m high on the wall.

I have projector headlights in the clubby, and im wondering if same basic rules apply, its hard to know when you have a straight cut beam of light