Headlight height adjusment problem...
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Headlight height adjusment problem...
Question. Please go and check on your car then answer me. Evo's have the headlight height adjusting dial thing, to aim the headlights higher or lower. I could have sworn that both headlights moved. I was in traffic tonight, and started playing with the dial, and only the driver's side headlight moved. Does the dial only control the left headlight, or did my right one take a ****?
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Yes, they are both supposed to move together. The purpose is for load compensation. If you fill the trunk with luggage and put four people in the car, your headlights will be pointing at the sky! You can adjust them back down so you won't blind oncoming traffic...
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Originally posted by EVOeight
... The purpose is for load compensation. If you fill the trunk with luggage and put four people in the car, your headlights will be pointing at the sky! You can adjust them back down so you won't blind oncoming traffic...
... The purpose is for load compensation. If you fill the trunk with luggage and put four people in the car, your headlights will be pointing at the sky! You can adjust them back down so you won't blind oncoming traffic...
it's to adjust to what your vision likes best, not for 'load compensation'
let us know how the headlight warranty thing works !
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Originally posted by jotan82
i highly doubt it...
it's to adjust to what your vision likes best, not for 'load compensation'
let us know how the headlight warranty thing works !
i highly doubt it...
it's to adjust to what your vision likes best, not for 'load compensation'
let us know how the headlight warranty thing works !
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I brought my car back to the dealership, for a rattle sound in the piillar by your left ear (between the driver's door and the rear left door), and for the headlight. One of the service dudes took a ride with me (I was afraid that they would ***** about mods, but they haven't yet). Anyway, I had the mechanic drive the car, and he did hear the noises. I thought it was the window glass or something. Anyway, he heard it, and also saw that only 1 headlight moved. They had the car in the back for an hour or so, and told me they ripped apart my door and some of the pillar and said it wasn't a rattle, but a creak.... they said it was somewhere in the body. I was like oh ****... They said it's like chassis flex or something that's making it make noise. Told me I'd have to leave the car with them for them to pull the rest of the left side apart (roof area). They told me the headlight took a ****, and that they'd order a new one (I guess it's one whole assembly and not just the motor if they're replacing the whole thing). I told them I'll leave the car when the headlight comes in, and they said that's probably best, because the creaking sound will take a few hours to do.
So yeah, now the headlight just came in. I'm gonna make the appointment for next week. Gonna be driving the Evo down to South Beach for the weekend (from NJ). I hope that creaking sound doesn't bother me too much on the way down. The headlight thing I can live with, because it's stuck in one of the middle positions.
So far, my dealership experience has been good. I hope it stays that way.
So yeah, now the headlight just came in. I'm gonna make the appointment for next week. Gonna be driving the Evo down to South Beach for the weekend (from NJ). I hope that creaking sound doesn't bother me too much on the way down. The headlight thing I can live with, because it's stuck in one of the middle positions.
So far, my dealership experience has been good. I hope it stays that way.
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The normal height is at 0 but if you dial it to any higher numbers the headlamp decreases height of the light. Im not happy with the normal setting of the headlamp, Im taking it back to the dealer to get them adjusted up a little
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What is the latest word on your rattle in the B-pillar (that is the b pillar, right?.... by your left ear?). I have the same thing. Very light creak or rattle, NOT super loud, NOT all the time, only on occasion, but it really annoys me. It ain't right. My service guy is really cool, he checks things on this forum, and is trying to be helpful.... so if you have any info, it will help he and I figure out what this is. When I drove with him, unfortunately, it was NOT making the noise.... but he does believe me that it is there. Says that he has seen that problem in the past with a chassis creak in other cars (not Evo), and really almost nothing they can do except try to ram some sound insulation in there...but he'll try to fix it if he can find it.
ANyway, let me know if they ever found it / fixed it and what they had to say, so I can talk to my service guy about it.
What is the latest word on your rattle in the B-pillar (that is the b pillar, right?.... by your left ear?). I have the same thing. Very light creak or rattle, NOT super loud, NOT all the time, only on occasion, but it really annoys me. It ain't right. My service guy is really cool, he checks things on this forum, and is trying to be helpful.... so if you have any info, it will help he and I figure out what this is. When I drove with him, unfortunately, it was NOT making the noise.... but he does believe me that it is there. Says that he has seen that problem in the past with a chassis creak in other cars (not Evo), and really almost nothing they can do except try to ram some sound insulation in there...but he'll try to fix it if he can find it.
ANyway, let me know if they ever found it / fixed it and what they had to say, so I can talk to my service guy about it.
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Originally posted by eternal9
Read your manual thats what the adjustment i for.
Read your manual thats what the adjustment i for.
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Originally posted by Hedonic Tread
I'm gonna have to disagree with you here. If you read your manual you will learn what
wants you to THINK they are for. It doesn't make sense, if you think about it. The lowest setting is already the "normal" setting, so if you had a heavy load in the rear, all you could do is adjust the headlights to go even higher, which doesn't make sense. Plus, it's not as if you would (or even can, according to the manual) be pulling a boat or something, so load issues are negligible.
I'm gonna have to disagree with you here. If you read your manual you will learn what
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I plan to raise mine so that I keep it on 2 for normal driving and zero for open roads at night.