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      01-05-2007, 04:17 PM   #1
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Headlight angles, even? drivers higher than pass?

When I get in front of my car, the left (drivers side) blinds my eye at a few degrees higher than my pass side xenon. I only noticed this after I adjusted my height levels. To make sure I didnt do anything wrong, I dialed them back to the stock heights, and I still noticed that when I am about 30 ft in front of the car, the drivers side still pops in my eye first when I slowly squat down.

I know about the left right cutoff in order to not blind oncoming cars, but I think this is achieved within the projector that produces this cutoff, so the lights should still appear level when viewed headon...

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I noticed this too, after I lifted my angle. I just adjusted them to where they're even when I squat down.
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do you still see a good sharp cutoff? I would have to dial my drivers side a lot more than the stock location to achieve this level view when squatting...
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No cutoff while driving. But at least I don't look ghetto to oncoming traffic.
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so maybe the lopsided look does contribute to the shorter drivers side cutoff...i agree, if im not blinding anyone, then i prefer to have level headlights..
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I thought the whole point of this thread was the fact that one of your headlights was blinding- brighter than the other. All I was saying is that I decided to fix that to make them even from the outside. They still provide plenty of light, and I'm by no means in any danger from evening them out. Just from the drivers prospective, there isn't a perfect clean cut line of the limitations of the light.
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