How to adjust low beam?

[Shimian]

Does anyone know how to adjust the headlight low beam up and down on a Civic FD2?
I noticed a cog looking thing but it has a nut bolt on the end and cannot move it. Should i unbolt and try to move the cog? Or am i looking at the wrong place?

cheers

[teaseR]

u are looking at the right place... use a phillips screwdriver to adjust the teeths. there has been a thread for dc2. same concept!!!

[Shimian]

ive tried to move the cog with a flat screw driver. Im scared that it will snap. Where do i put the philips head? Cos the back of it is a bolt. Unless i use a wrench?

[shadou]

should be under the hood, just look straight down where the head light units are and should be a small gear. stick a phillips head in and screw away. make sure both are the same level

[Shimian]

Is this what im suppose to adjust?

http://members.optushome.com.au/~shimian8/adjust.jpg


So i put a philips head from the back towards the bolt?

[shadou]

yeah that looks like it. I'm more used to seeing it in a car though :p why did you take it out of the car?

[Shimian]

nah..thats not my headlight...:p

[dc2dc2dc2]

yeh man..just stick a screwdriver down
and turn it willl not snap anything
whats wrong with the height of the FD headlight btw ?
u shouldn't need to adjust it man.

[clem]

if you have a socket wrench that will fit inside then use that but otherwise phillips head is fine, wont snap anything, stick it in the cog and turn

[Shimian]

yeh man..just stick a screwdriver down
and turn it willl not snap anything
whats wrong with the height of the FD headlight btw ?
u shouldn't need to adjust it man.

I changed my stock halogens to some white halogens. It seems that the beam is aiming up high cos when i drive down the freeway, it illuminates the signs up above.

[Shimian]

Ok. Got myself a wrench and turned that cog. Turned it one full rev left and one full rev righ. No changes in light. Any help?

[dc2dc2dc2]

are u doing it against a wall ?

[Shimian]

yea...about 1 m away. maybe too close? Its in the garage and dark. Put all markings on the wall. No changes

[dc2dc2dc2]

http://www.ozhonda.com/forum/showthread.php?t=9129&highlight=adjust+headlight

read that thread yet?

[shadou]

it usually takes a few god turns before you notice any change. just use masking tape make sure the car is a good few metres away from the wall, and mark the original point then adjust.

[NeoNode]

I changed my stock halogens to some white halogens. It seems that the beam is aiming up high cos when i drive down the freeway, it illuminates the signs up above.
Why not find an empty street with your lights on,
walk about 3 car lengths infront of the car,
then bend down to where you think you would sit if you were in an oncoming car and check if it's causing any sort of glare from the headlights.

If the headlights are not causing any sort of glare, then you're fine, no need to adjust them.