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Eighty 6 12-09-2015 11:13 AM

No headlight adjustment on these cars?
 
Is it just my car or do all of these cars not have headlight adjustment switch? My lights beam is a bit low.

ashtray 12-09-2015 12:16 PM

Depends which lights you have on yours. The BRZ has an adjustment switch, but the standard FRS does not. (The special editions might, if they use the BRZ headlights.)

NyC Zn6 12-09-2015 12:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Eighty 6 (Post 2474592)
Is it just my car or do all of these cars not have headlight adjustment switch? My lights beam is a bit low.

well based on your avatar info you have GT86 (depends on your region as GT86 also come with base headlights)..you should have an adjustment knob on the left side of the dash..If you have a FRS there should be an adjustment knob/screw on the headlight....can't confirm i don't have base FRS headlights.

Eighty 6 12-09-2015 12:39 PM

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Originally Posted by NyC Zn6 (Post 2474667)
well based on your avatar info you have GT86 (depends on your region as GT86 also come with base headlights)..you should have an adjustment knob on the left side of the dash..If you have a FRS there should be an adjustment knob/screw on the headlight....can't confirm i don't have base FRS headlights.

Thanks. Definitely no headlight adjustment switch inside, so it must be on the light itself. They weren't kidding when they said this car took you back to the 80's and 90's.

sabajin 12-09-2015 05:38 PM

This might solve the problem of our cars:

https://www.japanparts.com/parts/detail/44832

FRSBRZGT86FAN 12-10-2015 08:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Eighty 6 (Post 2474592)
Is it just my car or do all of these cars not have headlight adjustment switch? My lights beam is a bit low.

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Originally Posted by Eighty 6 (Post 2474695)
Thanks. Definitely no headlight adjustment switch inside, so it must be on the light itself. They weren't kidding when they said this car took you back to the 80's and 90's.

There's probably going to be a 10mm or 8mm bolt on the back of the headlights that adjusts the height if I remember correctly for the FR-S halogens at least, I imagine the housing is similar. For my winjets it's an 8mm.The right way to aim it (in the U.S. at least) is to park in a place that has 25 feet of free space from a wall and then mark the exact center of the headlights parallel to the wall with tape or something on the wall. Reverse the car 25 feet away from the wall then aim the headlights to the mark on the wall and you should be good. That's what I've done with my HIDs in the "JDM" replicas and haven't blinded oncoming traffic and I can also see at night!

Cartman 12-10-2015 04:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Eighty 6 (Post 2474695)
Thanks. Definitely no headlight adjustment switch inside, so it must be on the light itself. They weren't kidding when they said this car took you back to the 80's and 90's.

Wut? My 10 series is the first car I've owned with an interior adjustment switch... not even my dad's 2011 M3 has interior headlight adjustments...

NyC Zn6 12-10-2015 04:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Cartman (Post 2476338)
Wut? My 10 series is the first car I've owned with an interior adjustment switch... not even my dad's 2011 M3 has interior headlight adjustments...

Thats because your father's M3 has adaptive headlights which auto adjust left to right...the up and down is on the headlight itself lol

FRSBRZGT86FAN 12-10-2015 04:48 PM

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Originally Posted by NyC Zn6 (Post 2476351)
Thats because your father's M3 has adaptive headlights which auto adjust left to right...the up and down is on the headlight itself lol

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Originally Posted by Cartman (Post 2476338)
Wut? My 10 series is the first car I've owned with an interior adjustment switch... not even my dad's 2011 M3 has interior headlight adjustments...

Even the E46 M3 had adaptive headlights, it was a big deal back then, and they still had a height adjustment knob the computer only self levels from left to right and also makes sure that height stays the same relative to suspension geometry

NyC Zn6 12-10-2015 05:09 PM

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Originally Posted by FRSBRZGT86FAN (Post 2476369)
Even the E46 M3 had adaptive headlights, it was a big deal back then, and they still had a height adjustment knob the computer only self levels from left to right and also makes sure that height stays the same relative to suspension geometry

:cheers:

Cartman 12-10-2015 05:32 PM

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Originally Posted by NyC Zn6 (Post 2476351)
Thats because your father's M3 has adaptive headlights which auto adjust left to right...the up and down is on the headlight itself lol

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Originally Posted by FRSBRZGT86FAN (Post 2476369)
Even the E46 M3 had adaptive headlights, it was a big deal back then, and they still had a height adjustment knob the computer only self levels from left to right and also makes sure that height stays the same relative to suspension geometry

My E39 has that hight sensor too, but you still have to adjust the headlights manually at the headlight... not by a knob inside.


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