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Put on New facelift Depo Headlight... Need advice

Old Mar 17, 2013 | 07:28 AM
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Put on New facelift Depo Headlight... Need advice

Well , First off they Depo lights look AWESOME.. My old lights were DONE, i tried wetsanding them polishing them.. nothing helped. So i opted to get a new set. The front bumper was a Paint in the *** ! because of the 2 sliders on each side.. It took me over an hour to figure those out.. and i still dont know how i took em off and out em back on lol !!

After installing the lights, bulbs etc.. My Low beams are facing down, Im lightign up the entire floor, how do i adjust my projectors to come up a bit ? When i start the car the projectors go up and down ( hence the projectors are working) they just wont come up anymore, My buddy plugged in hisSnapon-modus computer and made the projecotrs come all the way up where they should be, but the setting would not hold.

What do I do ? Im not looking forward to driving at night right now, How do we adjust these lights ?
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Old Mar 17, 2013 | 08:11 AM
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They have adjustments at the headlight, I believe they are hex keys.
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Old Mar 17, 2013 | 09:56 AM
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There is a "zero-point" adjustment that needs to be made through through Star Diagnosis, I believe in the HRA control unit. This is for the OEM lights, unless you are having some other installation issue with the DEPOT light housings.
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Old Mar 17, 2013 | 04:48 PM
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^ the hex only adjust it very minimum, i guess ill have to find some one with a star now..
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^Did you replace the old OEM lens/trim with the newer facelift DEPO lens/trim? Or, did you replace the whole housing?
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I replaced the whole housing.. Is that a issue ?
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Old Mar 17, 2013 | 10:44 PM
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^ the hex only adjust it very minimum, i guess ill have to find some one with a star now..
Interesting, on mine the hex will adjust a pretty large amount. There are like 3 hex's per side so make sure you are adjusting the right one.
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