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Spec-D projector headlight adjustment

Old Jun 9, 2021 | 10:11 PM
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Spec-D projector headlight adjustment

Hey everyone, I bought some spec-d's a few months back and loved em ever since. I swapped out my bulbs to a cool white and they work fantastic but I notice that one side aims out further and/or higher than the other. Is there a tool or way I can adjust them?

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Old Jun 9, 2021 | 10:49 PM
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Should be the same adjustment screws as your stock headlights. Aftermarket headlights mount to the adjuster bracket of the car, they don't replace the adjuster bracket except for a few vehicles.
 
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Old Jun 11, 2021 | 12:21 AM
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Where are they located? Could I realistically access them from the engine bay?
 
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Old Jun 11, 2021 | 11:24 AM
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Yeah, inboard side of the headlights, accessible with the hood open.


 
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Old Jun 11, 2021 | 05:14 PM
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Sweet. I see them. What can I use to adjust them?

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Yeah, inboard side of the headlights, accessible with the hood open.

Sweet. I see them. What can I use to adjust them?
 
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Old Jun 11, 2021 | 06:30 PM
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Well I tried to find a youtube video on how to explain it better but ALL the videos I watched are doing it wrong and taking out the inner fender liner to access the bolt instead of using the hole from the top.

First, here is a picture of what you see inside the hole, there is a little metal set of "teeth" you rotate these teeth by prying against them with a flat blade screwdriver which turns the adjuster bolt. Put the screwdriver into the gap in the teeth, you will feel it when the screwdriver is in there but you won't be able to see what you're doing. Rotate the screwdriver and it prys on that metal tooth which rotates the entire bolt. It doesn't take much adjustment to get those headlights to move.





 
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Old Jun 11, 2021 | 06:31 PM
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Yes it's a really weird engineering design.
 
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Old Jun 11, 2021 | 11:25 PM
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Gotcha, thanks a bunch.
 
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