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Old Jun 26, 2008 | 11:35 PM
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Headlight Aiming help

Okay, so I've searched the forum up and down side to side and can't find how to aim headlights. I have an 03.5 sedan and want to aim both the driver and passenger headlights to the left a little. I know that factory they are aimed a tick to the right so as not to blind oncoming traffic, but my lights are more than a tick to the right. I have figured out how to adjust up and down, but not side to side.
The service manual shows two spots for adjustment, yet I can't find the lower spot that is supposed to adjust side to side.
If anyone has done this adjustment I would greatly appreciate some input. Thanks.
 
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Old Jun 27, 2008 | 12:26 PM
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To adjust horizontal aim, you have to actually remove the lights. I highly doubt your lights are aimed to the right, stock they are aimed directly ahead. The cutoff is what prevents glare for oncoming traffic
 
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Old Jun 27, 2008 | 02:28 PM
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Originally Posted by redlude97
To adjust horizontal aim, you have to actually remove the lights. I highly doubt your lights are aimed to the right, stock they are aimed directly ahead. The cutoff is what prevents glare for oncoming traffic
Thanks for the info. I'm gonna try to go throught the wheel well, the same way I changed my headlights. It seems pointless to take the entire headlight housing out to aim lights. And YES my headlights are aimed off to the right a little, the driver side more so.
I called my Infiniti service man to check on this. He confirmed my notion that from the factory the headlights ARE aimed to the right. The driver side more than the passenger. He said they do this so you don't blind oncoming traffic. So, maybe my headlights are where they are supposed to be.
 
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Old Jun 27, 2008 | 04:03 PM
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take a picture of your cutoff 25ft away from a wall, it will be easy to tell if its aimed to the right or not
 
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Old Aug 8, 2008 | 01:21 AM
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ok my headlights are aimed a little off vertically, how do i fix this? my right one is a little lower and my left is higher. someone help me
 
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Old Aug 8, 2008 | 01:25 AM
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i hjave the 06 projectors by the way on my 03 coupe. and its not the projectors that are aimed off, i can tell the back off one of my headlight housings sticks up a little more than the other...like out of the hood
 
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Old Aug 8, 2008 | 12:27 PM
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come onnnn somebody help
 
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Old Aug 8, 2008 | 01:05 PM
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if i am reading you write, you must re-align your headlights.
 
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Old Aug 8, 2008 | 02:33 PM
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i realize that. my question is how you do that
 
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Old Aug 8, 2008 | 02:38 PM
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Try the DIY section next time
https://g35driver.com/forums/body-in...rojectors.html
 
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Old Aug 8, 2008 | 02:44 PM
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haha thank you
 
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Old Aug 8, 2008 | 03:17 PM
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got it all worked out. thanks a bunch
 
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Old Oct 30, 2008 | 02:30 AM
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I have a 05 sedan with reflectors. Is it the same process?
 
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