My driver's side high-beam shines too high. If the lows are set properly, the high lets me see bird's nests very well.

I know some others have posted something to this effect, but is it a common problem? Are they all like this, designed purposely so that your low beam has to be aimed at the ground, so you don't blind people, or something? I ask, because I'd hate to buy a new one only to find it's the same.

 

 

Did you recently change the bulbs? if so check to see if the bulb is actually in correctly.

 

Zilla may have it. If the bulb is unseated that would do it. If low is correct and high is out its probably that.

If not, check out this link

It actually shows how to adjust Euro headlights but the system is the same for stock. Try adjusting that beam down.

http://www.c5forum.com/diy/eurolights2.php

 

The light has always been like that. I've changed bulbs twice, no change.

And, yes, I tried aming that side down, but that means I my low-beam on that side shows me only a few feet in front of me, you know what I mean?

I take it you don't have the same issue, then?

 

Are you lurking because you have the same issue?

 

I have leveled my low beams but can not get the high beams to level...

It is just one of those things...

 

So does your driver's high beam shine higher than the passenger's side when the lows are aligned, like mine does?

 

I have T85s fitted (UK version of the T84). Its a much better lens - much more robust and made from glass

Its a dual filament bulb so both functions come from the same housing. It cant happen with mine


Euro


Stock

 

Here's the thing:

When I had stock bulbs, I noticed the problem, so I adjusted the driver's light so that the high-beam was aimed correctly, because let's face it, the stock bulbs are so bad that you really only use your lows to be legal when you drive at night, because they don't do a darned thing to help you see in front of you. To illuminate the road ahead, I pretty much used brights whenever a car wasn't oncoming. So at that time, the problem was not as much of an issue, because the entire headlight system was an issue!

When I changed bulbs to the PIAA Xtreme Whites, I gained a little more illumination, so I raised the driver's light to more of a compromising position to try and take advantage of that little gain in illumination. At that point, my bright was slightly too high, but raising my too-low low beam gave me an extra few feet of sight with the lows on, but the light was still out of whack.

Now that I have HIDs all around, the discrepancy is really pain. I want my lights aimed correctly, but that driver's side can't be. I have two choices:

1) I have the lows aligned with the driver's high shining in the trees down the road, or

2) I have the highs aligned correctly, but the driver's low has to be so low that it only lets me see what I'm just about to run over, does that make sense?

Come to think of it, it really isn't the high beam that's the problem, it's the low beam, because I had to adjust the light quite high to get the low to shine at the same height as the passenger side, which of course makes the high-beam way too high.

But, what has me on the fence is that maybe ALL driver's lights are like that, and people without HID replacements don't notice it all that much and pretty much do like I did and just make sure the brights are aligned correctly, since the lows are like trying to use a candles, so they may not even notice how low the low is aimed, I dunno.

The only way to know is to compare my lights with someone else's car. I just posted a thread trying to find someone in my area willing to help me out in that regard. I'm sure parking side-by-side and shining our lights on a wall would enable me to see if it really is just my light and not all of ours.

 

The high beam in the trees thing must be normal. After working almost a week at trying to get the adjusters to operate freely I installed silver star ultras and took careful aim at the garage door. I was very pleased with the new bulbs but noticed the nearly unusable high beams.

Oh well must be the nature of the beast.

 

My driver's light has always been out of whack, even when I had stock bulbs, but they were so darned dim, I couldn't really tell, until I took the time to try to adjust them.

By chance, is it only your driver's light that's out of whack, like mine is?

If so, you may be right, and all driver's headlight capsules are the same way. And, maybe we never noticed now low the driver's light needs to be aimed for the brights to line up properly when we had stock bulbs, simply because the stock lows are so darned lousy.

 

It seems like it's just the driver's side but it was tough to tell for sure. The Silver Star Ultras are probably good enough that I won't need the brights. I don't do a lot of night time country road driving. I think I'll double check my aim and just live with it.

Thanks