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Old May 28, 2008 | 02:57 PM
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Alright, I have heard some horror stories about adjusting the height of the headlights. I have a dilemma......Both headlights open fine, but when I close them, the close to a level that is below the height of the front fascia. Can anyone tell me how to go about adjusting this closed height?

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Old May 28, 2008 | 03:38 PM
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hummm , I haven't really looked at the lights them selves but did some good using the Hood stops to adjust the hood(until I added the HID and lost one of the stops) but I am no expert
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Originally Posted by EFI-1
Alright, I have heard some horror stories about adjusting the height of the headlights. I have a dilemma......Both headlights open fine, but when I close them, the close to a level that is below the height of the front fascia. Can anyone tell me how to go about adjusting this closed height?

Mahalo, Dave
Youneed to pull the lids off the lights and adjust the top pads.
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Youneed to pull the lids off the lights and adjust the top pads.
Yup. Pretty easy. Take off the headlight surrounds (3 phillip head screws) and then use a #15 (I think) torx screwdriver to take out 4 screws that hold the lid to the assembly. Then adjust a few screws at each corner.
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Thanks for the input gang.....Will give it a shot.
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