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C8 headlight aim. yes I know the car sits low and the lights are going be lower than normal but i wonder if anybody has figured out how to slightly adjust the lights upward a little. I haven't taken the front trunk panels apart to look but was hoping somebody has. Here in MS we do alot of back road driving where deer are always everywhere like on the Natchez Trace and without the brights on i feel like I can't see very far out in front of me and I can't always have the brights on because we have alot of flat roads and so in general and being respectful I turn the brights off and on alot but the inbetween time of passing each other I feel like i can't see much of anything, especially when surveying the side of the roads for deer etc.
Open frunk, remove the left and right black plastic trim panels (the front of them is abeam top of headlights). Look for the small funnel looking thingy with what appears to be a #2 phillips adjuster down in the bottom of the "funnel looking thingy". That's the adjuster.
Open frunk, remove the left and right black plastic trim panels (the front of them is abeam top of headlights). Look for the small funnel looking thingy with what appears to be a #2 phillips adjuster down in the bottom of the "funnel looking thingy". That's the adjuster.
Thanks, that took like less than 2 minutes to give it a few turns and it should help.
issue was too low. on something like the natchez trace where there are no street lights etc i would feel i would need to catch up to another vehicle and stay back a few car lengths so I could see the sides of the road better via their lights. basically what was directly in front of me was fine, but wanted a little more light further down the road to have a better reaction time to slow down.
@jeffsmith2139 - it's amazing at how little headlights seem to help on rural roads, isn't it? Even using my bright lights while driving my Silverado 2500HD I don't feel safe in the fall when the deer are really moving around.
Even using my bright lights while driving my Silverado 2500HD I don't feel safe in the fall when the deer are really moving around.
That might be because all five headlight versions used on the Silverado from 2019 through 2021 received the lowest possible rating ("Poor") from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS.org) as have most of the headlights on GM vehicles that the IIHS has tested. When the IIHS rates headlights "Poor", that means really, really bad. After a terrible night time Seattle rain experience in January 2019 with a rental car with headlights rated Poor by the IIHS, I no longer accept a rental unless it's headlights get at least the IIHS "Acceptable" rating.
The IIHS usually doesn't test low volume cars like the Corvette. I hope to drive or at least ride in someone's C8 at night on a dark rural road before my allocation comes up to determine if its headlights are at least adequate for me. My daytime vision is bad enough but my night vision is probably worse than most others who are in their 70's.
That might be because all five headlight versions used on the Silverado from 2019 through 2021 received the lowest possible rating ("Poor") from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS.org) as have most of the headlights on GM vehicles that the IIHS has tested. When the IIHS rates headlights "Poor", that means really, really bad. After a terrible night time Seattle rain experience in January 2019 with a rental car with headlights rated Poor by the IIHS, I no longer accept a rental unless it's headlights get at least the IIHS "Acceptable" rating.
The IIHS usually doesn't test low volume cars like the Corvette. I hope to drive or at least ride in someone's C8 at night on a dark rural road before my allocation comes up to determine if its headlights are at least adequate for me. My daytime vision is bad enough but my night vision is probably worse than most others who are in their 70's.
you won't dislike the car but wait till you drive one at night with vehicles coming at you having an astigmatism. you sit low and i didn't even mention the glare the windshield has from both external lights at night and from the dash during the day (mainly i hear complaints from those with the lighter color dash) but hey, my 74 year pops every time I give it to him for a week, goes everywhere and makes excuses to drive it so he's not complaining. i'm pretty sure he can't see, he tailgates everybody due to depth perception issues and i know for a fact he is deaf but too hard headed to get hearing aids, and.....with that said, if he didn't have one already, mine, he'd buy his own.
i specifically didn't mention these things because it really is just to be expected if you are sitting at everybody else's bumper level.
issue was too low. on something like the natchez trace where there are no street lights etc i would feel i would need to catch up to another vehicle and stay back a few car lengths so I could see the sides of the road better via their lights. basically what was directly in front of me was fine, but wanted a little more light further down the road to have a better reaction time to slow down.
nice change!
if you could be kind enough take a pic of the screw to adjust them next time you’re in the frunk
@jeffsmith2139 - it's amazing at how little headlights seem to help on rural roads, isn't it? Even using my bright lights while driving my Silverado 2500HD I don't feel safe in the fall when the deer are really moving around.
I’m up in Cumming I have deer in back yard so much for dodging em
I’m up in Cumming I have deer in back yard so much for dodging em
My C8 is in Cumming this week at GlassLife getting the full frontal Xpel package and the entire car, wheels, and glass coated with Ceramic Pro. I pick it up on Saturday.
I live halfway between Dallas and Cartersville and I know exactly what you mean about the deer!
yes this is the screw to adjust
Clockwise = raise up
I counted my turns as I want them in alignment.
I turned the screw twice on both side, I can see much more, I've driven to work no ones high-beamed me from the other side yet, might turn down if someone does
@jeffsmith2139 - it's amazing at how little headlights seem to help on rural roads, isn't it? Even using my bright lights while driving my Silverado 2500HD I don't feel safe in the fall when the deer are really moving around.
I learned a lesson with my Datsun 260Z on a narrow two lane rural road in NE OH when I lived there. Coming from the Youngstown airport heading North to a town on Lake Eire (where I lived) I tried a small road and decided I would go over to RT 11. It was a narrow two lane road and I was going fast, outdriving my lights. Suddenly there was one small 90 degree left turn sign! Too late, went between a telephone pole and support wire! Car was in a ditch, minor damage to the left fender I had repaired!
Turned out the road crossed RR tracks. It was late and all of a sudden a tow truck put on his spot light on the car and charged $100 to pull me out! (Funny, I still carry a folded $100 bill in my wallet as I did then!) A lot of money in 1974 $s! Bet that turn and tow truck (or perhaps his son) is still parked there on overcast and moonless nights!
I added driving lights to the Z as I did for my CJ-5 rag top Jeep I used in the winter!
Was no place to add them in my C7s BUT have been considering the new smaller LED Driving lights and there is a flat spot to add them!
yes this is the screw to adjust
Clockwise = raise up
I counted my turns as I want them in alignment.
I turned the screw twice on both side, I can see much more, I've driven to work no ones high-beamed me from the other side yet, might turn down if someone does
Two turns made quite a difference for me as well. I think the fact that I’m lowered a bit, created more of a need to adjust. Didn’t realize what I was missing!
Two turns made quite a difference for me as well. I think the fact that I’m lowered a bit, created more of a need to adjust. Didn’t realize what I was missing!
Yes. I did it at dusk with my car pulled back, headlights on, shining into a dark garage wall. Easy to see the upper line of the light beam move in conjunction with the turning of the adjustment screw. I went what I thought was way high. Figured I’d dial down from there if I gained instances of “light flashing” from oncoming traffic. Has yet to occur…. Not an exact science, safe to say you can’t screw it up (no pun)…
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