It looks like my honeymoon period of a voiding the dealership service department has come to an end... I noticed last night that the "cutout"?? of my headlamp where the beam pattern steps down on the cars centerline didn't look as sharp, checked it today on a white wall and my right side dipped beam appears to have become skewed out of alignment.

Has anyone had to have their lights re-aligned, I need to find someone who knows what they are about to get this sorted?? I am mystified as to how this could have happened, the car looks perfect and I'd defy anyone to bump into it where I park as it is a physical impossibility!! Spontaneous headlamp misalignment syndrome perhaps??

 

Ross has had headlight alignment issues I seem to remember.

 

LOL (or maybe not if you are the one afflicted!)

Yes, Andy is correct about Ross - and it took quite a while for him to get it sorted I am afraid to report. He will be at the pub on Saturday - you can compare notes.

 

Ross's headlight woes are documented in here

https://www.s2ki.com/forums/showthread.php?...light=alignment

About 2/3 of the way dowm page 1.

 

I knocked the alignment out slightly when changing the main beam bulbs. My car's going to the dealer on Monday for Headlight and Chassis alignment. When I'm back I can easily check the pattern.

-Brian.

 

I haven't started to look at the headlamps yet so I can rule that one out... my gut feel is that the self leveling has gone wonky on the drivers side light cluster - I'll check this out later on....

Which dealer are you going to take the car to for the alignment Brian?

 

Brindley Honda in Cannock. While I've had some problems, I trust those guys. The car's there for several hours. (Sorry to disappoint AnDy, but I'm waiting while they do the work, rather than borrowing the Micra again! )

-Brian.

 

As people have already remembered (I'm famous ) I have indeed experienced probably more problems with a dealer being unable to align my headlights properly.

I currently have two notches, where before I only had one, but this doesn't appear to be uncommon. Apparently the headlights only have a vertical adjustment, and I seem to recall someone posted the instructions as to how to adjust them, hmmmm, lets see if I can find them and post a link (may be in the thread already linked to)

https://www.s2ki.com/forums/showthread.php?...+AND+adjustment

Is one of them - Not sure if that link will work but its title HID lighting angle adjustment.

https://www.s2ki.com/forums/showthread.php?...p?threadid=6313 - Is another one - though some of the pictures are no longer there.

https://www.s2ki.com/forums/showthread.php?...+AND+adjustment - Is another one, titled Need help: Lighting adjustment.

My own thread titled Headlight pattern pictures had a picture no longer available from Cedric that showed the pattern generated from a set distance, I think I have the BMP at home, I will try and post it later tonight.


Hope that helps and I look forward to seeing whether you were able to do it yourself on Saturday.

 

Any chance of a picture of the pattern? The HID notch is blurred as the two lights are slightly out horizontally, not vertically. That's what it looks like anyway.

-Brian.

 

ah.... the lights seem to be at the same height but like you say have a slight overlap where the instensity isn't as bright....

I may just be being paranoid! (Must be feeling left out of the problem S2000 club )

Cedric, could you post your HIDS picture again so I can see if I'm going mad or not please