HID cutoff does not look right
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HID cutoff does not look right
What's up everyone, can anyone tell me what is wrong with my hid cutoff? I've attached a photo below. My passenger side seems high and looks like it has a glare. This doesn't seem normal to me. I've tried researching but I'm having no luck finding an answer. If anyone can help out, I'd appreciate it. Thanks in advance!!
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The HID cutoffs are always offset like that on the s. It's so you don't blind oncoming traffic. The glare I'm not sure about. Could just be from dirty lenses or something?
Fun fact: JDM headlights have the opposite pattern, because they drive on the wrong side
so if you want to import your car, you have to swap the headlights.
Fun fact: JDM headlights have the opposite pattern, because they drive on the wrong side
so if you want to import your car, you have to swap the headlights.
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Originally Posted by s2kreeper
The HID cutoffs are always offset like that on the s. It's so you don't blind oncoming traffic. The glare I'm not sure about. Could just be from dirty lenses or something? Fun fact: JDM headlights have the opposite pattern, because they drive on the wrong side so if you want to import your car, you have to swap the headlights.
so if you want to import your car, you have to swap the headlights.I understand that the cutoff is to prevent oncoming traffic, but mine for some reason has that glare on the passenger side. I know they are suppose to look the same on each side, like attached (not my photo-- used as reference).
My headlights are clean, I just had them polished and it looks brand new. So dirt wouldn't be the reason.
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Originally Posted by s2000maniac
Hey I can't get my HID's to line up like that in that pic above. The passenger side goes over the drivers side. It looks weird. 
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Originally Posted by CR EH
Only thing I could suggest is checking to make sure your bulbs are in properly, sometimes if they are not sitting right they will have a distorted outcome. And yes, they are a huge pain to get access to.
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Agreed. Granted this is my first time owning a car with projector headlamps, I have quite a bit of experience from work with them. I would DEFINITELY be checking that the bulb is correctly installed, and also hope that if it IS mis-aligned, it hasn't melted the mounting socket in the headlamp. I've seen that before, not pretty. Best of luck to you.
