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My right headlight is much brighter than my left someone said I have it on full beam but been told it may just need an adjustment how do I do this?

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If it is a h4 headlight it could be that the wires are mixed up, it could be that while on high beam they are fine but when on low beam that the low beam part of the bulb has blown and tour left headlight is just being lit by a sidelight bulb, best off just to get two new headlight bulbs fitted first as it could just be a blown bulb and the cheapest fix is the best!

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Colin Stickland

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  • Posted on Nov 17, 2008

SOURCE: Headlight beam adjustment on Chevy Astrovan 4.3L 2001.

i will remember this john doing me out of work,,ps you still owe me 5 euros from the oil change,enjoy your trip to malaga

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  • Posted on Jan 31, 2009

SOURCE: Adjusting the low beam headlight

its all the same the headlight is a complete unit you adjust both/ look for screws behind the headlight one each side one is for horizontal annd the other is for vertical Please rate my response thank you very much

Anonymous

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  • Posted on Oct 06, 2009

SOURCE: I am driving to spain soon, can I adjust the main

Unfortunately you cannot. The beam pattern itself is different. On left hand drive cars, the actual beam is designed to throw the least amount of light into oncoming cars and will look something like this.
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you can't change the pattern as the housing unit itself is what depicts the pattern projected.

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Anonymous

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  • Posted on Nov 11, 2009

SOURCE: Adjust the headlight beam on 2002 Subaru Outback

two screws on each headlight control the direction the headlights are aimed. One screw, usually at the top but sometimes below the headlight, adjusts the headlight up and down. The other screw, located to one side, controls the headlight from right to left. Turning the appropriate screw one direction or the other will change the direction the headlight points.
In order to aim your headlights you need to have a flat vertical surface you can aim your headlights at in front of a level surface on which to park the car. If your driveway is level your garage door is the perfect place to aim your headlights.
The tools you will need for this job are simple. Masking tape is used to mark where the headlights are to be aimed and a screwdriver is needed to adjust the headlights. A tape measure will be necessary to measure the distance of the vehicle to the surface you're using to check the aim and to measure the up and down distances from your marks

mike hayward

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  • Posted on Dec 07, 2009

SOURCE: Headlight adjustment Peugeot 307tdi

make sure the bulb is in correctly

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