Head anyone adjusted their headlights up a bit?

TTDegs · 25th August 2006, 10:49

Whilst blatting down the backrounds of Cornwall last week in the dark, I found that on dipped beam whilst the amount of light was good (thank you Xenons

) the beam was hitting the floor not all that far in the distance.

To the point where I felt that my (in-built) safe speed on unlit roads was about 45mph - anything quicker and I felt I wasn't seeing things quickly enough to react in time.

Obviously flipping the main beam on completly sorted that but you can't always drive round that way.

Has anyone else noticed the same, or was the technician who adjusted mine a bit eager?

cheers very!

Fedorov · 25th August 2006, 10:53

I mentioned this on here a while ago after my first good run out near the Yorkshire Moors on unlit roads, I also felt the beam didn't show me enough in front of me.

TTDegs · 2nd September 2006, 14:08

seeing as how this has cropped up again in the 'driving on the continent thread'...

I thought I'd simply jump on the wen and find out what the height should be set at

On the grounds that you can sort it out yourself by parking on level ground with lights pointing at a wall from a set distance (ie duplicating the MOT test)

Unfortunately, it would appear the all the sites I could find don't trust anyone to fix their own cars anymore, and I can't find the info anywhere!

From memory, it's a calc based on the hieght of the bulb from the ground (a), and distance to the wall (b).
You then mark the 'top' of the beam pattern on the wall (c)

Subtract (a) from (c), do some basic trigonometry with (b) and Robert is your Mum's brother

But can I find what the max / min allowed result is?
No

IWANTACIVIC · 1st October 2006, 23:16

Can u adjust the height of the bulbs by a switch or get honda to raise the light a bit for u ? nothing worse than cant see the road propley i had my light set up super and had to have the headlight out to get a bulb out and never been as good since were ever i put the little switch

Pottsy · 1st October 2006, 23:49

Iwant,

On your EX there will be no adjustment. UK law dictates that HID equipped cars have auto-adjusters.

Having said that, I find the setting on mine absolutely fine.

Nick7 · 3rd October 2006, 22:17

... but you can still adjust with screw on headlight itself, AFAIK.

Charles_Harding · 19th October 2006, 16:25

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pottsy

Iwant,

On your EX there will be no adjustment. UK law dictates that HID equipped cars have auto-adjusters.

Having said that, I find the setting on mine absolutely fine.

I complained to my dealer, yesterday, about the flashing I get from oncoming vehicles when on dipped.

He claimed that he 'turned them' down a bit when he did the 'recal' bit.

"At least I can still smoke in my car"

Fedorov · 19th October 2006, 22:30

Got to get mine UP at the dealership asap, felt like I was driving on death's door the other night on some unlit roads, go above 50mph and feel like I could die at any moment not being able to see which way the road is going to turn

IWANTACIVIC · 20th October 2006, 03:35

Mine are spot on super light better than the xeons i had in the 307 and they were good , yer i was under the bonnet today and found the adjuster looks good to have left and right and up and down. 1 thing i think lookes crap is the side lights because on dip if u look at the front of the car most of the lights are white and look good and the side lights are really strong yellow ruins posh look how easy is it to change then is it light other bulbs major strip down , dont look much room under the bonnet

Charles_Harding · 20th October 2006, 10:34

Quote:

Originally Posted by IWANTACIVIC

Mine are spot on super light better than the xeons i had in the 307 and they were good , yer i was under the bonnet today and found the adjuster looks good to have left and right and up and down. 1 thing i think lookes crap is the side lights because on dip if u look at the front of the car most of the lights are white and look good and the side lights are really strong yellow ruins posh look how easy is it to change then is it light other bulbs major strip down , dont look much room under the bonnet

Go for this:

[HOW TO] Replace headlight bulbs & front position light

There you are, all done.

""Mothers with teenagers know why animals eat their young!"

WoolyCiv · 20th October 2006, 20:48

Quote:

Originally Posted by IWANTACIVIC

Mine are spot on super light better than the xeons i had in the 307 and they were good , yer i was under the bonnet today and found the adjuster looks good to have left and right and up and down. 1 thing i think lookes crap is the side lights because on dip if u look at the front of the car most of the lights are white and look good and the side lights are really strong yellow ruins posh look how easy is it to change then is it light other bulbs major strip down , dont look much room under the bonnet

Quote:

Originally Posted by Charles_Harding

Go for this:

[HOW TO] Replace headlight bulbs & front position light

There you are, all done.

Iwant go with the link CH provided. I agree they do look yellow, I changed them and the inside map lights to the same bulbs (Extreme White 501 W5W from Autobulbs direct - they came free with another order

) Now all white

IWANTACIVIC · 21st October 2006, 04:53

cool ill look into it

at least they are easyer to replace then dip bulbs do the hid bulds in the ex last longer than halgon ? there quite a bit more money anit they , also how much does the headlights move on startup ive read that on startup the light go up and down slightly ive not notcied it yet .

Charles_Harding · 22nd October 2006, 16:47

Quote:

Originally Posted by WoolyCiv

Iwant go with the link CH provided. I agree they do look yellow, I changed them and the inside map lights to the same bulbs (Extreme White 501 W5W from Autobulbs direct - they came free with another order

) Now all white

Keep it with CH.

He ain't got much longer on this planet, but he's got experience!

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joora · 1st November 2006, 02:34

Has anyone adjusted the beam upwards a bit?
I noticed that the low beam's range is too short for my taste. On unlit roads with cars comming from the opposite direction(so no high beam), i feel unsafe driving with low beam lights. I recall that i had much nicer low beam range in my fiat punto.

TTDegs · 2nd November 2006, 00:21

joora - it appears that one or two people have

and that there are a few (like me

) who only ever remember it needs doing when actually driving down dark roads - which isn't really the best time to jump out and start playing...

pcr · 5th November 2006, 12:45

On mine with HID, when going uphill there is no cut-off visible on the road ahead, they are OK on the flat. I keep getting flashed so I guess they are too high. They are probably the same as other cars with non-HID, but the extra brightest dazzles oncoming drivers, just like some BMWs.
I have just turned them down a bit to see if that helps.
A bit = two full turns of adjuster.

Miggins · 5th November 2006, 21:56

Quote:

Originally Posted by joora

Has anyone adjusted the beam upwards a bit?
I noticed that the low beam's range is too short for my taste. On unlit roads with cars comming from the opposite direction(so no high beam), i feel unsafe driving with low beam lights. I recall that i had much nicer low beam range in my fiat punto.

Joora,
I have adjusted mine up as far as they would go. see: Think I found the adjusters for the HID Lights. I'm quite disappointed with the low beam pattern compared to other vehicles (some many years older) I own.

My problem is remembering to turn them on in low light - I see the dash light up and think 'my lights must be on' . . . . Doh!

Fedorov · 5th November 2006, 22:24

Same problem here, my civic is parked on the drive directly below a streetlight, I go out and still cannot get used to this concept of having a fully lit dashboard but forget to put my headlights on

pcr · 5th November 2006, 23:55

I think we need some pictures showing cut-off on a flat road.

Skaven252 · 6th November 2006, 09:25

Quote:

Originally Posted by TTDegs

I found that on dipped beam whilst the amount of light was good (thank you Xenons

) the beam was hitting the floor not all that far in the distance. Has anyone else noticed the same

Yeah, now that I paid attention to it when driving in the dark last saturday, I noticed the same. Better adjust it upwards a little bit. Even so, it shouldn't blind the oncoming drivers.

If I load something very heavy in the trunk the lights should be adjusted back down a bit, right?

25th August 2006, 10:49	#1 (permalink)
TTDegs Super Moderator Civinfo master Join Date: 4th August 2006 Location: Cardiff Posts: 5,638 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	anyone adjusted their headlights up a bit? Whilst blatting down the backrounds of Cornwall last week in the dark, I found that on dipped beam whilst the amount of light was good (thank you Xenons ) the beam was hitting the floor not all that far in the distance. To the point where I felt that my (in-built) safe speed on unlit roads was about 45mph - anything quicker and I felt I wasn't seeing things quickly enough to react in time. Obviously flipping the main beam on completly sorted that but you can't always drive round that way. Has anyone else noticed the same, or was the technician who adjusted mine a bit eager? cheers very!

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25th August 2006, 10:53	#2 (permalink)
Fedorov Supporter Magic Rear Seat Join Date: 15th April 2006 Posts: 783 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I mentioned this on here a while ago after my first good run out near the Yorkshire Moors on unlit roads, I also felt the beam didn't show me enough in front of me.

2nd September 2006, 14:08	#3 (permalink)
TTDegs Super Moderator Civinfo master Join Date: 4th August 2006 Location: Cardiff Posts: 5,638 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	seeing as how this has cropped up again in the 'driving on the continent thread'... I thought I'd simply jump on the wen and find out what the height should be set at On the grounds that you can sort it out yourself by parking on level ground with lights pointing at a wall from a set distance (ie duplicating the MOT test) Unfortunately, it would appear the all the sites I could find don't trust anyone to fix their own cars anymore, and I can't find the info anywhere! From memory, it's a calc based on the hieght of the bulb from the ground (a), and distance to the wall (b). You then mark the 'top' of the beam pattern on the wall (c) Subtract (a) from (c), do some basic trigonometry with (b) and Robert is your Mum's brother But can I find what the max / min allowed result is? No

1st October 2006, 23:16	#4 (permalink)
IWANTACIVIC Supporter Magic Rear Seat Join Date: 16th September 2006 Location: LINCS UK Posts: 658 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Can u adjust the height of the bulbs by a switch or get honda to raise the light a bit for u ? nothing worse than cant see the road propley i had my light set up super and had to have the headlight out to get a bulb out and never been as good since were ever i put the little switch

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Pottsy Administrator Civinfo guru Join Date: 10th April 2006 Location: Leics Posts: 4,775 Thanks: 7 Thanked 64 Times in 33 Posts	Iwant, On your EX there will be no adjustment. UK law dictates that HID equipped cars have auto-adjusters. Having said that, I find the setting on mine absolutely fine.

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Nick7 Supporter Triangular Exhaust Join Date: 10th August 2006 Location: Croatia Posts: 444 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	... but you can still adjust with screw on headlight itself, AFAIK.

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Fedorov Supporter Magic Rear Seat Join Date: 15th April 2006 Posts: 783 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Got to get mine UP at the dealership asap, felt like I was driving on death's door the other night on some unlit roads, go above 50mph and feel like I could die at any moment not being able to see which way the road is going to turn

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IWANTACIVIC Supporter Magic Rear Seat Join Date: 16th September 2006 Location: LINCS UK Posts: 658 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Mine are spot on super light better than the xeons i had in the 307 and they were good , yer i was under the bonnet today and found the adjuster looks good to have left and right and up and down. 1 thing i think lookes crap is the side lights because on dip if u look at the front of the car most of the lights are white and look good and the side lights are really strong yellow ruins posh look how easy is it to change then is it light other bulbs major strip down , dont look much room under the bonnet

21st October 2006, 04:53	#12 (permalink)
IWANTACIVIC Supporter Magic Rear Seat Join Date: 16th September 2006 Location: LINCS UK Posts: 658 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	cool ill look into it at least they are easyer to replace then dip bulbs do the hid bulds in the ex last longer than halgon ? there quite a bit more money anit they , also how much does the headlights move on startup ive read that on startup the light go up and down slightly ive not notcied it yet .

1st November 2006, 02:34	#14 (permalink)
joora Wheelnut Join Date: 11th September 2006 Location: Croatia Posts: 73 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Has anyone adjusted the beam upwards a bit? I noticed that the low beam's range is too short for my taste. On unlit roads with cars comming from the opposite direction(so no high beam), i feel unsafe driving with low beam lights. I recall that i had much nicer low beam range in my fiat punto.

2nd November 2006, 00:21	#15 (permalink)
TTDegs Super Moderator Civinfo master Join Date: 4th August 2006 Location: Cardiff Posts: 5,638 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	joora - it appears that one or two people have and that there are a few (like me ) who only ever remember it needs doing when actually driving down dark roads - which isn't really the best time to jump out and start playing...

5th November 2006, 12:45	#16 (permalink)
pcr Magic Rear Seat Join Date: 5th September 2006 Location: Shropshire Posts: 843 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	On mine with HID, when going uphill there is no cut-off visible on the road ahead, they are OK on the flat. I keep getting flashed so I guess they are too high. They are probably the same as other cars with non-HID, but the extra brightest dazzles oncoming drivers, just like some BMWs. I have just turned them down a bit to see if that helps. A bit = two full turns of adjuster.

5th November 2006, 22:24	#18 (permalink)
Fedorov Supporter Magic Rear Seat Join Date: 15th April 2006 Posts: 783 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Same problem here, my civic is parked on the drive directly below a streetlight, I go out and still cannot get used to this concept of having a fully lit dashboard but forget to put my headlights on

5th November 2006, 23:55	#19 (permalink)
pcr Magic Rear Seat Join Date: 5th September 2006 Location: Shropshire Posts: 843 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	I think we need some pictures showing cut-off on a flat road.