Most headlights are set up with the passenger side a bit higher so you can see the right side of the road better, deer, people etc.. It's actually a good thing.

 

I think you guys are WHACKED!

The only adjusting wheels and nut I see without removing pieces are directly behind the highbeams not the low beams, and spinning that nut/gear has no effect on the elevation of the low beam lights on my car. In fact, getting into the driver's seat and rolling the little electric headlights elevation rotary wheel up and down and watching what happens beneath the hood proves to me that the visible nut/gear behind the high beams light does not spin, yet the headlights move up and down, kinda making it clear to me that the visible nut/gear don't seem to be related at all to adjusting the height of the low beams...

Are you guys talking about a similar adjustment buried somewhere behind the lowbeam lights under all that garbage?

Are you pulling stuff off the car to get at it?

Or are you guys just WHACKED in the head from breathing too much 93 octane and 10w30 Mobil 1 fumes and you are imagining that the low beams are being adjusted??

 

P.S. - The nut/gears displayed in the pics on the 3rd page of this thread are the exact ones I worked with. Turning the 10mm bolt and watching the little plastic gear move did NOT result in a change of elevation of the headlights.

And the gears DID NOT MOVE when I adjusted my headlights from the driver's seat, yet the headlights moved up and down jsut fine...

I think you guys are screwing with me!!

 

No, you are the whacked one.............When adjusting the dial inside the car, the gear are not suppose to move....I guess you don't see the point.....And yes, moving the gear DOES raise and lower your headlights.......I did two EVOS already......

 

You need to make several turns of the gear before you'll see the light movement. It takes a little bit of time (from one or two rotations, you won't notice any change).

 

The green metal gear with the 10mm bolt inside is for adjusting the High beams. The little plastic spherical gear is for adjusting the low beams. Since the metal gear and the plastic gear are "geared" together (like a diff ring and pinion) turning the 10mm bolt inside the metal gear will also spin the plastic gear - so in fact you'll be adjusting both the high and low beams. That is if the plastic gear isn't stripped in which case turning the 10mm bolt ccw (counter clock wise) will just raise the high beams.

If you are doing this start with the passenger side so you'll see what it is you're doing. Removing the coolant reservoir will help. What I did: I turned the 10mm bolt making sure the plastic gear was spinning with the metal gear (if it isn't, help it with a flat head screwdriver). After raising both the high and low beams, I loosened the two phillip screws that hold the base that pushes the plastic gear tight against the metal gear - so the gears aren't touching, so I could return my high beams to where they were without lowering the low beams (no need to remove the screws - just loosen about 3 turns). The driver's side is more difficult because is hard to fit a ratched in there and if you aren't careful the side of the socket will pinch still the plastic gear making it easier to strip (I stripped mine ).

Does this help?

 

I have been wondering about this for a while! My headlights seemed like they were pointed at the GROUND! I will try this as soon as there is no more snow on the ground. lol We have 8 inches and it's still snowing!

 

Used the socket method. Took all of three minutes from start to finish.. No way would I stick a screwdriver in there!!

Thanks a million! This was cake and helped me a lot!

 

i'm trying this tomorrow... I''ll keep u posted...

 

does anyone have a shop manual or something that would tell you exactly how ths should be done?

 

This has been way overcomplicated. Just use the 10mm socket ,thats it.

 

sounds like it's easy, but now we're hearing from people that these adjustments are now screwing up the high beams light pattern also. There should be an adjustment for just the low beams, and a seperate one for the low beams. Can anyone confirm this?

 

mine is adjusted on both sides equally....loooks excellent

 

Mine was a breeze and came out great using the 10mm method. I wish I had done this sooner!

 

What he said.