Here it is:
https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/sh...ad.php?t=75583

 

for christ sake guys do a search. You can manually adjust them with just one plane phillips screwdriver. look behind the headlight for the green gear, above it is a circular hole in the black plastic that u can fit the screwdriver in and it will line up with the gear, you turn the screwdriver and it adjusts the hight.

 

I already found it so that the lazy can be lazier... I just wanted to get feedback on which was better to use, the socket or the screwdriver as I don't wanna risk stripping the gears, which I've read a LOT about.

 

There was a How To with pix, do a search for it. I set my so high it shoots at the exit signs over the highway. But i keep it on 3 so it won't blind people. Oh My headlights have alot more purple in them now.

 

since im in the city i normally turn mine all the way down, but when its really dark i turn them up for additional visability.

 

I use a socket, its very easy and it took less then 3 mins for both sides.

 

why is there always someone asking people to do a search?

I don't get that at all. If you know just tell. The search function sucks anyway. It takes me forever to go through most of this crap that's been piling for years.

 

I just did the exact way that's listed in the how-to I posted above. I used the 10mm socket. I marked the headlights at the "0" position on the wall, then cranked it down to "2". Shut the lights off and cranked away at the nut, making sure that the little plastic gear was turning as well, which it was, and kept checking until it came back up to the marks on the wall. Crank, check, crank, check, crank, check a little at a time until it's perfect. Now, my "2" position is where the factory had it at the 0 position. I usually run at 1 now which shines awesome, and i put it at 0 when i'm in the outskirts and it shines WAY out there. This is how it should have come from the factory. Props to n00dle for the how-to!!

 

I sincerly appologize for not doing a search. I am going to go sit in the corner now and think about what I did.

 

Well adjust your headlights while you're sittin over there...

 

plokivos has all the subtlety of a pimp slap, but this time he's actually right. the search engine here does kinda suck compared to other forums. hard to find relevant material...

but hey, that direct link is great. thx much, adjusting my lights tonight.

 

degrottdd is 100% right! Our HID's are pointed way too low - even on the highest setting - from the factory. I used the socket method of adjustment and now the lowest setting is the "stock" highest setting. I rarely get flashed and now the HID's shoot WAYYYYY out there! The highway signs are lit up like crazy and I the road is still lit up close-up too. Nothing worse than headlights that don't throw a good long beam. This mod is a must!

 

thkfast, that is waaaaay too high. I set mine on "2" and I can plainly see that they still have a good bit of rise to them when on "0". you're another adjustment higher than that, I have no doubt your headlights are too high and you're annoying, possibly endangering, other motorists.

I usually drive with mine on "1" in fact, only a single adjustment higher than stock. it's plenty to keep from overdriving the lights.

 

He's in Iowa. What other motorists?

I did the middle-equals-stock-top adjustment on mine -- socket on the pass side, screwdriver on the driver's side (where my socket was too fat to fit). I keep it in the middle on brightly lit roads, on up one notch on poorly lit roads, and on wooded roads I put it at the top so I can look out for critters ducking across the road. At the top position I get flashed once in a while, but not at plus one click. (Any higher than plus two is redundant with the high beams.)

Stock position is way too low, unless you're driving below 40 MPH on dead flat roads. Otherwise, you're out-driving your lights. I think mitsu forgot that the stiffly sprung EVO isn't going to sag in the back with stuff in the trunk like an econobox. We don't really need to depress the lights for a nose high attitude with cargo.

The fogs are pointed pretty far down, lighting up the close-in road, and are mostly useful in winter, to look for icy patches and snow-masked potholes.

 

I use mine occationally usually lower them if I'm following someone close and can't get around them. But if there isn't a reason to lower them I keep them on the highest setting.