I finally was able to align my headlights, and took a couple pics for those who might find them useful. Here's how to align your headlights on your US Spec Lancer.

What you need.

1. 10mm socket wrench
2. 10mm wrench (or deep 10mm socket)

How to.

First, find a nice level section of pavement, and park your car 25 feet away, headlights facing a wall. An easy place to do this would be behind a Walmart or supermarket.

Next, measure the distance from the pavement to the center of your headlights, and mark the same height horizontally on the wall with a straight line of tape a few feet across. To the best of my knowledgy, there is only a vertical adjusment for the headlights, so no vertical center line is needed (if I hear otherwise, i'll update this post).

Now, find the adjusting bolt behind the headlights. I've pointed them out in the photos below.

Driver side.


Passenger side.


Using a 10mm socket wrench, adjust the beam.
Right is down.
Left is up.
Aim the beams so the line of tape is centered in the light.

Note: I found that it was easier to adjust the driver side if the battery tie-down was loosened and the battery slid back a little for clearance (use the 10mm wrench here).

And that's it. Once your low beams are accurate, your high beams should be as well. One more thing. You might want to set the driver side beam slightly higher to off-set the lack of weight in the driver seat.



Mods. Can you sticky this?

 

mods? sticky?

anybody?

/tumbleweed

 

Bumping this up since it hasnt been made a sticky. I have been searching for this exact topic. I got new bulbs and they seem to aim down more than the stock ones. This is the exact advice I needed! Thanks Cuda!!

 

This should also be added in the how-to section. As one who is annoyed at the number of people whos lights blind me (and others) because they're aimed sky high, I thank you Purecoda for posting this usefull info!

 

Doin' it now. Next time just PM me when you post something you'd like to see there. It's faster than waiting for me to discover it.

 

That would ruin all the fun Next time I'll PM you "someone posted a How-To, but I won't tell you where"

 

ROFL LMAO now thats fun!

 

i always wondered what that bolt was for... time to go align my headlights!! finally-- one of mine is good, and the other is just like a splotch of light on pavement..its so bad! hopefully this will work

 

its coda, and you're welcome (and next time, i'll pm hk).