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Originally Posted by ekological
PM me from whom you bought the car and I can hopefully figure out what color temperature, in case you're interested.
1) PM me your e-mail address and I can send you the install instructions that shows how to adjust the headlamps on '05/'06 cars. The sharp cutoff is the result of the projectors. Indeed, there is a shade on the lower half in front of the bulb. The light rays bounce around the reflector and out through the glass eye to the floor. The sharp cutoff prevents you from blinding oncoming cars. Certainly if the cutoff is aimed too low, the headlights aren't helping you enough when driving at night. Raise too high and you'll piss off people driving towards you.
2) Probably an aiming issue as well of the high beams
3) IIRC, the insulator on the return wire is on top of the bulb capsule after it is installed. Unfortunately, this orientation casts a shadow from the capsule to the top of the reflector, after which then gets projected to the floor. Other than getting a manufacturer to make the bulbs with the return wire on the other side, there's nothing that can be done. Believe me, I asked if this was possible and was told no since it would introduce a tracking issue of maintaining two separate inventories.
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Thanks. I aimed both sides a bit higher and it fixed everything. The low beams now cover enough road to be all I need in most circumstances and the high beams mesh perfectly for seamless coverage. Although I raised the low beams quite a bit, they still are not high enough to fire directly into the eyes of on-coming traffic. I really like this setup.