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GT with terrible headlights - how adjust?

112 views 8 replies 5 participants last post by  dogtag114  
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Drove my 21 GT at night for the first time and WOW are the headlights awful. Probably coolant see more than 5-10 feet in front of me. Seems they need to be adjusted to throw the beam down the road. Is this common? Do they need to be adjusted? Or are the headlights just awful in general? Any advice is greatly appreciated. Thanks!
 
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Assuming we all start at the same place, which we may not, approx how many revolutions of the adjustment screw is needed to raise to a proper height? It’s daylight here and I adjusted one revolution and will check when it gets dark. But if it’s ten revolutions, I’ll put more into it now for a starting point tonight. Thanks!
 
#6 ·
I would assume it would depend how far your lights are out. Nobody would back it all the way out and start adjusting. You just turn whichever way need watch you garage wall marks and adjust accordingly.
 
owns 2006 Lotus Elise
#7 ·
And be cautious of the limits. The new(er) S3 headlight (and maybe the Evora's, hence this warning) can detach its adjusters if over or under tightened. Mine came to me that way in the left headlight and was no fun to fix.