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    Default Re: Headlights, one faces down and its not as bright as the other :(

    Changing the fuses will do nothing. You probably have a bad ground going to the one bulb that is what is causing the one side to burn out all the time. s for your adjustments get a ratcheting 8mm (or is it 10mm I forget) wrench and this way it works really well to adjust the lights. But it sounds to me like your bulb on the passnger side is not sitting propely and you ave it aimed downwards.
    Keep in mind when adjsting your lights because you pushed them to the sideways that they light up the next lane you have also pushed the lights downward. readjust them back to stock and yu will pull the light back up if you ONLY adjusted the direction of the light.

    here is a rough ghetto sketch of what you have done


    On the left you see the lights at factory height
    top portion beam pattern
    bottom portion adjustment on road straight

    On the right you see the left headlight as factory and the right headlight what you adjusted
    top portion l/f headlight untouched
    top portion r/f headlight pushed over to the right
    bottom portion l/f headlight normal straight
    bottom portion r/f headlight pushed downward because of the adjustments you made
    Last edited by McGuyver_3; 12-03-2012 at 12:08 PM.
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