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How to adjust Morimoto headlights?

Discussion in 'Lighting' started by Bcjammerx, Nov 8, 2020.

  1. Nov 8, 2020 at 7:47 AM
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    Bcjammerx

    Bcjammerx [OP] I'm not ALWAYS an a-hole, I swear

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    installed my morimoto led headlights and they are super low. parked beside a car with stock hids and my beams were like 3 feet lower than there’s at 6 feet from the wall. very noticeable while driving

    I can’t find adjustment instructions on their site but I found two 10mm bolts on the back of the housing and I assumed these were the adjustment screws but they didn’t move...stock ones were good height before I removed them

    any advice?
     
  2. Nov 8, 2020 at 7:55 AM
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    GrundleJuice

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    right on their site, last picture of the uninstalled assembly.
     
  3. Nov 8, 2020 at 6:20 PM
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    Bcjammerx

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    so it is! I was looking for it in the install manual

    I’ll give ‘em some more turns I guess

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  4. Jun 25, 2021 at 2:36 PM
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    bumping an old thread! Super helpful! My lights were a mess
     
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  5. Oct 11, 2021 at 3:51 PM
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    How did the adjusting go? I'm in the same boat, were you able to do it without pulling stuff apart?
     
  6. Oct 11, 2021 at 4:03 PM
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    It was super easy once I found the screws, the pics really help.

    up, down, out, and in. Need to adjust my brights again actually, didn't get them quit right.

    I didn't have to remove the battery or anything, I don't think I removed the washer fluid container...don't recall honestly.

    Just don't adjust them too high...one super dangerous for others and won't actually help you...but also I almost couldn't get them to come back down 0_o I always have weird problems...so you don't have to |-)
     
  7. Oct 11, 2021 at 8:17 PM
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    Read the warnings, likely hard to do once installed. Turning the adjuster more than 3x will break the adjuster. So count your rotations.
     
  8. Oct 13, 2021 at 5:04 AM
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    You're right, it was pretty simple. I removed the bolts from the washer fluid reservoir to give myself a little more room, but I don't think I needed. Warnings on the back of the headlight stated "no more than 3 full rotations." I just kept rotating until they were where they should be (measured at 25ft, 2in below headlight centerpoint). They were wayyyy out of whack. Both beams were around a foot too low. Work great now though. I may go up another inch.
     
  9. Dec 19, 2021 at 3:16 PM
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    Thanks for this info been trying to figure out how to adjust them and never noticed the photo on the website. Figured it would have been in the installation manual, but it's not. Had a Question. I have my low beams verticaly level with each other now, but I am not sure about horizontally. High Beams are perfect as installed. My lows get this kind of pattern from 25+ feet away. The parking lot is not level thus the reason lows are unlevel on the wall. Middle of pattern looks odd to me - is my horizontal wacked out? Something else?

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    Mine only have 2 adjustment screws...?

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  11. Nov 25, 2023 at 5:38 PM
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    Headlamps are not supposed to have horizontal beam adjustment, so morimoto is likely covering that foe the US market leaving the vertical adjustments for the low and high beams accessible.
     
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  12. Nov 25, 2023 at 5:46 PM
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    That makes sense, thanks. I was worried I was sent the wrong headlights on top of having been sent a light with a broken tab. I was able to plastic weld it. I emailed the company but they will probably say I did it, even though the tab was found in the box and I hadn't even began the instal. It's working just fine but kind of annoying.
     

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