[Ksterr]

I installed a PnP kit last week onto my Si sedan, I've noticed that the output doesn't seem very right so I took some pictures against a garage at a 30 degree incline. My DRL looks messed up too.

Please take a look and let me know what you think?

Do I need to aim or are the bulbs seated wrong?

I came from a Mazda 3 with projectors so this all looks terrible for me until I retrofit.

 

[xHVGx]

Looks to me that you just need to aim the headlight, although the DRL seems more messed up than the low beam, but yeah, try aiming them and see if that fixes your issue.

 

[Ksterr]

THe DRL I don't understand cause 9005 can only go in one way right with the bulb socket pointing down?

I'm wondering if it's a bulb problem.

And do you have a link on how to aim these headlights?

Thanks

 

[drivelikeyoustoleit]

your bulb is seated wrong.... it happened to me.... i had to try and try again finally got it.... it feels like it locks in correctly but trust me if you feel around there are 3 tabs that have to be seated correctly... just feel for the tabs

 

[Ksterr]

your bulb is seated wrong.... it happened to me.... i had to try and try again finally got it.... it feels like it locks in correctly but trust me if you feel around there are 3 tabs that have to be seated correctly... just feel for the tabs

For the DRL bulbs or the lowbeam?

 

[lians60]

your low beams look good, your drl are definitely off. try reseating your high beam bulbs. A pic of highbeams on might help also.

 

[webby]

- Find a [near] perfectly flat surface with at least 30ft of room and a wall
- Measure the distance from the ground to the middle of your projector bulb (Mine is 25")
- Mark with tape on a wall that distance minus 2". So, 23" for me.
- Back your car up 25' (Distance is from the wall, to the projector bulb).
- Adjust the drivers side headlight cutoff (very top) with mark on the wall.
- Adjust the passenger side headlight cutoff to match drivers side.

 

[x09dbpSIx]

It looks like a bulb seat issue...I would look at that first before u go and re-aim anything

 

[indoe909]

hey i was just wondering... when you guys test the hids for the first time do you turn on the whole car or just the lights?

 

[BRIANxJDM]

hey i was just wondering... when you guys test the hids for the first time do you turn on the whole car or just the lights?

when I install mines I just plug it in before installation and see if it works, and I didnt turn on the car.

 

[Ksterr]

I guess I'll have to take off the bumper to reseat the bulbs, I installed both HID and DRL without removing bumper, the bulbs sit snug I tested it a few times too.

But thing is I can't see how it seats in the hole.

Try to get a pic tomorrow.

 

[DeEmEn]

DIY! all you need is a long screw driver. If you need help you can ask anyone here.

 

[Ksterr]

DIY! all you need is a long screw driver. If you need help you can ask anyone here.

I found a wall, took some pictures but I really need some advice which one or what am I really looking for, please help.

The pics are increasing distances, do I have to raise both?

 

[drivelikeyoustoleit]

your lowbeams look fine.... Maybe a small adjustment.... But your high/drls the driver side bulb is seated wrong I am 100% sure on this one.

 

[Ksterr]

your lowbeams look fine.... Maybe a small adjustment.... But your high/drls the driver side bulb is seated wrong I am 100% sure on this one.

I looked today and tried to re-seat them. I think its' because the bulbs are scratched up as they're from my old car.

Should my lowbeams be raised or lowered?

 

[drivelikeyoustoleit]

I looked today and tried to re-seat them. I think its' because the bulbs are scratched up as they're from my old car.

Should my lowbeams be raised or lowered?

it's def. Not because the bulbs is scratched lol.... But from the 2nd group of pics your pass. Side lowbeam could of a tad bit lower. It's really up to you I mean you could raise the driverside lowbeam.... But the driver drl/high beam is def. Off... If you look at it with the car and lights off the bulb will not be center It'll either be pointing up or down.

 

[Ksterr]

Hmm, this is how they look and I think it's seated properly:

Passenger Side:

Driver Side:

 

[USDMK20]

when i did my hid's, the bulbs weren't facing the same way. the quartz tube wasn't facing the same way as the other one, and i ended up adjusting my hid's to be equal, and in turn, it messed up my drl's. because i had to drop the passenger side all the way down to make my lo beams equal, it made my drl's alignment way off. it was so far down that when i drove in the daytime, it looked like my passenger side drl was off. all i did was rotate the bulbs so that they were both faced the same way, and everything was fine after.

 

[Ksterr]

Thing is I didn't adjust HID height at all, I just plugged and played.

 

[Yodums]

I don't see anything particularly wrong with the output. You pretty much answered your question in your original post. Not using a projector and installing an HID kit will create glare. Certain aftermarket bulbs will have a tendency to output a higher level of glare than others.