June 6, 201015 yr I found where the headlight aiming level bubble is. What do I turn to adjust the headlights up and down and left and right? If anyone has a picture that would be awesome.
June 7, 201015 yr In my experience, the aiming bubble doesn't work worth a damn on the old housings. Mabe when they were new it worked well. I've had best luck adjusting them against a wall after dark. Unplugging one headlight, then driving it and seeing if it's reaching where you want it, then swapping sides works well too. There's 2 studs sticking out of the rear of the housing, sometimes they have plastic heads on them, so once those crumble off you use vice grips to turn the studs.
June 7, 201015 yr Agreed on bubble levelers. Not worth a hoot. Aim them in the dark in a flat parking lot. The up/down adjusters are towards the outer half of the housing, sticking straight back, about midway top to bottom. Left/right adjusters are towards the inside half of the housing about the same level. I turn them with an 8 or 9mm (can't remember exactly) socket on a small ratchet.
June 7, 201015 yr Author Awesome, thank you guys. I just now finally got my headlights in my RS pointed where I like them and these are just plain goofy at night.
June 7, 201015 yr up to 94 there was a 8mm nut to adjust with, a metal nut. From what i have seen, in 95 when subaru cut there costs, the adjuster is a nylon thingamabob that almost 99.9% of the time cracks and breaks, so you are forced to vise grip spin the adjustment rod thats left. what a pain, spray some pb blaster on the threads before you even try to turn them. fyi, the headlights on the 95-99 really are not of great quality, even when adjusted right, with new bulbs, and polished/de-yellowed. Subaru needs to spend some time in the lighting department someday....
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