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      09-17-2017, 07:22 PM   #1
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Auto leveling headlights with a lowered car

With the lowering of our cars is it necessary to use a different arm to achieve proper headlight levels? I had to do this on my Audi A3.

I have gone down about a half inch, but I feel like the low beams don't reach as far.
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No worries- it's a thing with 135 headlights aiming a touch low, regardless of your suspension settings. 1.5, maybe 2, turns of the adjustment screw, counter-clockwise, should be enough to get you all set.



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No worries- it's a thing with 135 headlights aiming a touch low, regardless of your suspension settings. 1.5, maybe 2, turns of the adjustment screw, counter-clockwise, should be enough to get you all set.



+1. I always adjust my right headlight to be a bit higher due to living in deer country.
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Perfect, thank you guys. I was worried the adjustment screw wouldn't be enough. It wasn't in my A3 and I had to make a shorter arm with heim joints.
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