Aiming your HIDs . . .Does anyone else do this? - Mazda 6 Forums : Mazda 6 / Mazda Atenza Forum

Trippp · 06-26-2009, 12:34 PM

I have an 09 6i GT with HIDs. They have manual leveling and are not the adaptive type (like Euro models or the new 3).

I hate the overly restrictive cutoff of the HIDs. On some of the rural, hilly roads I drive at night it can be a white knuckle cruise.

I used a long neck phillips head screw driver and kicked them up a few degrees.

Works great. Much more confident drive at night with the extra light thrown a few more feet ahead of the car. I use the manual leveling adjustment to turn them down when I'm in the city.

1Kris06 · 06-26-2009, 01:03 PM

when i first installed my HID's, they were aimed pretty much at the street and didn't project as far as my stock halogens did. a little adjustment and.....PERFECT.

edit: just noticed this was 2nd gen....oh well

tommyz23 · 06-26-2009, 05:44 PM

QUOTE (Trippp @ Jun 26 2009, 11:34 AM)

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I have an 09 6i GT with HIDs. They have manual leveling and are not the adaptive type (like Euro models or the new 3).

I hate the overly restrictive cutoff of the HIDs. On some of the rural, hilly roads I drive at night it can be a white knuckle cruise.

I used a long neck phillips head screw driver and kicked them up a few degrees.

Works great. Much more confident drive at night with the extra light thrown a few more feet ahead of the car. I use the manual leveling adjustment to turn them down when I'm in the city.[/b]

Be carefull so your not blinding the oncoming drivers, because your headlights are aimed too high.

Ernie · 06-27-2009, 09:36 PM

QUOTE (Tom Z @ Jun 26 2009, 05:44 PM)

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Be carefull so your not blinding the oncoming drivers, because your headlights are aimed too high.[/b]

X2 --- hids have a restrictive cutoff for a reason . . . "it burns us!".

I'm happy with the setup - the hids stay on when you put on high-beams, so there's no loss having them at the proper location.

-Ernie

Trippp · 06-28-2009, 07:01 PM

. . . That's why I take advantage of having the level adjuster. IMO the high beams are very weak. They don't do much to help visibility on the rural roads on which I drive. I've kicked up the HIDs a few degrees and use the level adjuster to keep them aimed down when in the city. It's made driving at night BFE much more confidence inspiring.

zzyyzx · 06-30-2009, 08:50 AM

I use the level adjuster in my car. I keep them on the highest setting all the time. I've never been flashed by oncoming traffic. I've even stood in front of the car a hundred feet or so and it still seems well below anything that would blind someone. When I lower the headlights, they cutoff maybe 30 feet in front of the car. I almost didn't buy the 6 until I learned they headlights could be leveled.

06-26-2009, 12:34 PM	#1 (permalink)
Trippp Drivers License Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 75 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Groans: 0 Groaned at 0 Times in 0 Posts iTrader: 0 reviews	I have an 09 6i GT with HIDs. They have manual leveling and are not the adaptive type (like Euro models or the new 3). I hate the overly restrictive cutoff of the HIDs. On some of the rural, hilly roads I drive at night it can be a white knuckle cruise. I used a long neck phillips head screw driver and kicked them up a few degrees. Works great. Much more confident drive at night with the extra light thrown a few more feet ahead of the car. I use the manual leveling adjustment to turn them down when I'm in the city. __________________ 2009 Sangria Red 6 iGT, 6MT

06-26-2009, 01:03 PM	#2 (permalink)
1Kris06 Track Racer Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Stillwater, MN Posts: 298 Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Groans: 0 Groaned at 0 Times in 0 Posts iTrader: 0 reviews	when i first installed my HID's, they were aimed pretty much at the street and didn't project as far as my stock halogens did. a little adjustment and.....PERFECT. edit: just noticed this was 2nd gen....oh well __________________ 2006 6i ATX Dark Cherry Mica(sold) 2005 6s MTX Blazing Copper(RIP) 97 Stratus w/225k(temp car)

06-28-2009, 07:01 PM	#5 (permalink)
Trippp Drivers License Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 75 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Groans: 0 Groaned at 0 Times in 0 Posts iTrader: 0 reviews	. . . That's why I take advantage of having the level adjuster. IMO the high beams are very weak. They don't do much to help visibility on the rural roads on which I drive. I've kicked up the HIDs a few degrees and use the level adjuster to keep them aimed down when in the city. It's made driving at night BFE much more confidence inspiring. __________________ 2009 Sangria Red 6 iGT, 6MT

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06-30-2009, 08:50 AM	#6 (permalink)
zzyyzx Learners License Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 17 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Groans: 0 Groaned at 0 Times in 0 Posts iTrader: 0 reviews	I use the level adjuster in my car. I keep them on the highest setting all the time. I've never been flashed by oncoming traffic. I've even stood in front of the car a hundred feet or so and it still seems well below anything that would blind someone. When I lower the headlights, they cutoff maybe 30 feet in front of the car. I almost didn't buy the 6 until I learned they headlights could be leveled.