adjusting 996 headlights - what tool is it?

[p0rsch3]

I lowered my car a while back and am tired of the headlights pointing at the ground, so I went to adjust it per the owners manual (pages 233/234).

It says there is a hex socket, and when I look in the access hole opening it is so small and deep I cannot see what type / size it is.

I guess I'll need to buy a long very thin hex tool but does anyone know what size the tool is?

[RFM]

You need a long 5mm Allen key to adjust, a 5mm hexagon key to remove the headlight ( to replace a burn out bulb )

[p0rsch3]

You need a long 5mm Allen key to adjust, a 5mm hexagon key to remove the headlight ( to replace a burn out bulb )

Thank you, off to the hardware store....

[perryinva]

The litronics on a 2002 are self leveling, and work great on my car, but low beam seems a little too low. Can you adjust up the Litroncs same as the regular headlights?

[p0rsch3]

The litronics on a 2002 are self leveling, and work great on my car, but low beam seems a little too low. Can you adjust up the Litroncs same as the regular headlights?

Yes - please read the posts in this thread from March 1st, and go buy yourself a very long 5mm allen wrench (at least 6 inches long). - it's very easy to do.

[rrspikemarty]

The litronics on a 2002 are self leveling, and work great on my car, but low beam seems a little too low. Can you adjust up the Litroncs same as the regular headlights?

Yes - please read the posts in this thread from March 1st, and go buy yourself a very long 5mm allen wrench (at least 6 inches long). - it's very easy to do.

Hello renntechs..

This is exactly what i also am trying to do, and flunking out. My passenger side headlight points upwards more than the driver side. The top of the beam pattern is about 4-5 inches higher on a vertical wall when parked approx 12 feet from the wall. I figured that wasn't too far out of adjustment parameters and would just need a small tweak. It's not the result of body damage, for example.

Followed the instruction in the owners manual (tells me to turn the adjusting screw clockwise to lower). I've turned the adjustment hex socket at least three full revolutions clockwise and the beam actually rose higher :huh: . I backed it off (counter-clockwise) at least three full revolutions and the beam is about where it was when i started. I turned the hex socket in the other direction and have still not been able to move the beam lower. Is this a known issue/quirk with the bi-xenons, or am i not being aggressive enough?

Also, can anyone shed light on the following:

- there's a philips head pattern at the bottom of the hex socket for the vertical adjustment. Is this an alternative method to make the adjustment? i.e. use a long philips head driver? It isn't mentioned at all in the owners manual. When i use a narrow philips head driver, it appears to rotate with the hex socket, but i haven't been able to determine decisively it can be rotated independently of the hex socket, and what it is for.

- can i damage anything in the headlight unit by getting a little more aggressive and rotating the hex socket a lot more?

Any help from the experts would be appreciated!

Cheers.

[rrspikemarty]

The litronics on a 2002 are self leveling, and work great on my car, but low beam seems a little too low. Can you adjust up the Litroncs same as the regular headlights?

Yes - please read the posts in this thread from March 1st, and go buy yourself a very long 5mm allen wrench (at least 6 inches long). - it's very easy to do.

Hello renntechs..

This is exactly what i also am trying to do, and flunking out. My passenger side headlight points upwards more than the driver side. The top of the beam pattern is about 4-5 inches higher on a vertical wall when parked approx 12 feet from the wall. I figured that wasn't too far out of adjustment parameters and would just need a small tweak. It's not the result of body damage, for example.

Followed the instruction in the owners manual (tells me to turn the adjusting screw clockwise to lower). I've turned the adjustment hex socket at least three full revolutions clockwise and the beam actually rose higher :huh: . I backed it off (counter-clockwise) at least three full revolutions and the beam is about where it was when i started. I turned the hex socket in the other direction and have still not been able to move the beam lower. Is this a known issue/quirk with the bi-xenons, or am i not being aggressive enough?

Also, can anyone shed light on the following:

- there's a philips head pattern at the bottom of the hex socket for the vertical adjustment. Is this an alternative method to make the adjustment? i.e. use a long philips head driver? It isn't mentioned at all in the owners manual. When i use a narrow philips head driver, it appears to rotate with the hex socket, but i haven't been able to determine decisively it can be rotated independently of the hex socket, and what it is for.

- can i damage anything in the headlight unit by getting a little more aggressive and rotating the hex socket a lot more?

Any help from the experts would be appreciated!

Cheers.

Ah ha! This answers part of my questions (i should have searched more..)

In http://www.renntech.org/forums/index.php?s...just++headlight

Turning the bottom rearmost adjuster one full revolution results in about a 5cm change in beam height at the standard 7.5m viewing distance, per owner's manual. However, to raise the beam you have to turn the adjuster clockwise, opposite to what the manual states.