adjusting head light on 2003 with vid

[Twister]

This has been bugging me for months...
My drivers side headlight was mysteriously sitting up a 1/4 inch with a gap between the bottom of the head light and the front bumper after the dealership had the car for a month to do some work...

I told them when I hot home but they said it was too late because I had already left before spotting it..

Well after cringing every time I looked at it for the past few months and after just spending $800 bucks to fix a few wires on the nsx (yea I get screwed regurly)...

I figured why give the place that screwed it up $$$ to keep my car for a month and likely fix it but damage somthing else..

Im far from any type of mechanic and fall somwere between horrible and bad...
But heres what I did..

YouTube - adjusting srt10 viper headlight turns into 4 hour job

Hope it helps someone..i saw a post asking about how to get to the head lights to change them and figuered this would help a lil

 

[Twister]

i got a few of the orders wrong while makeing the vid but you get the idea

 

[ghengishahn]

Thanks that will helpful someday.

 

[Garron]

I cant tell in the video, but you should have a stack of shims under the outer most headlamp stud (closest to the drives side of the car). This will put the headlamp in the correct position. Are the shims missing?

 

[Twister]

really.....yea their were no shims their..So i made my own LOL...Buyt I put it on the right side instead of the left farthest to the drivers side..DOH!!!!
When i was looking at it I thought it would be better for the rear left to raise a littel...

well it looks fairly good now so I will leave well enough alone for now..

DARN

 

[wikkid]

Good job twister, i thought i was meticulous. I would have been pissed at the dealer thats for sure. I do everything i can in my garage, and keep the dealer as far away as possible. If you were closer, my midrise lift in my garage would of been sweet for this job. I cant tell you how handy this lift has become. Ive used those rhino ramps before and there a pita, but you gotta do what you gotta do.
Ive done a lot of driveway repairs before, glad you got it right

 

[Twister]

Thanks....Feels good...While i was down their and saw just how easy it is to get to and unbolt the fog lamps I figured my next lil project may be to unbolt both of them (dont need them here in hawaii) and put a black out or wire mesh screen....

Really seems like a good 5-6 pounds can be eliminateed and the ACR's ect dont have them anyway.....just 3 bolts holding them in so easy to put back on or off any time I want...


Always fun learning about your car