Anyone else having this problem w/ Morimoto projectors?
01-30-2019, 02:33 PM
#16
Three Wheelin'
Thread Starter
I've basically given up. I tried several tweaks to how the projectors mount, but they're not designed to be adjustable and they really are not adjustable. To give you a sense of the problem, these pics are taken off my garage wall with the car backed up only 9 feet.
Low beam:
High beam:
I used tape to indicate where the lights fall. There's a six inch difference between the low beam cutoff line and where the high beam oval falls. On a correctly adjusted light, the oval is supposed to sit on, and slightly overlap, the cutoff line. Again, this is with the car backed up less than 10 feet. This is why out on the road the high beams are up in the trees:
Here's how I tried angling the projector by using washers under the bracket. It worked a little bit, but not nearly enough:
Low beam:
High beam:
I used tape to indicate where the lights fall. There's a six inch difference between the low beam cutoff line and where the high beam oval falls. On a correctly adjusted light, the oval is supposed to sit on, and slightly overlap, the cutoff line. Again, this is with the car backed up less than 10 feet. This is why out on the road the high beams are up in the trees:
Here's how I tried angling the projector by using washers under the bracket. It worked a little bit, but not nearly enough:
01-30-2019, 05:50 PM
#18
I've used my high beams a few times and I don't recall this issue.
I just remember thinking to myself... WOW these really work great.
Now I'm wondering if I have your issue and just didn't notice.... I will have to revisit this when spring hits.
I just remember thinking to myself... WOW these really work great.
Now I'm wondering if I have your issue and just didn't notice.... I will have to revisit this when spring hits.
01-30-2019, 06:03 PM
#19
Instructor
I've basically given up. I tried several tweaks to how the projectors mount, but they're not designed to be adjustable and they really are not adjustable. To give you a sense of the problem, these pics are taken off my garage wall with the car backed up only 9 feet.
Low beam:
High beam:
I used tape to indicate where the lights fall. There's a six inch difference between the low beam cutoff line and where the high beam oval falls. On a correctly adjusted light, the oval is supposed to sit on, and slightly overlap, the cutoff line. Again, this is with the car backed up less than 10 feet. This is why out on the road the high beams are up in the trees:
Here's how I tried angling the projector by using washers under the bracket. It worked a little bit, but not nearly enough:
Low beam:
High beam:
I used tape to indicate where the lights fall. There's a six inch difference between the low beam cutoff line and where the high beam oval falls. On a correctly adjusted light, the oval is supposed to sit on, and slightly overlap, the cutoff line. Again, this is with the car backed up less than 10 feet. This is why out on the road the high beams are up in the trees:
Here's how I tried angling the projector by using washers under the bracket. It worked a little bit, but not nearly enough:
01-30-2019, 07:05 PM
#22
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01-30-2019, 10:50 PM
#23
Instructor
I think I understand what you’re trying to do. You’re trying to adjust the morimoto projector to the factory high beams. That’s pretty much a lost cause. There’s no real benefit to doing that given that the morimoto projector will drown out most of the light from the factory high beam.
I don’t think you understood what I was trying to tell you in my previous posts. Your headlights are not aligned to each other. Or at least it appears that way from your pictures. Ditch the washers, install the morimoto as they recommend. Then either lower your right headlight or raise your left. Get the headlights to look like the picture I’ve included. What I see in your pictures is the same as the one named “incorrect”.
01-31-2019, 02:57 AM
#24
Three Wheelin'
Thread Starter
I appreciate it -- but trust me, I am fully versed on adjusting the low beams. I was doing something very different here, which is attempt to create a small amount of adjustability in the projector mount so that both high and low beams are aimed correctly, instead of just one or the other. As I said in an earlier post, right now if the lows are aimed correctly, the highs are way too high. And vice versa.
01-31-2019, 05:14 PM
#25
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02-02-2019, 07:16 PM
#26
Addict
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04-13-2019, 04:12 PM
#27
Looks like the bulb is in the projector crooked or the bulb is “bent” relative to the bowl. Basically the hot spot in the bulb is not in the focal point of the reflector. There is also a much better bulb holder available for the h1 mini projector. Might want to check it out.
04-13-2019, 06:11 PM
#28
Looks like the bulb is in the projector crooked or the bulb is “bent” relative to the bowl. Basically the hot spot in the bulb is not in the focal point of the reflector. There is also a much better bulb holder available for the h1 mini projector. Might want to check it out.
04-14-2019, 12:09 PM
#29
Three Wheelin'
Thread Starter
Looks like the bulb is in the projector crooked or the bulb is “bent” relative to the bowl. Basically the hot spot in the bulb is not in the focal point of the reflector. There is also a much better bulb holder available for the h1 mini projector. Might want to check it out.
04-14-2019, 01:06 PM
#30
Rennlist Member
I appreciate it -- but trust me, I am fully versed on adjusting the low beams. I was doing something very different here, which is attempt to create a small amount of adjustability in the projector mount so that both high and low beams are aimed correctly, instead of just one or the other. As I said in an earlier post, right now if the lows are aimed correctly, the highs are way too high. And vice versa.
