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Old Mar 13, 2025 | 02:09 PM
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Is there anyway to adjust the led lamps HORIZONTALlY ???
 
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Old Mar 13, 2025 | 04:02 PM
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Originally Posted by 2Late45
Is there anyway to adjust the led lamps HORIZONTALlY ???
Your lens and the reflectors are not designed for that light distribution so basically no.
I hate to ask but why in the world would you want to do that.

Its bad enough when DIY adjust the vertical adjustment to suit their night driving totally disregarding what that does to oncoming traffic.
 
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Old Mar 13, 2025 | 10:46 PM
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Some more info on the car would help. What year and trim CX-5 do you have?
 
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Old Mar 14, 2025 | 10:05 PM
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It's a 2017 CX 5 Touring bought in 2018. While the car was parked a Lifted 4X4 truck backed into the driver side front clip. Body shop did an amazing jobe with new parts and paint match. Drivers headlight was way high, I was able to adjust it lower to match the passenger side, I don't get flashed from approaching drivers. Lights are very good around town. Rural roads at night are another matter. High beam on passenger side is not too bad. Drivers side points way high and to the left. It'd be fine if I were looking for cows/deer on the hillsides or night owls in the trees. Maybe the shop got a defective assembly, I'm almost ready to take it back or try shimming the entire assembly.
And to Callisto, I'd wager that every motor vehicle chat forum on the net is populated about 85% with DIY's . Though the 5 or 6 that I've been on since 2004, members keep their smart-*** remarks/advice to themselves...
 
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Old Mar 15, 2025 | 12:42 AM
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The difference from your standpoint is I am not a DIY. BTW the body shop should be the one to correct your headlight problem because they did not do that part of the service repair correctly and not as amazing as you stated .

Maybe next time include all the details (post #4) and then someone like me (not a DIY) won’t make a comment based on your limited first post information
 

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Old Mar 15, 2025 | 08:32 PM
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If the headlights get replaced, the shop should be aiming them correctly before you receive it back from them. The driver's side headlight beam is always a little bit lower than the passenger side from the factory to compensate for incoming vehicles in the other lane so that they don't get blinded.
 
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Old Mar 16, 2025 | 12:58 AM
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Um, maybe catch up on technology, many headlight housings are designed different from each other ,passenger and driver so it’s not like only adjustments ,back in the day.
 
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Old Mar 16, 2025 | 07:42 AM
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Unless you've been in other "accident since", your issue is caused by the body shop not doing the repair correctly and/or reinstalling the headlights properly.
 
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Old Mar 16, 2025 | 09:34 AM
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The problem is this day many body shops do not employ a general mechanic that would know the mechanical service of headlight adjusting.
My thoughts if this was covered by insurance you might contact the Insurance company then , the body shop and then either a Mazda dealer or service shop to find a shop with a qualified service technician that can align the headlight properly. Body shop first
FYI on the model mentioned it is .75 hours labor time for both. That in itself says something. the first and #1 thing is it is not for the causal DIY to do!!!
 
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