Aim Headlights - 95 Legacy Outback

[Durania]

I found where the headlight aiming level bubble is. What do I turn to adjust the headlights up and down and left and right?

 

If anyone has a picture that would be awesome.

[Durania]

Any ideas?

[Durania]

Bueller?

[WoodsWagon]

In my experience, the aiming bubble doesn't work worth a damn on the old housings. Mabe when they were new it worked well. I've had best luck adjusting them against a wall after dark. Unplugging one headlight, then driving it and seeing if it's reaching where you want it, then swapping sides works well too.

 

There's 2 studs sticking out of the rear of the housing, sometimes they have plastic heads on them, so once those crumble off you use vice grips to turn the studs.

[Fairtax4me]

Agreed on bubble levelers. Not worth a hoot. Aim them in the dark in a flat parking lot.

 

The up/down adjusters are towards the outer half of the housing, sticking straight back, about midway top to bottom. Left/right adjusters are towards the inside half of the housing about the same level. I turn them with an 8 or 9mm (can't remember exactly) socket on a small ratchet.

[Durania]

Awesome, thank you guys.

 

I just now finally got my headlights in my RS pointed where I like them and these are just plain goofy at night.

[bheinen74]

up to 94 there was a 8mm nut to adjust with, a metal nut.

From what i have seen, in 95 when subaru cut there costs, the adjuster is a nylon thingamabob that almost 99.9% of the time cracks and breaks, so you are forced to vise grip spin the adjustment rod thats left. what a pain, spray some pb blaster on the threads before you even try to turn them.

fyi, the headlights on the 95-99 really are not of great quality, even when adjusted right, with new bulbs, and polished/de-yellowed. Subaru needs to spend some time in the lighting department someday....