{"id":37566,"date":"2016-12-05T17:44:45","date_gmt":"2016-12-05T22:44:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/?p=37566"},"modified":"2016-12-05T17:44:45","modified_gmt":"2016-12-05T22:44:45","slug":"adjust-headlights-2004-kia-spectra-gsx","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/2016\/12\/adjust-headlights-2004-kia-spectra-gsx","title":{"rendered":"Adjust Headlights 2004 KIA Spectra GSX"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-37688\" src=\"\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/2004-kia-spectra.jpg\" alt=\"2004 KIA Spectra\" width=\"600\" height=\"345\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/2004-kia-spectra.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/2004-kia-spectra-300x173.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>Hello I wanted to know how to adjust headlights. I had to replace the bulbs and I needed to adjust them. Because its hard for me to see at night I figured adjusting them may help.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>RESPONSE<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Headlight Adjustment Procedure<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>Inflate the tires tot he specified pressure and remove any loads from the vehicle except the driver, spare tire, and tools.<\/li>\n<li>The vehicle should be placed on a flat floor.<\/li>\n<li>Draw vertical lines and horizontal line on the screen.<\/li>\n<li>With the headlight\u00a0 and battery in normal condition, aim the headlights so the brightest portion fall on the horizontal and vertical lines.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-37689\" src=\"\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/headlight-adjustment-2004-kia-spectra.gif\" alt=\"adjust headlights\" width=\"812\" height=\"764\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello I wanted to know how to adjust headlights. I had to replace the bulbs and I needed to adjust them. Because its hard for me to see at night I figured adjusting them may help. RESPONSE &nbsp; Headlight Adjustment Procedure Inflate the tires tot he specified pressure and remove any loads from the vehicle&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/2016\/12\/adjust-headlights-2004-kia-spectra-gsx\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Adjust Headlights 2004 KIA Spectra GSX<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14141,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1,134],"tags":[11163,9998],"class_list":["post-37566","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-auto-repair-questions","category-kia","tag-adjust-headlights","tag-spectra"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.0 (Yoast SEO v28.1) - 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