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Old 01-26-2011, 09:55 PM
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I don't think my car is really shakey or anything, but I guess the vibration is making my headlights shake/vibrate.

Anyone else have this issue?
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What kind of car do you have?
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Also, how long have you had the car and how long has it done this?
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It looks like a you have a T/A. There's 4 screws that hold the painted "lid" on. Pop the hood with your lights off, there's two in the back (facing the engine bay), make sure those are not loose.

Turn the lights on and there is one on each side, check those. If all those are tight. Remove the lid and there's, i believe 4 screws that are to adjust the entire headlight assembly. Make sure those are tight.

Be warned though, if you loosen the 4 screws under the lid, your light alignment could and probably will be off once you tighten them back down.

That's it. Other than that, there's two bolts that the assembly pivots on.

More than likely it's one of the 4 screws on the lid. That's what was wrong with mine, it made my entire light assembly look loose.
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Originally Posted by elwood2
What kind of car do you have?
lol.. sorry, I should have included that...

It's a 1993 Trans Am

Originally Posted by wssix99
Also, how long have you had the car and how long has it done this?
I've had the car for a few months, and it's probably been doing this the whole time. I know that on my other car, it was the motor mounts causing this, but on my TA it doesn't seem to be vibrating too much.

Originally Posted by elwood2
It looks like a you have a T/A. There's 4 screws that hold the painted "lid" on. Pop the hood with your lights off, there's two in the back (facing the engine bay), make sure those are not loose.

Turn the lights on and there is one on each side, check those. If all those are tight. Remove the lid and there's, i believe 4 screws that are to adjust the entire headlight assembly. Make sure those are tight.

Be warned though, if you loosen the 4 screws under the lid, your light alignment could and probably will be off once you tighten them back down.

That's it. Other than that, there's two bolts that the assembly pivots on.

More than likely it's one of the 4 screws on the lid. That's what was wrong with mine, it made my entire light assembly look loose.
I will check that! Thanks.



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