Headlight prob and Wheel cover question

[samiaml]

Ok so i have a 01 Grand Am Se1...... I just recently purchased some new diamond, clear headlights.... All good right....Not so much.... For the life of us(my hubby and i) we cant get the corners flush with the fender....... What r we doin wrong??????? Help?????? It looks horrible...Oh and n e body know where i can find some 18" custom dust covers??? All i see on line are ugly plastic lookin ones..... ~Samantha~

[TA^Guy]

Samantha are you sure you two have the lower clip in all the way?

[Peyman]

if you have the lower clip in all the way...try adjusting this screw...it will push the headlight in and out ... :)

[Jchiasson]

And if that doesn't work to your liking have a look at this thread:
http://www.gaownersclub.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=73141&highlight=third+leg

[Bouchie11982]

mak sure the bottom black piece is in. if your headlight wobbles up and down (just take one of the nips and movie it up and down) if iit moves pretty good, then the black thing isnt in. take the headlight out and get that piece i first.
as for the brake dust covers. good lucky, i've seen none that are that biig and aren't plastic, you'll just hav eot live with the brake dust or buy some ceramic pads. they don't give out as much dust as the regular ones

[samiaml]

Originally posted by TA^Guy
Samantha are you sure you two have the lower clip in all the way?

Ok guys and gals i dug out my stock headlights from the garage and DO now see the lower clip....We didnt see them when we put the headlights in initally..... DUH.... I guess...haha.... Since we live in wisconsin its a lil cold right now to actually take out the headlights and kinda start over..... After all we did get 5" of snow yesterday.... Yeah its suppose to be April.... But good ol mother nature is still stuck in Dec...lol...But when it warms up a bit ill give it another try.....Im sure if i have more questions ill jump back on this good ol fourm.... THANKS EVERYONE FOR YOUR HELP..... I REALLY APPRECIATE IT!!!!!! ~Samantha~

[ancona46]

theres def 3 clips

[Jchiasson]

There are only 2 clips, but three points of adjustment. The outer clip on each side actually clips in to the top adjuster (adjusted by turning the inverted torq screw) and a lower one. The lower one can be adjusted by pulling up on the seal along the lower edge and looking for the screw, you'll need a very long screw driver to do it this way. I just took my head light out and turned the lower one in/out a few turns at a time, installed light(had to adjust top in/out so it could be clipped back in), looked at how it sat and then took it out to adjust some more, or aligned light beams and viewed how it all looked.
My drivers side light stuck out so much before it looked like a bugs eye....now I have it adjusted in a bit much as the seal on top actually is in behind the front fender lip.

edit: As Katie said make sure they are all clipped in. When trying to put mine back in I found getting the outside lower was the hardest to get "clipped". I could literally pull the lower part of the housing out 2 inches if it wasn't clipped. Come to find out what I had to do was line things up, lightly push assembly in, then pull up on clip so the lower piece would/could slide into place before pushing down on the clip to secure the housing.

[beavercountyemt]

sam just an off topic question. DO you listen to glenn Beck??

[TA^Guy]

Originally posted by samiaml
Ok guys and gals i dug out my stock headlights from the garage and DO now see the lower clip....We didnt see them when we put the headlights in initally..... DUH.... I guess...haha.... Since we live in wisconsin its a lil cold right now to actually take out the headlights and kinda start over..... After all we did get 5" of snow yesterday.... Yeah its suppose to be April.... But good ol mother nature is still stuck in Dec...lol...But when it warms up a bit ill give it another try.....Im sure if i have more questions ill jump back on this good ol fourm.... THANKS EVERYONE FOR YOUR HELP..... I REALLY APPRECIATE IT!!!!!! ~Samantha~
I figured that was your problems, very common, and not just on Grand Ams either.

[samiaml]

Originally posted by beavercountyemt
sam just an off topic question. DO you listen to glenn Beck??


Ummmm?????? NO.... WHY?????

~Samantha~