[BobnBev]

Had a near death experience last night. Golf cart coming towards me had the most mis-adjusted headlights I've ever seen. They were so blinding, I had to stop till he went by. I just couldn't see.....I don't know he could see the cart path. When we got our cart, I had them adjust the headlights, and the stoplight switch. Some people just don't have a clue. Please check your headlights, it's a 5 minute adjustment, and if you don't know how to do it, the store will.

[mulligan]

On the yamaha carts, it's not a 5 minute adjustment. You have to disassemble the headlight socket, adjust, and re-assemble to try it.

[keithwand]

My new Yamaha from the Villages were way off adjustment. I could not see in front of me as it was pointing to the ground. Not easy getting home from LSL.
I do think folks eyes get more sensitive though.
I have driven cars with HID lights since 1999.
Only in TV and in the last 2 weeks I have had 3 cars flash their brights because they think my brights are on.
I flash mine so they know they are not.

[KathieI]

Originally Posted by BobnBev

Had a near death experience last night. Golf cart coming towards me had the most mis-adjusted headlights I've ever seen. They were so blinding, I had to stop till he went by. I just couldn't see.....I don't know he could see the cart path. When we got our cart, I had them adjust the headlights, and the stoplight switch. Some people just don't have a clue. Please check your headlights, it's a 5 minute adjustment, and if you don't know how to do it, the store will.

I totally agree. Had the same experience the other day at LSL square. Literally stopped my car until the cart went by, even flashed my headlights, which I never do but I thought the cart driver should know I was blinded by his lights.

[Indy-Guy]

Originally Posted by keithwand

My new Yamaha from the Villages were way off adjustment. I could not see in front of me as it was pointing to the ground. Not easy getting home from LSL.
I do think folks eyes get more sensitive though.
I have driven cars with HID lights since 1999.
Only in TV and in the last 2 weeks I have had 3 cars flash their brights because they think my brights are on.
I flash mine so they know they are not.

On my new Yamaha body style cart the head lights are very easy to adjust. The light will move easy but snug just push or put a flat object into the top or bottom and move it up, down or to the side. If in doubt just stop by The Villages Cart shop and they will adjust them very quickly at no charge since it is so easy to do.

[Bill-n-Brillo]

Originally Posted by Indy-Guy

On my new Yamaha body style cart the head lights are very easy to adjust. The light will move easy but snug just push or put a flat object into the top or bottom and move it up, down or to the side. If in doubt just stop by The Villages Cart shop and they will adjust them very quickly at no charge since it is so easy to do.

On our '10 Yamaha, I found the bolts in the headlight assemblies to be too tight to adjust them without doing what mulligan described in his post:

Originally Posted by mulligan

On the yamaha carts, it's not a 5 minute adjustment. You have to disassemble the headlight socket, adjust, and re-assemble to try it.

You were fortunate, Indy!

Bill

[BobnBev]

On a Yamaha, if you lay on your back and look up at the back of the light, there is a small silver spring loaded phillips head screw. Turn the screw counter-clockwise to raise the light beam, or clockwise to lower it. If you pull the cart about 5' from the wall, in a darkened garage, it's easy to see where the beam hits. Mark the center of both beams with a piece of tape before you adjust the light, then when you adjust it, you can tell how much you've changed the beam. Not necessary to remove the light and housing. Any questions?

[Bill-n-Brillo]

BobnBev, is that on a current gen Yamaha Drive cart? I'll have to have a look at ours next time we get down there to see if that's the case on ours.

Bill

[llaran]

we were told the lights on our club car could not adjust???

[BobnBev]

Originally Posted by Bill-n-Brillo

BobnBev, is that on a current gen Yamaha Drive cart? I'll have to have a look at ours next time we get down there to see if that's the case on ours.

Bill

Yep, 2013 Yamaha cart

[BobnBev]

Originally Posted by llaran

we were told the lights on our club car could not adjust???

Don't know about Club Car, just Yamaha. It seems to me, though, there should be an adjustment on yours.

[ruby9red]

Originally Posted by BobnBev

Yep, 2013 Yamaha cart

Not on my 2013 yamaha. It has only a vertical adj via the mentioned adjustment screw. However there is no horizontal adjustment. Service said it couldn't be done As my lights were terribly off I removed them and shimmed with washers. Now they are great.

[Roaddog53]

I was told on my new Yamaha that the lights can only be adjusted vertically and not horizontally. They were off a bit. The store adjusted for me prior to picking it up.

[Mikeod]

I had a 2007 Par Car that I bought new. One headlight was pointed so high I was illuminating roof tops as I drove. The service people told me there was no adjustment as the unit was just placed in a hole in the fiberglass shell. They suggested I loosen the unit and put a piece of electrical wire across the top to lower the beam and refasten the unit. I did that with great difficulty (The mounting system offered little leeway.) and it helped, but I'm sure it bothered some people I encountered. I hope they have re-designed the headlight module on newer models.

[raynan]

We were having trouble seeing at night in our 2011 ParCar when we and the cart were new. Had Par Car come out to adjust and he found that the headlights were installed upside-down. When a cart is new, you tend to trust that everything is good. We thought our night driving skills were going down the tubes.