what is your car age and mileage bos?

Also, need some of your help.

Could anyone post up a picture of their headlamps shining on a flat wall? Better if stock. I don't have a reference for what is normal for forte halogen reflector

Does it look like this?


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Bro, something like this? The plastic gear is 1 only or need to buy 1 pair? macam forte one easy to spoilt, i already kena once and claim warranty....

If so easy to spoilt, i think cerato one should also easy to spoilt as cerato comes with auto folding mirror....

https://world.taobao.com/item/546334419026....bucket=9#detail

5yrs, 120k

same age...

touch wood.

yes, thats the shop, before me already got ppl from Malaysia buy it.

The gear not yet arrive cant comment, seem just a unit.

not sure easy to spoil or not, but i think my case is because my mirror kena bang during 1st week of my car, that cb motorist drive in middle of 2 lane and bang my side mirror and caused my mirror bend to outside, and the cover fly out. Maybe that time the gear already start cracking, so slowly cannot use oledi.

This post has been edited by claudetan: Aug 17 2017, 04:39 PM

mine can see both of the light beam project to wall.

Better if got picture, if you ever get the chance to take it.

This was from my wife's car about 20ft from wall.

Not all will kena I guess. My friend 9yr 200k forte still fine.

Close to this?


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ya, but mine can see 2 beam clearly. What happen to your beam? i think you can send to workshop ask them calibrate, mine was calibrated by kia SC.

i always see because my office parking after the ramp is wall, so my beam always project to wall before i turn.

This is 25ft away from wall. So the beam should combine.

I just need to confirm with other forte owners their light pattern like how.

Pictures help.

Can share some instruction on how to fully take apart the side mirror to access the motor? I only managed to take out the side mirror but had difficulty taking the motor apart

Yes, my Forte's headlight beam is very much the same (except that the centre spot is not as intense compared to your photo).
I believe it should all be the same, under E-Code or SAE standards (i.e. Dipped Beam, Assymetrical Beam Pattern).

P/S - Sorry for not attaching a photo. I keep getting an error whilst trying to attach here.

Well, technically, you cant take the motor completely out because some wiring, here the instruction from me (i take no responsibiliy if you break your side mirror):

1. Take the mirror out.
2. Unscrew the mirror holder (the round thing) and remove it.
3. from the socket side, there should be a single screw with a plastic cap, remove the screw, and then remove the plastic cover, dont worry, you can pull it out because it's soft plastic.
4. unscrew the 3 screw after you remove the plastic.
5. turn your side mirror upside down, you should see a cover there, use screw driver to remove the cover,, you might need to apply a little bit force, you will see some screw there, remove the screw and you good to go, the screw pretty hard to remove.
6. Now you should able to move the motor out a bit, this should leave you sufficient space to do things, unplug the LED signal and mirror cable will give you more space. Unfortunately, the socket that connect to the mirror is too big to pull out.
7. use your finder to pull the wiring cap on the motor, then take the motor cover off slowly, dont pull by force, you will bend the connector from the wire to the motor, twist it instead.
8. unscrew the motor and take out the cover and you will see the gear.

This post has been edited by claudetan: Aug 18 2017, 07:10 AM

Some time i felt the motorist wanna go to hell, the middle of 2 lanes are so small still die die want to go thru.. and sometime when driving on LDP, the motorist suddenly cut to my lane. they really want to go hell...

what to do, this is Malaysia, i knew some country motorists are not allow to drive between lane, to be honest, it for their safely also.

what make me most DL is, they saw you signal want merge to other lane than horn you kao kao, cant them fuxking slow down?

Ya. I kena few times also, keep horning... middle of the lanes is not the drive way, they should not drive middle of the lane... I saw few motorist lagi gaolat... horning all the way to destination, like want to pre-alert car driver don't merge the lane as the motorist is coming.. hehehe...

I kena one time kena bang the side mirror but not motorist, is the bicycle rider. I stop my car in front of the shop in my hometown to wait my parents, a stupid guy ride the bicycle and bang my side mirror. the road is sooooo wide, why must ride so near to my car and bang my side mirror.... this fellow looks like bangla... luckily car was not new so just heart pain few mins only...

kena bang once while waiting for the traffic light & the side mirror flip to front
the female motorist act like nth happened and never turn her head
am was angry and so horn tat barbarian ,then a malay motorist help me flip it back ,we dint talk a word ,but his face like relax la bro ,ur side mirror is fine ,i was feel like wtf ,am i the wrong 1?

While I agree with all your feelings and your dl experiences, I feel like I need to say this;

Motorist are car drivers, motorcyclists are motorcycle riders.