Adjust your vehicle's projection headlights for zenith performance.
An car has a quantity of safety systems in field to protect both the Chauffeur and passengers nevertheless very pedestrians and other drivers. Be it seat belts, airbags, crash cages or roll bars, Everyone step is considerable. One that is generally overlooked is the vehicle's headlights. Provided the headlights are not functioning properly or are not aligned, they could generate also delicate driving conditions. Especially with many new cars with the brighter projection headlights, the job of adjusting the lights' beams should not be overlooked.
Instructions
1. Park the automobile a foot away from a large wall. The car should be parked on a level, paved surface with at least 25 feet of room in back of it. This ensures that the light will not blind oncoming traffic.4. Open the hood and inspect the rear of the driver's side headlight assembly.
Affix a 6-foot long strip of tape starting at the center point of the driver's side light and extending to the center point of the passenger's side light. Then take two smaller pieces, about 6 inches in length, and place them vertically in front of each light, creating two cross shapes.
3. Back the vehicle up 25 feet and turn on the projection headlights. Inspect the direction of the beams to note the adjustment. Both lights should land 2 inches below the long horizontal strip of tape. In terms of the shorter strips, the passenger's side light should hit the mark directly, but the driver's side should be 1 inch to the right. Remove any extraneous weight from the vehicle to replicate typical driving conditions and have an assistant sit in the driver's seat. Having the proper amount of weight will allow you to accurately determine the angle of the light beams.2. Mark the wall with masking tape along the center lines of both the passenger's and driver's side headlights.
Along the top and on one of the sides you will find two adjustment screws. The top screw controls the vertical angle, and the side screws adjusts the horizontal. Use a flat head screwdriver to tighten or loosen these screws until the light from the projection beam hits the intended mark. Repeat this step with the passenger's side headlight.
