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Old 10-31-2012, 04:01 AM
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Default How to Adjust Headlights

1. Do this at night when it's dark on a flat road surface with a wall in front of you.

2. Measure the distance from the center of the vehicle to the center where the bulb is in the headlight. Measure the distance from the road surface up to the center of the headlight bulb. Record measurements.

3. Pull the vehicle straight ahead to the wall and mark the wall vertically where the center of the vehicle is with ¾ inch masking tape.

4. Back the vehicle up 25 feet, keeping it straight.

5. Mark the centerline on the wall of each headlight bulb from the measurements taken earlier. Mark it vertically, again using masking tape.

6. Mark the center height on the wall horizontally from the ground of each headlight "minus two inches", again using masking tape.

7. Turn on the headlights.

8. Cover one of the headlights up so you can adjust the other.

9. Adjust the headlights on low beam so that it is centered on the taped cross on the wall. Note. You may want to adjust the left headlight slightly right of the cross to avoid shinning the light in the eyes of on-coming traffic. Adjust the other headlight.

10. Take the tape off the wall and you are done.
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