Headlight aiming
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00SLE
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Headlight aiming
My headlights are pointing low and left it appears, and I would like to get them aimed right. Is there a specific way to do it other than park a ways back from the garage door and adjust them until they look right?
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Re: Headlight aiming
Not that I know of, unless you go to the dealer and have them aim it.
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Re: Headlight aiming
This'll get you in the ballpark. Remember to have your usual load and half a tank of gas. A person in the drivers seat helps, but is not necessary.
1. Measure from the ground to the middle of your lowbeam headlight. Write this down.
2. Mark the centerline of your car, and measure from the centerline to the center of the low beam. Write this down.
3. Using masking tape, mark a centerline spot on the wall.
4. Then, put a piece of tape vertically the same distance from the centerline spot as your measurement in step 2. Repeat for the other side of the centerline.
5. Put a piece of tape horizontally across your other piece of tape to make a T or a cross. Use your measurement from step 1 to determine where to place the tape.
6. Line the centerline on your car up with the centerline spot on the wall
7. Park your car 20 feet from the wall, lined up with the centerline spot.
8. Your headlights should have a bright spot of light. Fiddle with your adjusters until the bright spot is barely to the right of the vertical line of the T, and just underneath the horizontal line of the T.
Like I said, that will get you into the ballpark.
1. Measure from the ground to the middle of your lowbeam headlight. Write this down.
2. Mark the centerline of your car, and measure from the centerline to the center of the low beam. Write this down.
3. Using masking tape, mark a centerline spot on the wall.
4. Then, put a piece of tape vertically the same distance from the centerline spot as your measurement in step 2. Repeat for the other side of the centerline.
5. Put a piece of tape horizontally across your other piece of tape to make a T or a cross. Use your measurement from step 1 to determine where to place the tape.
6. Line the centerline on your car up with the centerline spot on the wall
7. Park your car 20 feet from the wall, lined up with the centerline spot.
8. Your headlights should have a bright spot of light. Fiddle with your adjusters until the bright spot is barely to the right of the vertical line of the T, and just underneath the horizontal line of the T.
Like I said, that will get you into the ballpark.
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imidazol97
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Re: Headlight aiming
I have found that parking my car on a street or road, little traveled, and covering one headlight with a dark towel and noticing where the beam goes and then the same with the other light lets me decide how to adjust.
Then I make adjustments to each headlight. I also like to do this on a foggy evening so the strong beam shows as it goes through the mist particles.
I aim the left headlight a little high and toward the right of straight ahead. I then like for the right lamp to fill in more directly in front of itself.
Then I make adjustments to each headlight. I also like to do this on a foggy evening so the strong beam shows as it goes through the mist particles.
I aim the left headlight a little high and toward the right of straight ahead. I then like for the right lamp to fill in more directly in front of itself.