Headlight adjustment
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10-17-2018, 12:53 AM
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10-31-2018, 02:50 AM
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I just noticed there were no replies to your question yet. Did you happen to figure it out? It is really quite easy. There is an up/down adjusting knob at the back of each headlamp. You can reach them if you take off the plastic covers over the headlights (under the hood). A quarter-turn screw and a peg holds the covers on.
There are a few threads on the topic, You might have found some via search. Maybe you saw this one from earlier this month:
Headlight Adjustment
I have always used a non-scientific method to get the right adjustment. Being conscious of the danger (and rudeness) of blinding oncoming vehicles with headllights adjusted too high, I set the beams so that the beam tops are below the side mirrors of cars ahead of me at 50 feet or so. About two feet of light above ground level on a wall at 50 feet. It's pretty easy to tell if the aim is good.
That being said, it seems as though automakers and the USA's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration have given up on regulating blinding headlights on new cars. Cars with LED headlights have so much polluting light spread, that driving at night is unpleasant and sometimes unsafe for other drivers.
Audi, Hyundai and especially Cadillac come to mind as some of the worst offenders.
SUVs and pickup trucks have their headlights mounted too high up on the body. Doesn't help that our older Jags are really low cars too.
There are a few threads on the topic, You might have found some via search. Maybe you saw this one from earlier this month:
Headlight Adjustment
I have always used a non-scientific method to get the right adjustment. Being conscious of the danger (and rudeness) of blinding oncoming vehicles with headllights adjusted too high, I set the beams so that the beam tops are below the side mirrors of cars ahead of me at 50 feet or so. About two feet of light above ground level on a wall at 50 feet. It's pretty easy to tell if the aim is good.
That being said, it seems as though automakers and the USA's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration have given up on regulating blinding headlights on new cars. Cars with LED headlights have so much polluting light spread, that driving at night is unpleasant and sometimes unsafe for other drivers.
Audi, Hyundai and especially Cadillac come to mind as some of the worst offenders.
SUVs and pickup trucks have their headlights mounted too high up on the body. Doesn't help that our older Jags are really low cars too.
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