What method to aim headlights?
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What method to aim headlights?
I'll probably finally be replacing my X300 headlights with X308 headlights this weekend. Most owners simply snap-in the X308 lens assemblies into the X300 brackets, but I'm changing the brackets out as well.
After much stitching together of several donors, the adjustment of the lenses will undoubtedly be wrong.
Is there a guide that tells how to align/aim (to what vertical and horizontal cutoff) the headlights after installation... say by parking a distance from a wall and measuring/marking with tape as I've done with other cars in the past?
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After much stitching together of several donors, the adjustment of the lenses will undoubtedly be wrong.
Is there a guide that tells how to align/aim (to what vertical and horizontal cutoff) the headlights after installation... say by parking a distance from a wall and measuring/marking with tape as I've done with other cars in the past?
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Also found the following after thinking about it a bit more and realizing it shouldn't normally be anything car specific though:
How to Adjust Car Headlights: 9 Steps (with Pictures) - wikiHow
How to Adjust Your Headlights - Aim Your Headlights
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=967086
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Also found the following after thinking about it a bit more and realizing it shouldn't normally be anything car specific though:
How to Adjust Car Headlights: 9 Steps (with Pictures) - wikiHow
How to Adjust Your Headlights - Aim Your Headlights
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=967086
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How to Adjust Car Headlights: 9 Steps (with Pictures) - wikiHow
How to Adjust Your Headlights - Aim Your Headlights
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=967086
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Al,
I've always used the 25ft method with our Jags with good results:
Park about 1ft. from a vertical wall and put a + of tape in the center of each low-beam's light spot on the wall.
Back up exactly 25ft from the wall.
If the fuel tank is full, I adjust the headlamps until the light spots are at the same vertical height as the tape +'s, and their horizontal alignment is either on the +'s or slightly to their right (never to their left). If the fuel tank is half-full or less, I adjust the beams so their vertical height is just below the +'s.
I test the high beams and if there are any obvious issues I confirm the bulbs are properly mounted in the lenses and if necessary tweak the low-beam adjustment slightly to improve the effectiveness or coverage of the high-beams, which I use frequently on our rural backroads.
Cheers,
Don
I've always used the 25ft method with our Jags with good results:
Park about 1ft. from a vertical wall and put a + of tape in the center of each low-beam's light spot on the wall.
Back up exactly 25ft from the wall.
If the fuel tank is full, I adjust the headlamps until the light spots are at the same vertical height as the tape +'s, and their horizontal alignment is either on the +'s or slightly to their right (never to their left). If the fuel tank is half-full or less, I adjust the beams so their vertical height is just below the +'s.
I test the high beams and if there are any obvious issues I confirm the bulbs are properly mounted in the lenses and if necessary tweak the low-beam adjustment slightly to improve the effectiveness or coverage of the high-beams, which I use frequently on our rural backroads.
Cheers,
Don
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Hi :-),
Welcome to the Jaguar Forums.
Please visit the New Member Area - Intro a Must and post a required introduction so we can learn something about you and your Jaguar and give you a proper welcome.
Cheers,
Don
Welcome to the Jaguar Forums.
Please visit the New Member Area - Intro a Must and post a required introduction so we can learn something about you and your Jaguar and give you a proper welcome.
Cheers,
Don