10-14-2005, 01:01 PM
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Headlight adjustment
My fire chief decided that my headlights were pointing too low last night, and he ever so nicely adjusted them for me. Well now they suck ass and blind people even on the dim setting.
Does anyone know what the factory adjustment is, or where I can find out what it is, or where I might can get it done?
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10-14-2005, 01:13 PM
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Re: Headlight adjustment
If you open the hood and look down behind the headlights, you should see some screws. I think that's how you adjust them
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10-14-2005, 01:33 PM
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Re: Headlight adjustment
Thanks, but I knew that, I just need to know how theywere aimed from the factory....
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10-14-2005, 01:38 PM
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Re: Headlight adjustment
oh... just straight out?
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10-14-2005, 02:32 PM
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Re: Headlight adjustment
i need something to go by though.
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10-14-2005, 02:34 PM
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Re: Headlight adjustment
When I swapped my lights out I went to the dealer and they said just aim forward cause they don't get the alighnment specs from the factory.
Doesn't the Haynes manual have something????
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10-14-2005, 02:46 PM
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Re: Headlight adjustment
Well dammit. I guess I'll wait till dark and shine them on the side of the house and see if I can't get them somewhat aligned.
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10-14-2005, 02:51 PM
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Re: Headlight adjustment
I can tell you what the legal standard in Calif. was a few years back, but I'm not sure if they still use it. I believe it read that the left lamp would point straight out and hit the ground at about 50 yards out. the right lamp would then be aimed to hit the gound just to the right (about 1-2 feet or so) of it at the same distance...but I could be wrong. Man I haven't had to deal with that in about 25-30 years or so!!! You also might try a google search on it, but I believe striaght out and just down is the current standard.
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10-14-2005, 02:53 PM
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Re: Headlight adjustment
What i have done in the past was go out onto a dark stretch of road and adjust them likw that. That way you can see where they are shining on the roadway or if they are too high. Aim the drivers side light to the right a bit as to not blind oncoming drivers. From past expierence the dirvers side is usually too far into the center anyhow. Then you could use the wall method just to check that they are both level.
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10-14-2005, 03:33 PM
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Re: Headlight adjustment
here... I decided to be Mr. Nice guy 
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10-14-2005, 05:42 PM
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Re: Headlight adjustment
Did you pull that out of your "Haynes?"
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10-14-2005, 06:31 PM
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Re: Re: Headlight adjustment
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Originally Posted by BlenderWizard
here... I decided to be Mr. Nice guy
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Well thanks for the effort man. I'll try that..If i can make sense of it. If not, I'll just do it on the road somewhere tonight.
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10-14-2005, 08:05 PM
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Re: Re: Headlight adjustment
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Originally Posted by jethro_3
Did you pull that out of your "Haynes?" |
Yeah, i scanned that page
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10-14-2005, 08:12 PM
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Re: Headlight adjustment
So you pulled that out of your "Haynes" britches??? Your #$$????
Sorry I could not resitst that one, it gets me every time.....
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10-14-2005, 08:22 PM
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Re: Re: Headlight adjustment
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Originally Posted by jethro_3
So you pulled that out of your "Haynes" britches??? Your #$$????
Sorry I could not resitst that one, it gets me every time.....
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Ah, hehe I'm slow tonight... I didn't get the "Haynes" part.
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