Aiming Euro Lights....

[Derek Pulvino]

I did the aiming way back when I bought the Euros...god like 6- or 7- 
years ago, so no way I can remember numbers, just the basic "technique."

Now to find a parking garage that's pretty empty, won't charge a  
"cover," and where people won't all look at me thinking "wtf?"

Derek P

On Mar 24, 2007, at 11:58 AM, Bernie Benz wrote:

> The 20’ was off the top of head, may have been 25’. The pictures in  
> the
> “aim” link in Phil’s first URL look familar.
>
> Bernie
>
>> From: Derek Pulvino <dbpulvino at hotmail.com>
>> Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2007 11:34:06 -0700
>> To: Bernie Benz <b.benz at charter.net>
>> Cc: 200q20V mailing list <200q20v at audifans.com>
>> Subject: Re: Aiming Euro Lights....
>>
>> Sounds good to me.  And the your measurements were pretty much the
>> same dimensions as those linked in within Phil's message...only
>> exception was those used a 25 rather than a 20 foot setback.
>>
>> dp
>>
>>
>> On Mar 24, 2007, at 11:24 AM, Bernie Benz wrote:
>>
>>> My 3” down at 20’ is from a Ceibe (sp) adjustment spec.
>>>
>>>> From: Derek Pulvino <dbpulvino at hotmail.com>
>>>> Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2007 11:17:08 -0700
>>>> To: Bernie Benz <b.benz at charter.net>
>>>> Cc: 200q20V mailing list <200q20v at audifans.com>, Audi 20V list
>>>> Audi 20V
>>>> <audi20v at rennlist.org>
>>>> Subject: Re: Aiming Euro Lights....
>>>>
>>>> Bernie,
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for the info...sounds about like what I did, except found a
>>>> level parking lot (or what appeared to be level), drove up the  
>>>> wall,
>>>> put some tape on the wall where the bright spot from the bulb  
>>>> was for
>>>> both headlights and marked that spot with a sharpie, measured down
>>>> the wall whatever distance Bentley said to use, made another tape/
>>>> sharpie mark, pulled the car straight back whatever distance  
>>>> Bentley
>>>> said, and aimed accordingly.
>>>>
>>>> I'll compare those Bentley dimensions to what you've got here  
>>>> and see
>>>> if there is any discrepancy with adjustments made accordingly.
>>>>
>>>> I guess otherwise, besides people flashing me with lows, my highs
>>>> also seem a bit high.  I get a lot of reflection from road signs on
>>>> dark country roads.
>>>>
>>>> Regardless, still some of the best money I spent on the car.  Night
>>>> vision is very nice.
>>>>
>>>> Derek P
>>>>
>>>> On Mar 24, 2007, at 10:53 AM, Bernie Benz wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I’ve done so as follows:
>>>>>
>>>>> Find a poorly lighted parking garage with level floor and solid
>>>>> vertical
>>>>> wall and having an expansion joint in the floor perpendicular to
>>>>> the wall.
>>>>> Align and position the car (driver’s side tires) with the joint,
>>>>> headlights
>>>>> 20’ from wall. Using your tape as a plumb bob, chalk mark a joint
>>>>> vertical
>>>>> extension line up the wall. Snap a horizontal chalk line on the
>>>>> wall in
>>>>> front of the car at the height of the headlight CL less 3”. (Only
>>>>> the low
>>>>> beams are adjusted, the highs following the low adjustment. Good
>>>>> highs, the
>>>>> hot spot should be centered on the center X of each HL, but not
>>>>> adjustable)
>>>>> Measure distances from joint to horizontal HL CL and transfer  
>>>>> these
>>>>> distances into vertical CL marks across the horizontal aim line.
>>>>> That’s the
>>>>> setup.
>>>>>
>>>>> Adust one headlight at a time with the other one covered. The low
>>>>> beam
>>>>> shadow line should fall on the H line and the step up or angle up
>>>>> transition
>>>>> point of the shadow line should fall on the vertical CL for  
>>>>> each HL.
>>>>>
>>>>> Bernie
>>>>>
>>>>>> From: Derek Pulvino <dbpulvino at hotmail.com>
>>>>>> Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2007 09:58:44 -0700
>>>>>> To: 200q20v at audifans.com
>>>>>> Subject: Aiming Euro Lights....
>>>>>>
>>>>>> So how has everyone else with Euro lights aimed their headlights?
>>>>>> Way back when upon installation, I used the guidelines that  
>>>>>> Bentley
>>>>>> provided for aiming the headlights (ie measuring height on a  
>>>>>> wall,
>>>>>> being a certain distance from said wall, etc).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Now I know that the projection pattern is different between the
>>>>>> Euro
>>>>>> and the 'merican headlights...so the aiming guidelines should
>>>>>> (?) be
>>>>>> different, but I don't have anything else to go off of besides
>>>>>> what's
>>>>>> in the Bentley.  All that said...based on how often I get
>>>>>> "flashed,"
>>>>>> me thinks this is not the best method to use.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ..so what have others used as a guide for aiming Euro lights, and
>>>>>> what have your roadway impressions been?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Derek P
>>>>>>
>>>>>> PS, I only use the 55w/60w (or whatever it is) halogen bulbs,
>>>>>> not the
>>>>>> 100w combo.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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