Aiming lights, the long version

[Joe Yakubik <75363.2524@CompuServe.COM>]

RE:	Copy of: RE: Lights

The Bentley say to use something called a "universal adaptor" which I have never
seen anyone use.  It actually lines up on the three aiming dots.  I have seen
the big Hella machines, but I only use them for very fine adjustment (ie after
I've already done it the old fashioned way:  spots on the wall.  Some gas
stations used to have marks pre-painted that made this easier, but I haven't
seen them in a while.

Tools required:  a long Philips screwdriver, a piece of chalk, electricians tape
(if you have euro lights you don't need the screwdriver)

Fill the tank, half or above is okay
Check tire pressure
Park on a flat, level surface about 25 feet away from a wall (Kmart type stores
work well - big walls, flat lots)
Rock car a few times to level suspension
(Here's the hard part -  chalk is easy to mark with, dark tape easy to see and
remove)
Make a vertical line on the wall at the center of the vehicle (Recommend looking
THROUGH the back window to the front and picking a spot -- an assistant helps)
Mark  horizontal lines, 6" or so long, on the wall the same height as the
horizontal center of the headlights.
Mark vertical lines along the vertical centers, like above.
You should now have two little "plus signs" on the wall at the centers of your
headlights.
Make two additional lines three inches lower than the horizontal centerline.
The height aiming point for low beams is the lower line.  The left/right aiming
point is the centerline -- if you have the high angled cutoff (euro pattern)
this should start at the lower-line intersection.  Use the two aiming -- NOT
MOUNTING -- screws to move them here.  euro lights have knobs -- as depicted in
the owners manual.

                 i        / .           
                 i      /    .          
                 i    /      .         
 ----------------i--/--------.-------     Horizontal centerline
 .......3.......i/..................     3 inches lower       
   .             i           .                    
     .           i         .                / indicates angled cutoff          
       .         i       .    



High beams on one piece "aero" headlights will be simultaneously aimed,
otherwise they should be pointed at the centerline.

They almost always look too low on the wall, but that's where they're supposed
to be.

Joe Yakubik