<VV> headlight alignment

[Dominator]

I went to my local body shop to ask about this and they did not have the
equipment to do the alignment.  Seems most new cars have the little leveling
bubble where the $700+ equipment to align headlights is not used all that
much anymore.  

I found these procedures on-line and am going to try it as well.
http://www.coolbulbs.com/HID-VISUAL-HEADLIGHT-AIMING-PROCEDURE.pdf

I have not tried it yet as the best time to do it is at dusk when you can
see the beam clearly.  I haven't found a level place to do it yet.  My
driveway slopes down from the garage pretty steeply.  I went with the Xenon
bulbs from Clarks and what a difference.  

Dominique

-----Original Message-----
From: virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org
[mailto:virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org] On Behalf Of mhicks130 at cox.net
Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2006 1:04 PM
To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
Subject: <VV> healight alignment

Hello VV'ers,

I put halogen sealed beam headlights on my '65 last night and boy does it
make a difference.  They're not the mythical "E-code" or anything, just $6
NAPA H5001 and H5006's.  They really light up the road and are much brighter
(and whiter) than the T3/generic comb that I had.   But with all this new
found light comes a question: are the headlghts oriented properly?  I didn't
think about it before because they were so dim I couldn't really see the
beams - now I can.  I checked the shop manual but it says I'm to use the T3
magic alignment tool or something.  I've checked my other sources (Tech
Guides, How to... ) and haven't seen a "manual" way of aligning the lights.
Is there a reference somewhere obvious that I'm missing?  They're probably
OK but I'd like to check 'em.  Thanks in advance.

mike
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