<VV> Headlight aim

[Frank DuVal]

The best no equipment aiming method uses a level parking space with a 
wall about 25  feet away.  I don;t see how you could aim the lights on a 
dark road with no objects to reflect the light to see where the "hot" 
spots are.

Basically you want all four "hot" spots to be straight ahead of the 
lamps being adjusted both horizontally and vertically. All aiming is 
done with high beams. Low beams are automatically adjusted by their 
design for American roads (drive on right) by focusing the low beam 
"hot" spot down and to the right of the high beam "hot" spot.

Put the dimmer in the high beam position, mask off one lamp on each side 
so the "hot"spots do not overlap, measure the height from center of lamp 
to ground. Mark the wall with a spot of tape at this height. Adjust lamp 
so the hot spot is at this height and straigt ahead of the lamp. Uncover 
the two masked lamps and mask the other two lamps. Now adjust these two 
lamps. Take off masking and try low and high beams. You should see an 
intensity change and the hot spots should be obviously lower and to the 
right on low beams.

If the hot spot moves left on low, you have some British lamps...

Frank DuVal

J R Read_HML wrote:

> I do it at night on a dark road.  The topic is headlight aiming, so 
> don't get the wrong idea.
>
> One party sits IN the car and the other makes adjustments as needed.  
> Takes about 20 minutes.
>
> OK, I probably shouldn't even post this...  but that does not normally 
> stop me.
>
> Later, JR
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: <AeroNed at aol.com>
> To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
> Sent: Friday, July 13, 2007 9:53 PM
> Subject: Re: <VV> Headlights
>
>
>> I used a real headlight aiming tool
>>
>> Ned
>>
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