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How-to: Adjusting headlights

How-to: Adjusting headlights

From gti-vr6-ownerdev.tivoli Tue Oct 6 01:48 CDT 1998
From: Andy Nguyen <aqndev.tivoli>
To: gti-vr6dev.tivoli (mailing list - GTI VR6)
Subject: Re: [gti-vr6] How to aim Headlights?
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1998 00:47:14 -0500 (CDT)
 
  Ooops, a mistake.  Just looked at the Bentley after looking at the
  car:

Andy Nguyen wrote:
>
> Scott Stiles wrote:
> > Can someone tell me how to adjust the vertical aim of the headlights?
>
>   Find some level ground in front of a wall.  Park the car facing the
>   wall, 25 ft from it.  Make sure:
>
>   o   tires are inflated to their usual pressures
>   o   fuel tank is at least half full
>   o   a person of more or less than same weight as the driver
>       is sitting in the driver's seat
>
>   There are two white plastic adjuster wheels on the BACK side of each
>   headlight, one at the upper edge of the headlight towards the car's
>   center, one at the outer lower corner.  They both have hex nut-like
>   thing on them that you use a wrench on, as necessary.  The lower one
>   on the passenger side is a !#$%^ to get to.  You can either remove
>   the airbox, or use a long flat blade screwdriver and push against the
>   wheel's gear teeth.

  To adjust vertical aim, turn the lower adjuster wheel:

  o  IN (counterclockwise, as you stand facing the grille of the car)
     to adjust aim DOWN
  o  OUT (clockwise) to adjust aim UP.

  To adjust horizontal aim, turn the upper adjuster wheel:

  o  IN (counterclockwise, as you stand facing the grille of the car)
     to adjust aim IN towards the center
  o  OUT (clockwise) to adjust aim IN towards the center OUT to the side.

>   Adjust the headlights until the light pattern  on the wall resembles
>   the following diagrams (use a constant width font!).







>   NOTE:  the centers of high beams' high intensity zones are 2" below
>   lights' center.
>
> --
> Andy Nguyen \ aqntivoli \ Tivoli Systems, Austin, TX \ 512.436.8229
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Andy Nguyen \ aqntivoli \ Tivoli Systems, Austin, TX \ 512.436.8229
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