Head light aim.

[Kamsin]

Anyone know the correct height to set the headlights to. After i had lifted the truck to its correct height (In my book) the aim is now somewhere in the stars, i almost landed a plane on the A38. No wonder i can not see the blooming road half the time.

I had to set it to no3 on the inside dial just so i had some light in the front and stop blinding people.

So if i put the truck on flat ground how high should the beam be on a flat wall and how far away do i need the truck to be to get it correct. :thumbs

Now dont go all maths on me, just a simple 4 feet away with a 2 foot high beam will be ok :lol

 

[makeitfit]

Good question :thumbs I too look forward to a simple answer (polite )

 

[R1cho]

4ft from a wall on a flat surface and lines in the beam should be about level with the + in the light lense, i think :lol

 

[R1cho]

Check aim with a driver in the car and a full tank of gas. The low-beam cutoff (a) should be slightly below the center of the lens (b) to keep glare out of oncoming traffic and reduce the light reflection that occurs during rainy or snowy weather. The bend in the cutoff should be slightly to the right of the center of the lane, for the same purpose. This will illuminate the road surface in front of the car, as well as the curb area to the right.

 

[makeitfit]

Just tried to do mine and got this
http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?star...0&tbnw=233&ndsp=28&ved=1t:429,r:22,s:300,i:70

 

[Kamsin]

Check aim with a driver in the car and a full tank of gas. The low-beam cutoff (a) should be slightly below the center of the lens (b) to keep glare out of oncoming traffic and reduce the light reflection that occurs during rainy or snowy weather. The bend in the cutoff should be slightly to the right of the center of the lane, for the same purpose. This will illuminate the road surface in front of the car, as well as the curb area to the right.

That looks about right, i will go with this tomorrow. I will have to go to work in The Beast tonight....:lol

They can fook off about the full tank of fuel though, i will sit the dog in the back!

 

[Terranical]

Check aim with a driver in the car and a full tank of gas. The low-beam cutoff (a) should be slightly below the center of the lens (b) to keep glare out of oncoming traffic and reduce the light reflection that occurs during rainy or snowy weather. The bend in the cutoff should be slightly to the right of the center of the lane, for the same purpose. This will illuminate the road surface in front of the car, as well as the curb area to the right.

That's the way I've always set mine and never failed a test on headlight alignment yet!

 

[manora]

Bear in mind that the diagram above is for a left hand drive car:thumbs
As a rough guide, if you measure from the ground to the centre of the lights, mark your wall with that height and adjust the high beam to centre on that spot, you won't be far off.
On dip the top of the main part of the beam should be just below the centre line. See below extracted from a certain manual regularly used in certain garages :naughty

 

[Kamsin]

Bear in mind that the diagram above is for a left hand drive car:thumbs
As a rough guide, if you measure from the ground to the centre of the lights, mark your wall with that height and adjust the high beam to centre on that spot, you won't be far off.
On dip the top of the main part of the beam should be just below the centre line. See below extracted from a certain manual regularly used in certain garages :naughty

Cool, did them yesterday but they still not right, will have another go today :clap