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Old 02-18-2011, 06:23 PM
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Can somebody please tell me the right way to adjust headlights? i just replaced a couple of cracked adj. screws and need to re-align I cant remember park close to wall and mark then back up how many feet and adjust to what hieght? I have not had to do this for over 20 years and i cant remember. THANK YOU TO ALL WHO RESPOND.
 
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Old 02-18-2011, 07:57 PM
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This is from my manual...
1. Position masking tape vertically in reference to the vehicles center line and center lines of both head lights.
2. Position a horizontal line in reference to the center line of all head lights.
Note: it may be easier to position the lines on the wall with the vehicle parked only a few inches away.
3. Adjustment should be made with the vehicle parked 25 ft. away from the wall.
4. Starting with the low beam adjustment, position the high intensity zone so it is 2 inches below the horizontal line and 2 inches to the right of the head light verticle line.
5. With the high beams on, the high intensity zone, should be vertically centered with the exact center just below the horizontal line.
I hope you can make sense of this engineering double speak. Hope this helps.
 
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Old 02-18-2011, 08:38 PM
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crazy clem RULES thank you. I will go out tonight, Its cold outside, But I will get them set up so Ican see the road.
 
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Old 02-22-2011, 08:35 PM
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CRAZY CLEM I dont know if you have these but i bought them on e bay they are after market headlight that take the new style HID style bulbs, they rock! Super bright! 40 bucks with shipping and now i just replace the bulb and not the housing.
 
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can you put the ebay link on here for those HID lights? thanks
 
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Old 02-22-2011, 10:56 PM
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what he said , pictures maybe ? thanx
 
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