How to adjust car headlight

Held incorrect adjustment of the headlights of the vehicle can be an inconvenience to car owners. MIS-aimed a beam of light substantially reduces the effective area of visibility at night. Moreover, this defect provokes a dangerous situation on the roads, blinding motorists, moving in the opposite direction.

You will need

• wall;
• marker;
• roulette.

Instruction

1. If there is no service center with equipment to adjust the headlights or do you want to save money on repair, you can adjust the light by yourself. First check the suspension of the car, the condition of the springs. Rate the tire pressure, correct the difference in tyre sizes – each of these factors can significantly influence the direction of the beam.
2. Before the procedure to load the driver's seat ballast weighing 70-80 kg, re-fuel the car.
3. Check the status of lighting in the headlights. Blackened or flickering bulbs should be replaced immediately.
4. Select to adjust the lights even, light vertical wall. If possible, stretch it to the screen. The area in front of the working wall should be an area minimum of 7-10 meters.
5. To correctly configure the flow of light, put the car to the wall lights, on the surface of the screen, select the marker of the center of the car, highlight the Central axis of each headlamp. Now you can go back 7.5 metres from the wall. Use a tape measure for accuracy. On the wall straight horizontal line connect mark the centers of the headlights and swipe through them in two vertical lines.
6. Will be back down to 7.5 cm from a horizontal line, draw another line strictly parallel to the top.
7. Switch on the low beam. Close the left headlight and adjustment screws, moving the reflector in all directions (horizontally and vertically), adjust the right headlight in that position, to the upper border of the beam was combined with the bottom line on the wall, and the apex angle in the spot light fell in a vertical line passing through the center of the spotlight.
8. Close the right headlight of the car. Adjust left headlight similarly, the right.