Rough adjustment of the headlights is carried out in the following order:
- place a fully fueled and equipped car on a flat horizontal area 5 m from a smooth wall or any screen so that the axis of the car is perpendicular to it;
- make sure that the tire pressure is correct;
- rock the car from the side to install the suspension springs;
- measure the distance between the ground and the centers of the headlights. Mark these points on the wall and draw a straight line through them;
- draw a second straight line on the wall, 5 cm below the first;
- draw a vertical line on the wall exactly in the center of the car;
- measure the distance between the middle of the car and the centers of the headlights (right and left). Mark with crosses on the wall this distance, plotted from the vertical line to the right and left, on the first straight line (top);
- exactly 5 cm below these crosses (on the bottom line) there should be bending points of the dipped-beam beam of the headlights. (If this is the case, then coarse adjustment is not necessary);
- make sure the headlights are in their original position (on the switch «0»);
- sequentially, first for the right headlight (the left is covered with a piece of matter or dark matter), and then for the left (right closed) adjust the headlight beams with screws;
- access to the adjusting screws opens from the engine compartment;
- turn on the ignition and low beam headlights;
- vertical adjustment screw (on the outside of the headlight) set the lower boundary of the passing beam to the lower horizontal straight line;
- horizontal adjustment screw (on the inside of the headlight) set the bending point of the low beam border to the corresponding cross;
- while the correct adjustment of the high beam headlights is achieved automatically.
However, have the headlights fine-tuned by a workshop as soon as possible.
Helpful advice
Immediately after the fine adjustment of the headlights at the service station (using a special device), mark the pattern of the beams of the adjusted headlights on your garage door, accurately positioning the car at a distance of five meters from the garage door so that the axis of the car is perpendicular to it. The distance must be accurately measured, not judged by eye. Turn on the high beams of the headlights and mark the centers of the beams of both headlights with crosses on the garage door.
Now, when carrying out a rough adjustment of the headlights, it will be possible to use the marks made. Place the car in the same position in front of the garage door and check that the centers of the headlight beams coincide with the marks made earlier, and adjust them if necessary.
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