Originally Posted by
David Morton
I adjusted my headlamps myself because my experience of what the books say, recommended procedures, aiming tools, etcetera have always tended to confuse the basic premise of headlamp aiming, that the lowbeams don't shine in the eyes of oncoming drivers.
The owners manual was actually very good and had a simple procedure outlined that I have used for years.
Use a piece of tape to mark the height of the headlamp beam where it hits a wall with your bumper an inch away. Back the car away about thirty feet and if the lamps are higher, lower them, if they're lower, raise them, to about an inch below the tape. There is no left/right adjustment. At this rate of decline they'll be ten inches lower at 300 feet. All this assuming a flat driveway.
The high school near my buddy's house has a flat stretch of parking lot and someone has painted a grid on the wall for aligning headlights. My buddy says that it has been there for over ten years and everyone in the area uses it.
Dan
Rest area, rest home -- what difference does it make? I'm sure Grandma enjoyed seeing all those big trucks pulling in and out.