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#113845 - 09/05/07 02:41 PM Aiming Headlights
pullingmyhairout Offline
Member 		Registered: 01/25/06
Posts: 51
Loc: Saint Paul, Minnesota
Hi Can anyone tell me how to adjust the aim of the headlights I'm assuming it's the two star shaped screws on top but not sure. And also what height and distance they should be shining at? Thanks!
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#113846 - 09/05/07 03:10 PM Re: Aiming Headlights
Chunkee Offline
Member 		Registered: 04/21/06
Posts: 950
Loc: Charlotte, NC
Well, yes its the 2 star shaped (torx) screws.

My suggestion is to park the car in a dark parking lot at night and do it by eye, but there are official ways of doing it.

If you do it by eye, you get a better idea how far the light beam will go and the angle it will be at.
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#113847 - 09/05/07 04:16 PM Re: Aiming Headlights
RooK Offline
Member 		Registered: 03/07/05
Posts: 5158
Loc: Southern KY
Best way... pull right up to a wall at night, mark the hottest part of the beam on the wall. Reverse about 25 feet. Adjust the beams to be below the previous marks by about 2". Move the driver's side beam slightly toward the passenger side.

This makes sure your beams are pointing fairly straight and not into other drivers' faces.
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#113848 - 09/05/07 04:58 PM Re: Aiming Headlights
Kev-GTP Offline
Member 		Registered: 12/29/05
Posts: 724
Loc: Dallas, Tx
I thought the driver's side beam was just angled down a ° or two more than the passenger's side. confused
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#113849 - 09/05/07 06:17 PM Re: Aiming Headlights
ifitwasnt4u Offline
Member 		Registered: 12/27/05
Posts: 2898
Loc: Phoenix, AZ
Quote:
Originally posted by RooK:
Best way... pull right up to a wall at night, mark the hottest part of the beam on the wall. Reverse about 25 feet. Adjust the beams to be below the previous marks by about 2". Move the driver's side beam slightly toward the passenger side.

This makes sure your beams are pointing fairly straight and not into other drivers' faces.
X2, thats how I always adjust my headlights, Very easy to do!
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#113850 - 09/05/07 06:18 PM Re: Aiming Headlights
RooK Offline
Member 		Registered: 03/07/05
Posts: 5158
Loc: Southern KY
It serves the same purpose. Do it either way. I have my Stratus set up with the driver's slightly down and to the right. I don't know who owned the car before me, but they must have felt blind at night or drove in the city where it was full of street lights and didn't know.
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'00 GP SE (L67 Swap, XP, Headers, 3.25")
'98 GTP, '01 Bonne
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#113851 - 09/05/07 07:07 PM Re: Aiming Headlights
AustinGTP Offline
Member 		Registered: 05/23/03
Posts: 8078
Loc: Austin, TX
Back in the old days, we used to use headlight aiming devices. frown
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