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Originally Posted by PLP
Show me the cutoff.
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Excellent point sir!
I got so excited about them working, I forgot to make sure that the lights were aimed appropriately.
This is actually very dangerous folks - MAKE SURE you don't miss this step prior to driving at night.
I discovered this the other night in a trial run from my friend's camp - the lights were pointing way too low - looked like about 25 feet outward was nicely lit, nothing past.
If I didn't know the road like the back of my hand...yikes - forget about a deer suddenly jumping out, not enough reaction time there for sure.
So, yesterday I reviewed the Porsche guide to aiming after a quick Google search. I parked in front of the garage door 25 feet away, and measured the height of the headlight at the fender. Then I marked with blue tape less 2 inches or so on the door. Must have been almost 6 inches too low with the top of the beam cutoff.
To adjust, all you do is pop open the side fabric cover in the frunk, and crank the lower adjuster behind the rubber plug -there's two right there- for vertical movement of the bowl until the beam "edge" meets the tape. Its a 5mm allen key - quite slick actually. You can adjust horizontally as well, in case one is cockeyed.
Sorry, I didn't post pics...there's a ton on the subject already.
Once I finish the final polish I'll post up the end result.
Happy 4th of July to my US friends!
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