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Old 11-25-2007, 07:34 PM   #8
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I'm not sure if you're familiar with adjusting the headlights beam horizontally and vertically....the new headlights were WAY out of adjustment. It takes a little time using both horiz and vert adjusters to get them where they should be....turning the vert adjuster screw doesn't make the low beam go straight up or down, it actually raises/lowers slightly diagonally, so you have to go back and forth with the horiz to correct the left-right movement as it raises or lowers the beam. After a few minutes you'll see what I mean.

I like to "rough-in" the low beams height about even with the low beam projectors centerline at 25 feet from a wall. Then go out to a rural stretch of straight road and fine-tune them so that the top of the low beam is right at the horizon of the roadway. There is no glare to oncoming traffic. This way, when you turn on the high beams, the low beam projector is elevated (by the control modules "instructions" to the servo motor in the headlight) to a perfect height...points the light right where its most useful. The Litronics peripheral light output is outstanding...on a 5 lane highway you can see better than 30 feet past the shoulder on each side of the highway.
~Michael

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