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Ertech
Veteran
Date registered: May 2016
Location: Montreal CA
Vehicle(s): 2011 G550
Posts: 156
| headlight adjustment help needed
Hi guys
just installed HID's and can't find any post to help me adjust the beams. the only posts I found even on the WIS was with a special machine.
anyone have a procedure with a wall?
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thebigblue
Date registered: Jan 2012
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| Re: headlight adjustment help needed
As far as I recall - in EU at least - the beam must drop 1 cm. per 1 m., you need to do some measurement then.
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DUTCH
Administrator Doppelgänger
Date registered: Apr 2006
Location: US, GA, Atlanta
Vehicle(s): 2015 Audi Q7 3.0 TDI,2018 Sprinter
Posts: 9963
| RE: headlight adjustment help needed
Ertech - 9/26/2016 10:54 PM
Hi guys
just installed HID's and can't find any post to help me adjust the beams. the only posts I found even on the WIS was with a special machine.
anyone have a procedure with a wall?
thanks
Erick
Whatever you do, please be sure to aim them low enough that they do not blind oncoming drivers!!!!! |
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oskar
Elite Veteran
Date registered: Sep 2006
Location: Lyons, CO
Vehicle(s): 1981 280GE, 2002 G500, 280SE 4.5, Audi A4 1.8T
Posts: 708
| RE: headlight adjustment help needed
DUTCH - 9/27/2016 3:50 AM
Ertech - 9/26/2016 10:54 PM
Hi guys
just installed HID's and can't find any post to help me adjust the beams. the only posts I found even on the WIS was with a special machine.
anyone have a procedure with a wall?
thanks
Erick
Whatever you do, please be sure to aim them low enough that they do not blind oncoming drivers!!!!!
When I put my LEDs in, I thought be smart - have the lights adjusted. $80 later later they were illuminating the moon :-(
I then put a car with "known good" adjustment a distance from a wall - made some marks at the wall and adjusted the G's headlights to match
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AlanMcR
Expert
Date registered: Apr 2006
Location: US, CA, Los Altos
Vehicle(s): G300DT E300DT 230SL
Posts: 3500
| RE: headlight adjustment help needed
Factory pages:
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 Headlight_Aim.pdf (70KB - 24 downloads)
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DUTCH
Administrator Doppelgänger
Date registered: Apr 2006
Location: US, GA, Atlanta
Vehicle(s): 2015 Audi Q7 3.0 TDI,2018 Sprinter
Posts: 9963
| RE: headlight adjustment help needed
AlanMcR - 9/29/2016 2:36 PM
Factory pages:
Not sure that will work with aftermarket HID's; but it's a start. |
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Ertech
Veteran
Date registered: May 2016
Location: Montreal CA
Vehicle(s): 2011 G550
Posts: 156
| RE: headlight adjustment help needed
this is perfect but how much in should the beam be?
thanks
Erick
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beam.jpg (34KB - 0 downloads)
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AlanMcR
Expert
Date registered: Apr 2006
Location: US, CA, Los Altos
Vehicle(s): G300DT E300DT 230SL
Posts: 3500
| RE: headlight adjustment help needed
Most light patterns have a step up on the right side of the optical center. Put the bottom of that notch straight ahead for each bulb. This should result in the headlights pointing straight forward. This way the cutoff on the left stays out of oncoming eyes and also the drivers door mirror of the car in front of you.
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