Headlight adjustment/aim

[CHANMADD]

Pete, Having been a used car dealer rebuilder, for 30 plus years I can assure you that I have adjusted more than my fair share..... I have also had the good fortune to have worked in some of the most prestigious dealerships who have had the factory aiming machines........but I guess that I am just stabbing in the dark

[patrickt]

Originally Posted by CHANMADD

Pete, Having been a used car dealer rebuilder, for 30 plus years I can assure you that I have adjusted more than my fair share..... I have also had the good fortune to have worked in some of the most prestigious dealerships who have had the factory aiming machines........but I guess that I am just stabbing in the dark

It's next to impossible to tell Pete anything....

[G-Pete]

Originally Posted by CHANMADD

Pete, Having been a used car dealer rebuilder, for 30 plus years I can assure you that I have adjusted more than my fair share..... I have also had the good fortune to have worked in some of the most prestigious dealerships who have had the factory aiming machines........but I guess that I am just stabbing in the dark

Sir, you just made my point. Why would you advice guys who never adjusted a headlight to go out there in the dark and take a wild guess where the light should aim.

The reference to the 6V beetle was made because it does not matter where you aim you cant blind squat.

Just keep in mind, people read advice such as yours, go out do it and fail of lack experience or skills.


Patrickt,
the internet forums are/can be good to to educate people - but it can be also full of misinformation. Good example E-How in the former post...
I just jump in when I see wrong - that's all. (see above)

[G-Pete]

Chanmadd just triggered a thought.
I'm pretty sure if you drive to a dealership and ask nice (especially FORD) to check the headlight aim, they will drool over the car and adjust that for free - just bring a box of donuts....

[Frank Messina]

Originally Posted by CHANMADD

Pete, Having been a used car dealer rebuilder, for 30 plus years I can assure you that I have adjusted more than my fair share..... I have also had the good fortune to have worked in some of the most prestigious dealerships who have had the factory aiming machines........but I guess that I am just stabbing in the dark

Most of us garage types don't have the luxury of an aiming machine so we resort to the blank wall technique which demands low beam aim only. The high beams will be automatically correctly aimed. If you have an optic aimer that wants the high beams on then go for it, but that isn't the way it gets done otherwise. FWIW

Frank