jamesmark Posted July 2, 2006 Share Posted July 2, 2006 Hi Guys/Gals Just bought a set of HID lights and also my headlamps have been refurbed so I need to align my lights, now I know how to do it as done a search but I was wondering when you face it to a wall is there any specific measurements i.e car parked 10m from wall and where the light beam is strongest should be so far up the wall etc etc Thanks for your help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Jake Posted July 2, 2006 Share Posted July 2, 2006 No, there isn't. As HIDs have a clear cutoff I just set them to dip very slightly from horizontal. Seems to work great as the lights are fairly low to start with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesmark Posted July 3, 2006 Author Share Posted July 3, 2006 Cheers Jake, one is illuminating all pedestrians and the other is shining about 5 fot in front of the car, just came down from scotland in it and it was scary in places as heavy rain and shit lights dont mix Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
normore1 Posted July 3, 2006 Share Posted July 3, 2006 Go to this site. I has a very detailed instruction fro proper headlight aiming. http://www.danielsternlighting.com/tech/aim/aim.html They cover both E-code (Europe) and DOT (USA) standards with both. UK glass headlights are same as E-code but flare up to the left. J-spec (plastic lenses) are the same as DOT but with the step up to the left. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesmark Posted July 4, 2006 Author Share Posted July 4, 2006 Go to this site. I has a very detailed instruction fro proper headlight aiming. http://www.danielsternlighting.com/tech/aim/aim.html They cover both E-code (Europe) and DOT (USA) standards with both. UK glass headlights are same as E-code but flare up to the left. J-spec (plastic lenses) are the same as DOT but with the step up to the left. Cheers for that mate!! I got it done, e mailed the guy I bought them off incase there was a particular way they had to be fitted, and there was. There is a blue bar that runs along the bulb this has to face downwards, so now my lights are not cockeyed!! Just need to adjust the passenger side slightly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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