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Over the weekend, with the help of 333 meters
, I finally managed to adjust the headlights)) The right light was shining violently upward.
The adjustment was made on the “garage door”; the sun and white nights do not allow us to approach this process normally. The border is clear, not blurry. We were driving back home in the evening, it was getting a little dark, but it was still light - light even at this time, Agon! Can't compare with halogen! I decided to leave the halogen in the PTF, because there is a collective farm there. I didn’t even take a photo, I’ll take it when it’s actually dark. Here, just in case, for yourself, and for anyone who may need information on setting up headlights.
Probably more than one driver would benefit from setting up their headlights correctly. And protect yourself and your nerves when driving at night.
The degree of glare of oncoming vehicles and the efficiency of the headlights will depend on how correctly or not your headlights are adjusted. To obtain maximum headlight efficiency, these headlights must be adjusted correctly. Not only will misaligned headlights be ineffective, but they can also blind oncoming drivers, possibly leading to an accident. Therefore, after replacing the lamps, we strongly recommend that you adjust the headlights. The procedure below describes how you can do this yourself, avoiding unnecessary waste and without having special equipment.
It is necessary to find a flat horizontal area adjacent to a vertical wall (the area in front of the garage, for example). Bring the car as close to the wall as possible and draw a vertical line corresponding to the center axis of the car. Then move back about 7 meters from the wall.
Then take the following measurements: use a tape measure to measure the distance from the ground to the llama (if you have separate optics, then you need to take measurements for each of the lamps) use a tape measure to measure the distance from the lamp to the center of the car (if you have separate optics, then you need to take measurements for each of the lamps) lamps). Write down the values obtained in a notepad.
Draw a strictly horizontal line on the wall exactly 5 cm below measurement number 1. On this horizontal line, make two vertical lines at a distance equal to measurement number 2 from the center of the car marked on the wall.
If you have separate optics on your car, you also need to draw additional ones. a horizontal line at a distance from the ground equal to measurement number 1 for the high beam lamp. Then draw vertical lines on it according to measurement number 2 for the high beam lamps.
With the headlights on low beam, adjust the headlights vertically so that the horizontal line of the headlights is level with the horizontal stripe painted on the wall. Then adjust the headlights in a horizontal plane so that the point where the light from the headlights begins to deviate upward is on the crosshair you made. For separate optics, it is necessary to make similar settings for the low beam headlights along the bottom line, and for high beams along the top line.
PS Everyone writes about PTF and how cool xen is in them, I decided to give a short text, incl. and about adjusting PTF
Not a single manufacturer in the WORLD puts xenon in PTF.
I wonder why? People say there is more light. They say it's cool? Yes, it’s possible, if installing a cheap Chinese product is an unrealistic show-off for you
