Attention! Do not neglect the work of adjusting the headlights. In addition to the fact that your car with unadjusted headlights will not pass instrumental control at the next technical inspection, it will be dangerous on the road for all road users, including you. The actions of a driver blinded by the headlights of an oncoming car are often unpredictable.
You will need: hex key «for 6», Phillips screwdriver.
1. Pre-check and, if necessary, bring the air pressure in the tires to normal.
2. Install the car perpendicular to a smooth wall (e.g. in the garage) at a distance of 10 m. Place an additional weight of 75 kg on the driver's seat.
Pic. 1. Headlight adjustment: A, B - vertical lines indicating the location of the centers of the dipped beam lamps of the left and right headlights; C is a horizontal line corresponding to the centers of the headlights; D is a line passing through the centers of light spots; E - distance between lines C and D (E = 130 mm); F is the distance between the centers of the dipped beam headlights; G - distance from the centers of the headlights to the surface on which the car is located
Mark the screen on the wall as shown in fig. 1. The longitudinal plane of symmetry of the car must pass along the line 0 on the screen. Rock the car from the side so that the suspension springs self-adjust.
3. Measure the height of the headlight centers from the floor on your vehicle. This will be the distance G on the screen.
4. Set the headlight electrocorrector control on the instrument panel to the position corresponding to the load of the car with one driver.
5. Turn on low beam.
6. It is recommended to adjust the direction of the light spot for each headlight individually. Cover the second headlight with an opaque material during adjustment.
7. Open the hood and, by turning the adjusting screws, adjust the position on the screen of the light spot for each headlight horizontally..
8.... and verticals, if the location of the light spots does not match the picture.
9. The headlights are considered adjusted when the upper borders of the left parts of the light spots coincide with the line 4, and the vertical lines 1 and 2 pass through points E1 and E2 intersections of horizontal and inclined sections of light spots.
The direction of the fog light beam can only be adjusted in height.
From the bottom of the car, through the gap between the lower edge of the front bumper and the body, turn the adjusting screw with a long Phillips screwdriver until the upper borders of the light spots are in line WITH (pic. 2) or just below it.
Pic. 2. Fog light adjustment: A, B - vertical lines indicating the location of the centers of the dipped beam lamps of the left and right headlights; C - a horizontal line corresponding to the centers of the headlights; D - line indicating the height of the horizontal boundary of the beams of light; E - distance between lines C and D (E = 199 mm); F is the distance between the centers of the dipped beam headlights; G - distance from the centers of the headlights to the surface on which the car is located
Note. Shown with bumper removed for clarity.
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