Adjusting 944 Headlights
12-26-2002, 09:51 AM
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Adjusting 944 Headlights
Just curious to know if anyone knows a quick and easy way to adjust the headlights without a special tool. Maybe pull it up X number feet from the garage door and set the top of the low beam and X inches from the ground. Any ideas here?
Mike
87 944S
Mike
87 944S
12-26-2002, 10:35 AM
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Do you have US DOT lenses or E-Code? Very easy to be exact with E-code but only sort of OK with DOT without a machine.
Anyway the do-it-yourself method is to find a flat, level spot with a wall or big cardboard target, ect. Put in a full tank of gas, check tires, and have weight/person in driver's seat for final adjustment.
Measure the distance from center of headlight to ground and horizontal distance between center of lights. Mark these positons on the wall for your target as well as the vertical centerline of the car (midway between the lights). Also mark two spots an inch or two below your light marks for the real aiming targets.
Then square and align the car up 25 feet away, you can sight through the center of the rear hatch glass and a stick off the front badge to see you are square. (Put the car next to the wall, turn on lights, make measurements and marks, then back the car squarely off for 25 feet.)
Then for E-Code you aim the spot where the beam makes the flare-up ___/ at the aiming target spot. You will be right on. For DOT do your best and aim the center of the hot spot at the target. You should be close, sort of.
Anyway the do-it-yourself method is to find a flat, level spot with a wall or big cardboard target, ect. Put in a full tank of gas, check tires, and have weight/person in driver's seat for final adjustment.
Measure the distance from center of headlight to ground and horizontal distance between center of lights. Mark these positons on the wall for your target as well as the vertical centerline of the car (midway between the lights). Also mark two spots an inch or two below your light marks for the real aiming targets.
Then square and align the car up 25 feet away, you can sight through the center of the rear hatch glass and a stick off the front badge to see you are square. (Put the car next to the wall, turn on lights, make measurements and marks, then back the car squarely off for 25 feet.)
Then for E-Code you aim the spot where the beam makes the flare-up ___/ at the aiming target spot. You will be right on. For DOT do your best and aim the center of the hot spot at the target. You should be close, sort of.
