Adjusting low beam?...

[harbinger808]

Aloha,
How do you make adjustments to the low beam so it’s light pattern is focused the correct way?...

 

[Nechaken]

Get a Phillips screwdriver. Park the car on level ground aimed at a wall. Open the hood. Find the white adjusting screw on the top of the headlight and turn it.

Its been a while since I've done it, but I want to say the whole internal frame moves when you turn the screw. So you can't move the low beam without moving the high beam as well.

 

[Nechaken]

This is a view from the back, but you access from the top of the headlight.

 

[TrinidadLR4]

Are there any specs on what it's supposed to be at? I remember older cars used to have a procedure where you park it on level ground x ft away from a wall, and then measure the beam?

 

[ryanjl]

Are there any specs on what it's supposed to be at? I remember older cars used to have a procedure where you park it on level ground x ft away from a wall, and then measure the beam?

That's the same way I'd do it now.

 

[harbinger808]

Mahalo for the info! I’ve always thought that my driver side view of the road at night was dimmer than the passenger side. Turned it a few times and now I can “see” better at night with the beam adjusted.