<VV> headlight alignment

[Frank DuVal]

Good description on that web site. Basically you want the high beams to 
point ahead level and slightly to the right here in America and the low 
beams to point lower and more right. The low beams automatically do this 
as that is part of the lense structure if the high beams are aligned 
correctly. To do the high beams with all four headlights on is tough, so 
cover the inner pair while doing the outer pair and vise versa.

Frank DuVal

Dominator wrote:

>I went to my local body shop to ask about this and they did not have the
>equipment to do the alignment.  Seems most new cars have the little leveling
>bubble where the $700+ equipment to align headlights is not used all that
>much anymore.  
>
>I found these procedures on-line and am going to try it as well.
>http://www.coolbulbs.com/HID-VISUAL-HEADLIGHT-AIMING-PROCEDURE.pdf
>
>I have not tried it yet as the best time to do it is at dusk when you can
>see the beam clearly.  I haven't found a level place to do it yet.  My
>driveway slopes down from the garage pretty steeply.  I went with the Xenon
>bulbs from Clarks and what a difference.  
>
>Dominique
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org
>[mailto:virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org] On Behalf Of mhicks130 at cox.net
>Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2006 1:04 PM
>To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
>Subject: <VV> healight alignment
>
>Hello VV'ers,
>
>I put halogen sealed beam headlights on my '65 last night and boy does it
>make a difference.  They're not the mythical "E-code" or anything, just $6
>NAPA H5001 and H5006's.  They really light up the road and are much brighter
>(and whiter) than the T3/generic comb that I had.   But with all this new
>found light comes a question: are the headlghts oriented properly?  I didn't
>think about it before because they were so dim I couldn't really see the
>beams - now I can.  I checked the shop manual but it says I'm to use the T3
>magic alignment tool or something.  I've checked my other sources (Tech
>Guides, How to... ) and haven't seen a "manual" way of aligning the lights.
>Is there a reference somewhere obvious that I'm missing?  They're probably
>OK but I'd like to check 'em.  Thanks in advance.
>
>mike
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