AdjustingHeadlights
Seecautionon"ReplacingBulbs..
Adjustment
Theadjustmentismadewiththevehicleready
todriveandthefueltankcompletelyfilled.
Thedriver'sseatmustbeloadedbyapersonor
a165Ibs.(75kg)weightandthetirepressures
mustmeettheprescribedvalues.
Afterbeingloaded,thecarmustberolledafew
meterssothatthesuspensioncansettle.
236PracticalTips,EmergencyService
Forcheckingtheheadlightadjustment,theverti-
calpositionofthecutoffofthelowbeam(see
fig.)hastobeprojectedonaverticalscreen
(wall)indistanceof7.5mfromthefrontlensof
theheadlamp.
Thecorrectpositionofthecutoffis5cmat
7.5m(0.4°)belowahorizontalline,xcmfrom
groundtothecenteroftheheadlamplens.
Lateraladjustmentoftheheadlightsshouldbe
carriedoutataspecialistworkshopwithanopti-
caladjustmentunit.
Distance
Visualaimshallbeperformedatnotlessthan
7.5m(thisvalueisaroundeddownconversion
fromthe25-footdistancetypicaloffieldaim
usingascreen).The7.5mdistanceis
measuredfromtheheadlamplenstotheviewing
screen.
