DO-IT-YOURSELF MAINTENANCE 6- 25
Before performing aiming adjustment,
make sure of the following.
1. Keep all tires inflated to the correct
pressure.
2. Place the vehicle on level ground
and press the front bumper & rear bumper down several times. Place the vehicle at a distance of 3 m (118 in.) from the test wall.
3. See that the vehicle is unloaded (except for full levels of coolant,engine oil and fuel, and spare tire,jack, and tools). Have the driver or equivalent weight placed in driver's seat.
4. Clean the head light lenses and
turn on the headlights (low beam).
5. Open the hood.
6. Draw the vertical line (through the center of each headlight) and the horizontal line (through the center of each headlight) on the aimingscreen. And then, draw a parallel line at 30 mm (1.18 in.) under the horizontal line. G290B02L-GAT
Adjustment After Headlight As- sembly Replacement
If the vehicle has had front body
repair and the headlight assembly has been replaced, the headlight aim- ing should be checked using an aim-ing screen as shown in the illustra- tion. Turn on the headlight switch. (Low Beam Position)
7. Adjust each cut-off line of the low
beam to the parallel line with aphillips screwdriver - VERTICALAIMING.
8. Adjust each cut-off line of the low
beam to each vertical line with a phillips screwdriver - HORIZON- TAL AIMING. 1. Adjust headlights so that main axis
of light is parallel to center line ofthe body and is aligned with point"P" shown in the illustration.
2. Dotted lines in the illustration show
the center of headlights.
SPECIFICATIONS: "H"Horizontal center line of headlightsfrom groundGeneral type: 634 mm (24.96 in.) HID type: 628 mm (24.72 in.) "W" Distance between each headlightcenter: 1,240 mm (48.8 in.) "L" Distance between the headlightsand the wall that the lights aretested against : 3,000 mm (118.11 in.)
G290B01B
L W
Cut-off line Ground line
"P"
Horizontal line
Vertical line30 mm
H H
