[DeTomaso] Setting Headlights

[JDeRyke at aol.com]

In a message dated 8/12/12 11:44:28 AM, julian_kift at hotmail.com writes:

> I am aware this usually entails parking a specific distance from a wall 
> and setting the headlights to shine at a specific height and angle on the 
> wall, however I assume the height of the headlight off the ground (car 
> height) plays into that calculation. FWIW I have separate high and low beam 
> projectors (quad headlights).
> 
When I adjusted mine (after dark) to compensate for the 2 degree nose-down 
rake, I pulled Judy's commuter car 20 ft out in front of the Pantera, sat 
her in the commuter and adjusted until the Pantera's low-beam halogen-glare 
was tolerable to her in her mirror. In the stock system, the hi-beams are 
integral to the bulbs so no separate adjustment can be done. You could do the 
same with your low beam bulbs, then arrange an oncoming car some distance up a 
deserted road and adjust the separate high beams so they are not too 
painful to oncoming traffic (if you are a second slow to dim for oncoming traffic, 
drivers often get violently upset. And NV has a liberal concealed-carry 
law....). 

With vehicle heights all over the place, almost any adjustment you make 
will P.O some driver; just try to make the bright spot from low & hi-beams 
minimally painful to others and you should be fine. No way to calculate what 
that might be. Thats my method- J Deryke