[DeTomaso] Setting Headlights

[Bill Lewis]

Speaking of headlights - my wife's 2007 Lexus ES 350 has some type of weird (to me) headlight system: on low-beam, on a dark country road, the light beam shines out so far and them seems to stop.  There is no gradual lessening of the light - you can either easily see the road/objects or you can't.  Very frustrating, constantly trying to see "beyond" the beam.   ---Bill

> From: JDeRyke at aol.com
> Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2012 15:28:38 -0400
> To: julian_kift at hotmail.com; detomaso at realbig.com
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Setting Headlights
> 
> 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
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