Headlamp alignment

HEADLAMP ALIGNMENT

1. Screw for horizontal headlamp beam adjustment
2. Screw for vertical headlamp beam adjustment

The car must be complete with spare wheel, tools, fluids and fuel reserve, the tyres must be at normal operating pressure and the driver must be on board. Place the car on flat ground with the lights cluster lenses 10 m away from a screen or opaque surface on which the following lines have been drawn: V - V: vertical line corresponding to the plane of symmetry of the car. C - C: corresponding to the vertical planes passing through the reference centres of the lights clusters. HC-HC: horizontal line corresponding to the height from the ground of the reference centres of the lights clusters. AC-AC: horizontal line 10 cm below the line Hc-Hc (value for cars which are new, but settled down, corresponding to a 1% drop). Align the lights clusters on the dipped beam. Using the headlamp alignment device, proceed as follows:

Vertical alignment

Line up the horizontal section of the demarcating line between the dark area and the area illuminated by the light beam, with the line AC-AC drawn on the screen.

Horizontal alignment

Line up the intersecting point of the two demarcating lines, the horizontal line and the angled line, with the respective intersections of the lines C-C and AC-AC on the screen. If the screen has to be placed at a shorter distance, this value must be reduced proportionally.