How do I aim headlights properly?

[Rocky]

I just bought a used car, and the headlights are aimed all over the
place. One shines up, the other down, etc,,,,,

I have replaced bulbs in other cars I have owned, but never touched
the adjustment. This one needs assistance......

I did a little tweaking on the screws, and at least both lights now
shine at the same level on my garage door, and both brights now shine
straight ahead, instead of one shining into the neighbors yard....
BUT.....

How do I set them correctly?

I assume that (with the car sitting level), they are supposed to shine
at at a certain distance above ground level (so many inches above the
pavement), when the car sits so many feet away from an object (such as
my garage door), but WHAT ARE THE MEASUREMENTS?

Also, should they shine directly ahead, or be slightly pointed IN or
OUT?

What about the brights? There must be some sort of measurement for
them too, and also IN or OUT ?

Please provide measurements if you know them....

Thanks

Rocky

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[Mr Jones]

You get to a flat surface (garage door, brick wall, etc). Drive right up to
it. Put a piece of tape at the headlight height in a horizontal fashion.
Then put a piece of tape vertically across that tape representing the middle
of each light. Then back your car up 20 feet and adjust them until the most
intense part of the light is in the cross hairs. It's a crude way of doing
it, but effective enough.

Tim

Rocky <rockyr...@SPAMiname.com> wrote in message
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[bobb]

On Sun, 22 Aug 1999 01:58:28 -0500, "Mr Jones" <mrj...@megsinet.net>
wrote:

>You get to a flat surface (garage door, brick wall, etc). Drive right up to
>it. Put a piece of tape at the headlight height in a horizontal fashion.
>Then put a piece of tape vertically across that tape representing the middle
>of each light. Then back your car up 20 feet and adjust them until the most
>intense part of the light is in the cross hairs. It's a crude way of doing
>it, but effective enough.

I don't think so.

If you do this, then your headlights are aiming straight out, you are
suppose to aim slightly downward (you are trying to see the road, not
the trees) plus you may blind oncoming traffic.

-bobb

[Mr Jones]

bobb <no...@nowhere.com> wrote in message
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Thinking and knowing are two different things. Enlighten us to your best "at
home" method.

Tim

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