Re: [EURO LIGHTS][Aiming?]

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In a message dated 2/6/00 7:22:21 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
Pennyz@mail.ieway.com writes:

<< My euros are way outta whack. What is the best way to align them?  >>

When I got my Cibies(H4) many moons ago, I recall the aiming procedure went 
something like this:

1.  Equalize your tires air pressure.
2.  Fill your gas tank half full.
3.  Find a wall where you can back your car on a level surface 25 feet from.
4.  Mark two spots on the wall which is dead center of each light, both 
vertical and horizontal. You should have a horizontal(the height of your 
lights) and 2 vertical lines for each center point of each light. These 
vertical lines should be the same spacing as the lights.  Don't put the lines 
on the wall based on the light pattern, measure it.  After the horizontal 
line is established, draw another line 3 inches below it, for both left and 
right lights.
5.  Working on one light at a time(cover the other),  adjust the height of 
the lights by turning the adjuster so that the horizontal cutoff is at the 
line 3" below the center horizontal line.
6. Now adjust the left to right aiming by turning the other adjuster so that 
the right side flare-up starts at the center point.

That's it.  I am making an assumption that most european lights have this 
same light pattern(horizontal from the left to middle and then a 45 degree 
flare up from middle to right).  I know that some Cibies had a "Z" beam, but 
the same aiming technique applies.

For the separate H1 lights, the aiming is dead on straight ahead.(mark your 
wall accordingly)

GL.

-Dick-
78 Scirocco
Original Owner
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