1966 beetle headlight adjustment
1966 beetle headlight adjustment
How do you adjust headlights, on, 1966 vw beetle
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That's a bad chart for left hand drive vehicles because it will result in your headlights blinding the oncoming drivers. (Assuming your car is 12 volt!)
Here's how I do it. I park the car about 25 feet from the garage door and get a grocery bag and a screwdriver. I tape the bag over one headlight and adjust the beam of the other by turning the two screws on the headlight ring. One adjusts the vertical and one adjusts the horizontal. You want to center the beams ahead of the car, just above the bottom of the garage door. Test drive the car to see if the beams are on the road, and that the top of the low beam is just below the sight level of oncoming traffic. You may have to experiment a little to get it just right, but you'll get a feel for it.
Here's how I do it. I park the car about 25 feet from the garage door and get a grocery bag and a screwdriver. I tape the bag over one headlight and adjust the beam of the other by turning the two screws on the headlight ring. One adjusts the vertical and one adjusts the horizontal. You want to center the beams ahead of the car, just above the bottom of the garage door. Test drive the car to see if the beams are on the road, and that the top of the low beam is just below the sight level of oncoming traffic. You may have to experiment a little to get it just right, but you'll get a feel for it.