Main Beam

[garrardrj]

I have found that the main beam of my car seems to be pointed too high and as i drive country roads alot they beam lights up the trees above rather than the road ahead. What is the correct beam pattern and how do i reset the beam to this correct pattern? How could it have been altered,
In the fog the other day (easier to see the direction) the nearside beam points up quite high and the offside points to the nearside but under the angle of the nearside beam

Happy New Year

[Uncle Deedee]

Hi and a Happy New Year to you too,
If your car has got xenon's then it will need to be put into basic setting first then adjusting, if they are conventional lights
adjusted by 2x5mm allen key adjusters one adjusts up/down the other left/right, you could adjust by parking close to a wall at night and then pulling it down to you get roughly level with the other one, otherwise any MOT test station can put it on their aligner and adjust it up for you.
 Dean.

[danishmkvgti]

first off check if the lightbulb is located correct. this is the main reason for cockeyed headlights

[garrardrj]

Managed to get my head into the engine bay today and found that there is a little toggle that slips into a slot at the rear of the main beam housing. This had come out of the housing which had caused the reflector to point upwards. clipped it back into the housing and hey presto....main beam now points where it should do
Whilst good fortune was on my side i decided to give the replacement led side lights a go.............after alot of wiggling and jiggling pulling and swearing they are now done and they look great . What a pain they are to do.....If i hadnt got small hands i could never have done it. Why do they make the most simple of jobs so b****y difficult?

[stealthwolf]

Still easier than my old fiesta. I used to have to pull off the front grille and remove the headlamp unit to change the bulbs!

[alexperkins]

first off check if the lightbulb is located correct. this is the main reason for cockeyed headlights

I had that on a car I serviced the other day. H7 bulb hadnt been rotated properly and was pointing off at an angle causing the light to go all over the place rather than straight ahead

[danishmkvgti]

first off check if the lightbulb is located correct. this is the main reason for cockeyed headlights

I had that on a car I serviced the other day. H7 bulb hadnt been rotated properly and was pointing off at an angle causing the light to go all over the place rather than straight ahead