How to Aim & Adjust Your Headlights
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 30 ส.ค. 2016
- In this video, I aim the headlights on the golf with my little brother. There is an adjustment screw on the backside of the housing that allows us to raise or lower the beam from the low beams. I’ve seen headlights that also have adjustment from left to right, however that usually doesn’t need to be tinkered with.
The PROPER way to do it, is to get the aim measured using a machine, and then align the beam from there. The machines can cost thousands of dollars, so doing it this way, you might have to align the headlights a few times to get it spot on.
From 10 meters away from a wall, the top part of the beam should be 20cm's down from the height of the headlights. To be exact, 20.9 cm's, based off a 1.2 degree negative slope.
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thanks this is really helpfull ... love all your videos ... been watching it all ... keep up the good work!
Love ur VIDEOS! 😍Congrats on the new car😜 . Wait for more videos.
as always great job. you are a smart dude to be so young you know your stuff. I think you are a mechanic or been to some kind of school. either way keep helping people like us.
This was the best video I've found so far that shows how to do this! Most other videos are vague or don't even show what you adjust behind the light.
Your upload schedule is on top. Really like it 👍
Yay, I've been waiting for this video 😁
Point headlights at a wall 25’ away. That’s 300”. 1.2% of 300” is 3.6”. The top of the light beam on the wall needs to be 3.6” below the height of the low beam bulb on the car. I think the video could have been perfect if you mentioned a way to effectively measure the angle of the headlights but at least you’re on the right track. Cheers
I followed your video with great results thanks.
Thank you! I've got a driver's side main beam that is crazy high and feel guilty every time I heard out after dark. I'll fix it tomorrow!
Exactly what I needed to know...
Just installed new headlights for my 2015 corolla
Saw the uneven light pattern
watched this video
now I know how to fix it...
@@taekwoncrawfish9418 Really? Well, I have the lights leveled out and I like it like that....much better than the uneven pattern.
@@taekwoncrawfish9418 You're right, but I don't have mine angled up high like that. In some states you can get a ticket for having them that way.
I have mine set even and aimed at a low angle.
And as far as blinding people, have you ever had a truck with a lift kit pass you by? Unless you're in a truck, their lights are level with your head.
Kind of annoying, ain't it?
Great video thanks!
Well done and well noted for your education, much appreciated
excellent! great video!
super helpful thanks man
I had to get my entire front of my VW replaced after an accident, and those morons couldn’t align my headlights after going there 2 times. There is a huge difference. Thank you for the help, now I can do it myself and get t right.
Brilliant and clear demo, 👏 bravo!
Hey man I have just installed HID on my Mazda 3 but don't know the high your using to make it like you did in this Vid can you please advice me on it.
Tnx man, great video
Hello mate thanks for sharing how to adjust the headlights and are your high beams white as well plz? If yes can i have a link to it plz
very good video thanks.
I noticed there was no adjustments made for lateral (sideways) light placement. Most headlight have both to adjust.
Hi! Can i ask you, what number position are the light before fix it? Thanks
Great video
how do i do corolla 2002 what is the measurement of left right & front of each light
Good video 👍
Tell people in my neighborhood this cause everyone of their cars headlights are facing up
Say you set your low beam point. My high beam bulb is a separate bulb, how much higher should I set for my high beam bulb? Thx in advanced
Thank you for your nice details video
Thanks man :)
is that in general al SUV or car to aim the head light down is mean I have to turn clock wise or counter clock wise ? Please help
can u guide me for removing of my dashboard
Im having a HONDA CITY 2008
thats a Indian model
u can compare my car with HONDA FIT For interior only
Can all car move side to side or just some car? Mine can move up or down by can’t do side to side. Or maybe I haven’t found the screw to turn yet
Thanks for the video. What's H ID kit and bulbs are those? The light output is amazing. I have OEM HIDs and am looking for replacement bulbs to improve brightness.
oem tends to be halogens but depending on the car I guess it could be hid, if it's not very bright I would guess halogens, leds r super bright up close but not far away and hid is just crazy good lol
I have a problem with my headligths. The normal ligth is sport on but when Im using my high beam it's not centered at all. Can I do something about this issue?
Where did you get the bumper cover?
How do I adjust the headlights on my 2005 toyota corolla
what was the company name for the projector beam headlamps for golf? any link for eBay purchase? thanks rodney
Mine has an auto adjuster system in it, does it have to be readjusted when I put new replacements in?
Spot on!!
what if your headlight is not projector type?
yooooo what kind of headlight housing are those and where did you buy them? Link please
What brand is your projector headlight assembly
headlight eyelid helps too!
Small point, but 1:08 1.2% isn't the same as 1.2 degrees.
Also 2:25 the upper line of the left lamp should line up with the upper line of the right lamp;
You shouldn't have two steps in the complete output as this means one lamp isn't dipped 1.2%
Does this work on cornering headlights?
lmao at the bloopers
How to adjust headlights on 93 GMC 1500 pickup truck
like your shirt Milan.. how can I get that?
Where are the aiming screws on a '96 Chevy Van?
Can you show where are the screws on Leanne? :)
I have the same lights but on a jetta, how do I adjust left to right the instructions kinda suck
Where can I buy those led bulbs? I have those headlights but I need the leds
You said that we need to have (example on the golf) 1,2 degrees down. How did you measure that? Or how can I do that at home? Thanks!
Here, have a link... Dont have to follow it exactly, but its an easy standard way of doing it.
www.howacarworks.com/accessories/how-to-align-headlights-at-home
Another good source of info for headlamp aiming: www.danielsternlighting.com/tech/aim/aim.html
Make a video on your Honda accord headlight adjustment
Agreed !
where did you buy those lights dude
My adjusters don't work, any other tips?
Thanks
when the video gonna be up today Milan?
Hi do anyone know how to do a polo vivo 2014 please
great video man most people need to do this shit
let's say you bought a car from someone and they fucked up both headlight aiming. how do you know how high or low it's supposed to be? what if the Driver side is high but thinks it's the right height?
lol he asked how do you aim them not which kit do i buy......also that kit you linked is shit
to answer the question, at 25ft both beams should be no higher than a passenger car's side mirror so about 32-36 inches
hey bro u r awesomeeee
I get blinded because my car is so dirt nasty low
then CLEAN it xD
@@CatGuy969 you are thick read it again
Nice video! Well done.
parallel setting?
I have 2009 Mercedes c300 how can adjust the headlights were can I find the screw to move move right to felt? one of my projector light is like this (/) (-) how can I fix it 😢
adjusting headlights only on a 2003 hyundai elantra
the accord driver side light is impossible to get to
I love your videos bro
Thanks buddy :)
@@milanmastracci HID OR LED ?
Nice shirt bro!!!
The stock light of golf 4 are more powerfull that you ebay light with hid.. great video this help me.
That is so not true.. The lumens from a 55 watt HID kit will always surpass the light output of any halogen bulb
+milanmastracci befor i install xenon in my golf 4 i have a basic headlight the arent good. but a frend tell me for xenon r32 style 35w but thye are shitt i can see anything but i enjoy te video thnxx...
Well maybe your friend is wrong.
more more more videos of your mini😁
Where can I get the led bulbs
How can I get my lights to be like that?
do you have a led light bar installed on the crash bar?
Yes. We installed it on the bottom side of it with 2 brackets.
Nice
I love this .... it's illegal in the country I'm from, if you don't have your headlights adjusted right. I had some close calls because it seems that no one in the US seems to give a sh*** if you blind someone.
I just changed my headlights and noticed they are way to high .... since it's dark I go and get right on it.
yes
driver's side should always be slightly lower due to blinding oncoming drivers .
The tops of both beams should be equal and the low point of both beams should be equal. Essentially giving you one step up and not two. He needs to go down a few more turns.
Milan - Hard water spot removal video plz! Haha!
Its coming Harris :) I promise!!
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How far are you supposed to be from the wall when adjusting??
The further you are, the more accurate will be.
How do you know its 1.2 percent angle?
I guess he does not know. But it is simple. On the headlight you can find the percentage, sth between 1-2%, f.e my golf IV has 1.2% and 1%, it is the right angle. so you can calculate it, just drow a triangle and you can calculate where should the line be, f.e if you are 5 m from a wall, your headlights are 0.9m high, with 1% you should see your line +- 0.83m (I just figured out the numbers, but I think you got this)
4:14 call me crazy but, that light throw is really short... you can barely see what's in front of you... Almost like a driving with fog lights only...😥
shard and liked ur video
If only all drivers considered this
Wow those projectors are crap, horrible beam pattern.
And you adjusted them wrong, they should be level with each other. Now your passenger side light is aimed higher.
Jonathan A sekopiski is right. The beam pattern is really crap and he adjusted the right headlight a bit higher than the left. As you see, the lights have a "cut-off" which makes the right side of the beam pattern higher than the left side. So, the left side of the right headlight's beam pattern should be perfectly aligned with the left side of the left headlight's beam pattern. That way oncoming traffic won't be blinded by the right headlight. But he adjusted the right headlight so it's level with the high side of the beam pattern of the left headlight. That small difference is sometimes enough to blind someone, given that HIDs have about 3000lumen.
Jonathan A yall are alllll wrong! The correct way to aim headlights is the driver side light is to be 2 inches lower than the passenger. Dont believe it, look it up.
@@JM-yx1lm yes exactly
Can I do that in the stock lights?
You need projector lenses. Stocks on certain cars are Halogens
you should be able to readjust on OEM headlights
My MK 5 GLI is 1.0* positive
Light on the right side (passenger side) should be higher to illuminate road signs and lower on the driver's side to prevent blinding other drivers. Shouldn't be even.
You didn't start with a initial height measurement to work from.
Odd, there’s no aim adjust for my cat. They just insert and rotate to lock on.
2.sl0w nation!
If there was oncoming traffic, you wouldn't be blinding them because you just cant see damn nothing!
Someone should tell Acura and Lexus to properly aim their LED JEWEL light design so it doesn't blind other drivers
All Lexus cars come with an bubble levels on the headlights, auto leveling, or adaptive lighting so I know you're lying 😂😂😂
This video does not describe the proper way to aim your headlamps. Where did you get your information? There is a standard for this, it's SAE J599. Find the lamp centers (marked on the headlamp lens), and transfer those to a wall 25 feet away. Aim the hot spot of each lamp to just below and to the right of each cross hair (there's more details in the standard, but this is the brief important stuff). Search for images of this standard if you need a visual. Now 107,000 viewers have the wrong information. Please revise your video. Don't want to hate, but if you use the word "proper" then people think that you've researched the topic and have found the correct information. Better to say "This is how I adjusted my headlamps", this way you don't agitate people that have designed forward lighting systems.
Mark Dixon is 100% correct, but just to add a little more info...the vehicle must be on a level surface and parked back from the wall, or door you intend to use as the aiming spot...I thought the distance is supposed to be 30 feet, but 25 will work just as well. Make sure the car is parked 90 degrees to the wall or the lit area will be distorted.
I'm not too sure if the VWs in the USA have the remote controlled (electric) headlight levelling system like we do in Europe, but assuming that you do, it's important to note the following....
before undertaking the exercise depicted in the video, it is important that the car be empty...no heavy stuff in the boot, fuel tank no more than half full and no one sitting inside. Set the levelling switch at its highest point and go on from there. All that means is that later on when you do have rear seat passengers or a heavy load which causes the rear end to drop and the lights to shine higher, you can just roll the adjuster downwards and light the road ahead safely. Most cars I've owned have a section in the owners handbook which describe the procedure for adjust...relevant to that particular vehicle.
Hope all this makes sense and helps someone.
Having written all the above...the adjustment system he shows in this video is nothing like the system on mine, so I'm off to search some more.
Correct, but just to elaborate, "Hot Spot" referes to early 'seled-beam' headlights that don't have a clean horizontal cut-off to the beam. The standard has been updated for later lamps:
Sealed Beam: O O
Reflector: ___/ ___/
Projector: ___/---- ___/----
The 1% and 1.2% is correct according to the ECE specification. SAE is to be followed by you guys in America. So the video not wrong, but it’s not for a us audience. I’m surprised you don’t know this, as you call yourself someone who designs headlights for a living. Seems pretty dim(wit) of you to me, mr. designer of forward lighting systems.
thank you, I hate driving at night, but,,,,,,,, its hot,,,, as ( hell) here in Pensacola florida , so I work nights,and job is driving,,i say paint the right hand lane in America white, and the left lane baby blue,,so they are more visible ,,exit ramps silver,,,,and maybe people who cant see ,, take their licence away..
it didnt help
Nice shirt
Repeat this video with the moni
Bulbs aren't sitting correctly
Yo milanmastracci, I just started a channel recently with a couple of guys and I own a 2008 Accord Coupe myself. Do you mind checking the channel out and giving me an opinion on it. Also, had a question how and when did u start to get big on TH-cam? Thanks and shoutout to you and your subscribers! :)
he made more than 3 videos