Adjusting Main Headlight: Notes

The vehicle must be on a horizontal surface!

Make the adjustment with the regulator switch set to 0 (headlight beam adjustment)!

Use an Allen key (6 mm) to make the headlight adjustment.

Make the adjustment with the vehicle ready for driving (fuel tank full, driver's seat occupied by a person or → weight: 75 kg;  the tyre pressure must correspond to the specified values) using a headlight adjustment unit.

1. Turn on the ignition, turn on dipped beam and high beam headlights.
2. Check setting and adjust if necessary.
3. Adjust main headlights.
   1. 3.1. Set headlight adjustment unit to 10 cm/10 m (1 %).

      Information 

      • The distance between the headlights and the adjustment unit should be as small as possible! 
      • It should not exceed 30 cm, because at greater distances it is no longer possible to define the formation of the light/dark limit in the adjustment unit clearly! 
   2. 3.2. With this alignment, preference must be given to the central zone around the salient point of the light/dark limit!
   3. 3.3. First, adjust the vertical/side setting of the dipped beam/high beam using an Allen key (6 mm) -arrows-  .
      Fig 1: Aligning Vertical/Side Dipped Beam

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   4. 3.4. To do this, line up the light/dark limit line running upwards at an angle on the right-hand side with the dotted 15° line on the adjustment unit.
      Fig 2: Identifying Right, Vertical Section Of Light/Dark Limit

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   5. 3.5. Next, adjust the horizontal setting of the dipped beam using an Allen key (6 mm) -arrows-  .
      Fig 3: Aligning Horizontal Dipped Beam

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   6. 3.6. To do this, line up the left, horizontal section of the light/dark limit (when driving on the right) with the dotted horizontal line of the adjustment unit.
      Fig 4: Identifying Left, Horizontal Section Of Light/Dark Limit

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4. For Bi-Xenon main headlights, the ignition must be switched off and on again after the adjustment has been made with the lights switched on.
5. After this, the adjustment must be checked again.