Lighting System (Exterior): Headlights: Adjustment
NOTE:
The following procedure is for LH side. Perform the same procedures for the RH and LH side.
- Preliminary operations for adjusting the headlight beamsNOTE: Perform the headlight adjustment with the low beams.
- Make sure that the vehicle is parked on a level surface.
- Make sure that no luggage is loaded into the vehicle.
- Fill up the fuel tank.
- Check that there is the specified amount of oil.
- Check that there is the specified amount of coolant.
- Adjust the tire pressure to the specified value. (Refer to WHEEL AND TIRE SYSTEM )
- Shake the car up and down, and let the suspension settle.
- Have 1 person get in the driver's seat.
- Start the engine and charge the battery.
- Measure the distance between the center of the low/high beam bulbs, and the height of the bulbs' center.
- Face the measuring panel to the front of the vehicle.
- Turn the headlights on with low beams.
- If they vary greatly from the standard line, adjust the beams for the low beams so that the line separating light and darkness matches the position of the standard line.CAUTION: The aiming screw is adjusted according to the way it is tightened. (When adjusting in the loosening direction, tighten it again after loosening it.)