Adjusting headlights:
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Headlights are adjusted from the front with a Phillips-head screwdriver. Right headlight shown.
Screws for left main headlight are a mirror-image.
A - Vertical adjustment
B - Lateral adjustment
- To reduce the headlight beam range, insert screwdriver into opening -A- to contact thumbwheel and turn thumbwheel to the right.
NOTE:
- The setting can be made from inside the engine compartment if the thumbwheel is accessible.
- If adjusting from inside the engine compartment, turn the thumbwheel to the left to reduce headlight range.
- The same applies to the lateral adjustment, which can be made through the opening (-B-).