Date:         Sun, 29 Sep 2002 13:50:53 -0400
Reply-To:     David Brodbeck <gull@CYBERSPACE.ORG>
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From:         David Brodbeck <gull@CYBERSPACE.ORG>
Subject:      Re: Where to aim the headlights? SA grill
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On Sat, 28 Sep 2002, Rich Blake wrote:

> DOT lights cannot be aimed very well and are best thrown in the trash.

Heh.  True enough, though that also means it's hard for people to tell if
you've aimed them badly. ;)  In a pinch I've sometimes made a road job of
it, going out to a quiet stretch of road at night, driving a bit to judge
the pattern, then pulling off and tweaking the lights a bit until it
'looks right'.  Usually high beams are aimed straight ahead and very
slightly downward, and I find that pattern easiest to judge on the road.
(Besides, if you drive a lot of dark, infrequently travelled country
roads, like I was doing last time I had to do this, you're mostly
interested in the high beams anyway.) On dual-filament lights the low-beam
pattern will more or less take care of itself if you get the high beams
close to right. Besides, this is a Vanagon we're talking about -- the
stock headlights aren't bright enough to blind anyone anyway. ;)

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