Date:         Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:39:56 -0500
Reply-To:     mcneely4@COX.NET
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From:         Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@COX.NET>
Subject:      Re: FRIDAY OT - Headlight aimage
Comments: To: Jim Arnott <jrasite@eoni.com>
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something like that.  The ones I recall were bullet shaped, and sat on a
track.  But yeah, something like that.  In Oklahoma, where tires with
tread are optional and the typical car has the muffler suspended with
bailing wire, headlights are often used to search for game alongside the
road, so aim has a different standard.  David Mc


On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 7:27 PM, Jim Arnott wrote:

> Hoppy! The industry standard headlight aimers for forty years.
>
> http://www.hoppyaimers.com/headlightaimers.shtml
>
> I own this one:  http://www.hoppyaimers.com/b4a.shtml
>
> Not much use anymore.  "It is a mechanical aimer that requires the
> headlamp to have the three glass nubs and horizontal / vertical
> specifications located on the lens." My e-Code lights don't.
>
> Jim
>
>
> On Nov 13, 2009, at 4:49 PM, Dave Mcneely wrote:
>
>> I no longer live in Texas.  When I did, the headlight aiming
>> involved a
>> machine that was set in front of each headlamp, and the light was
>> adjusted to a target (crosshairs) in the machine.  Thought that was
>> how
>> it was done everywhere.  David