Checking and adjusting the headlights

Check and adjust the headlights on an equipped car (with full fuel tank, tool kit and spare wheel).

WARNING: Do not neglect your headlight adjustment work. In addition to the fact that your car with unadjusted headlights will not pass instrumental control at the next technical inspection, it will be dangerous on the road for all road users, including you. The actions of a driver blinded by the headlights of an oncoming car are often unpredictable.

You will need a Phillips screwdriver.

1. Pre-check and, if necessary, bring the air pressure in the tires to normal.



Pic. 4.6. Headlight adjustment

2. Install the car perpendicular to a smooth wall (e.g. in the garage) at a distance of 3 m. Place an additional weight of 75 kg on the driver's seat. Mark the screen on the wall as shown in fig. 4.6. The longitudinal plane of symmetry of the car must pass along line 0 on the screen. Rock the car from the side so that the suspension springs self-adjust.

3. Measure the height of the headlight centers from the floor on your vehicle. This will be the distance h on the screen.

4. Set the headlight electrocorrector control on the instrument panel to the position corresponding to the load of the car with one driver.


5. Turn on low beam.

6. It is recommended to adjust the direction of the light spot for each headlight individually. Cover the second headlight with an opaque material during adjustment.



7. Open the hood and, by turning the adjusting screw 1, adjust the position on the screen of the light spot for each headlight vertically or, by turning the screw 2, horizontally if the location of the light spots does not match the figure.

8. The headlights are considered adjusted when the upper borders of the left parts of the light spots coincide with line 4, and the vertical lines 1 and 2 pass through the points E1 and E2 of the intersection of the horizontal and inclined sections of the light spots.

If fog lights are installed on the car, then the direction of their beam of light must be adjusted only in height. By turning the adjusting screw, achieve that the upper borders of the light spots are on line 4 or slightly below it.