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Old 05-29-2007, 11:36 PM
Arthur Dalton Arthur Dalton is offline
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Originally Posted by Texholdem View Post
Thanks Arthur, it reads a bit complicated but anyway is something I can and should try. Need to find a wall with enough distance on level ground.
I can make it simple for your lights..
take a magic marker , a measure tape , and some duct tape...go close to dark to a shopping center and drive around the back of a building..they always have a good level spot with a straight cinderblock wall

Pull the car straight up to the wall and get out..mark the wall with the tape ..one spot exactly where the center of each headlamp meets the wall..now, back straight from the wall til your headlamps are located 25 feet from the wall. Now, go back to wall and measure down 3 inches
from each headlamp mark..that is the normal drop you want for that car with 1/2 tank gas.
Those two spots are where you want the cut-off line to run across the wall and they are also the spots where you want the rise angle to start it's rise....That's about it..

Look at the first diagram from that site..that clearly shows the cut-off line and the rise angle

The cutoff line is to keep the lights out of the trees and on the road, and the rise is to light the right side of the road for the driver and to keep the lights focal points from glaring oncoming drivers...
..and finally,you do not set high beam on euro lights like you have..that is in the lens configuration, so just set the low beams ..and fogs if you want
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