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Old 03-21-2003, 11:31 AM
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I have an article on the subject but it didn,t come out the other end of my OCR program too well so if you want to send me your email address I well send it to you (fidlersg@olympus.net). I am sure there is some other way to post it but I don,t know how.

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Old 03-21-2003, 11:51 AM
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You may want to try this link. I've yet to aim the Euro headlights on my 240D, but will when the weather gets better.

http://lighting.mbz.org/tech/aim/aim.html
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Old 03-21-2003, 12:16 PM
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Is there a Euro Headlight aiming procedure?

I'm not sure if my euro's are aimed exactly right. Is there a simple 'at-home' type procedure for doing this or should I have them professionally aligned?
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Old 03-21-2003, 09:35 PM
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Yupper. Try http://lighting.mbz.org/tech/aim/aim.html It's really pretty easy but a bit subjective.
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Old 03-22-2003, 02:20 AM
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I aimed my E-codes using the instructions on that link. It was pretty easy and worked well. The only problem I had was I found the beam pattern to be aimed too low after adjustment to the specs. I ended up just cranking an even number of turns into the vertical adjustment of each light untill I was satisfied. They work great on low or high now. I don't get flashed by oncoming drivers so I don't think they are too high. RT
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Old 03-22-2003, 03:36 PM
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Thnaks everyone for the tips/links!

RW....mine were adjusted when installed by Donnie at MBA but it just seems like the aiming is too low...like you mention.

If the aim is still too low after re-adjusting, I'll crank mine up as well. I did exactly that on my other non-MB car and it worked great and don't get any flashes from other cars.
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ck42,
Just make sure you count the number of turns you crank into the adjusters so that you can get back to the original setting if you need to. RT

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