High beam spots alignment

[Barreti]

Does anyone have tips on how you align the lower high beam 'spots'.
Mine are pointing about 3 feet in front of the car and have a squint. They look more like war time search lights than car headlights, which isn't going to be helpful driving in the dark at Le Mans in a fortnight.

[Loubaruch]

Ian,

Some advice from an old MOT guide:

Park the car on level ground about 3.6 Metres from a vertical wall.

Measure from the centre of the headlamp to the ground "h"

Chalk a horizontal line on the wall at height "h"

Stand behind the car and guide an assistant to chalk a vertical line directly in front of each headlamp through the horizontal chalk line

Check that the vertical lines are the same distance apart as your headlamps

Switch on the headlamps ( full beam)

The two brightest spots should not be above the vertical line or substantially to the right of the vertical lines

To check dipped beams the beam pattern should be substantially to the left of the vertical lines and lower than the high beams

This works for me

Best of luck

[Loubaruch]

Ian,

Some advice from an old MOT guide:

Park the car on level ground about 3.6 Metres from a vertical wall.

Measure from the centre of the headlamp to the ground "h"

Chalk a horizontal line on the wall at height "h"

Stand behind the car and guide an assistant to chalk a vertical line directly in front of each headlamp through the horizontal chalk line

Check that the vertical lines are the same distance apart as your headlamps

Switch on the headlamps ( full beam)

The two brightest spots should not be above the vertical line or substantially to the right of the vertical lines

To check dipped beams the beam pattern should be substantially to the left of the vertical lines and lower than the high beams

This works for me

Best of luck

[Barreti]

Bloomin perfick Paul. Thanks very much, I shall try that at the weekend.