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bgammie1 · Joined: 20 Mar 2011 Posts: 100 Location: Snellville, GA

My headlights need adjustment they are aimed up too high.
Noticed that folks in front of me sometimes get annoyed.
In the old days there were service stations with a wall you could pull up to at a specific distance and the lights were adjusted onto the focus spots on the wall. Does anyone know what these specifications are for the 924?
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Ozzie · Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2011 8:13 pm Post subject:

This varies from state to state and country.
Local dept of transport may be of help or garages that do inspections.
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Smoothie · Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2011 11:12 pm Post subject:

A quickie solution off the top o' my head (for use if you can't find any official specs)..

Aim perpendicular toward a flat wall on a flat surface at night.
Pull forward with lights on, note the bright spots.
Pull straight back and watch for the beam spots to drop and shift toward the right*.

*Obviously this is where a spec would come in handy. You'd want to know how much the beams should drop and shift at a certain distance..

As a general guide in the absence of a spec, do the same with some other cars that apparently don't annoy other drivers to see how much their beams drop+shift.
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