Headlamp Aiming Procedure

1. Park the vehicle square with the screen, with the headlamps directly over this reference line.
2. Ensure that the components are in place if other work has been done on the vehicle.
3. Ensure that the vehicle is on a level surface.
4. Stop all other work on the vehicle.
5. Ensure that the vehicle has halt a tank, or less, of fuel.
6. Close all of the doors.
7. Rock the vehicle sideways.
8. Line up the centerline of the vehicle with the centerline of the aiming screen.
- Mark the vertical center of the rear and front windows using tape.
- Use these lines as sights in order to line up the centerline of the vehicle and the screen.
9. Adjust the vertical tapes on the screen in order to match the vertical centerline of each low beam headlamp.
Measure the distance from the centerline of the low beam lamp.
10. Adjust the horizontal tapes on the screen in order to match the horizontal centerline of each low beam headlamp.
Measure the height from the floor to the center of the low beam.
11. Turn on the low beam headlamps.
12. Observe the left and the top edges of the high intensity zone on the screen.
13. Adjust the headlamps to the following specifications:
- The top edge of the center of intensity on the screen for the low beam should be less than 101.6 mm (4 in) above or below the cross section of the headlamp centerlines.
- The left edge of the center of intensity on the screen for the low beam should be less than 101.6 mm (4 in) to the left or right of the cross section of the headlamp centerlines.