Headlight alignment help

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VinceSez
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Car: 1992 Nissan 240sx

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How do you adjust the headlight so that when they are turned on the alights are aligned and not "cross eyed and pointing down," as with mine? I've searched the forum, but couldn't find any topic relating to my current issue.


NISTECH
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pull your car so it is on a level surface facing a wall and 25 ft away from it. measure your headlights center point from the ground. Then go over to the wall and measure to that point on the wall and mark the wall. Be sure you have even spacing from something to the side of your car and measure that distance on the wall to where each of your headlights are from the reffrence to the side. now you have adjustments coming in from the fronts of your lights. one on top or bottam and one to one side of the light. It should be a phillips screw. cover one of the head lights and adjust the other. For the right one you want it to point approx. 2inches down and one inch to the right of your mark on the wall for the right light. on the left side you want it to point approx. 2 inches down and lined up with the mark on the wall for the left light. after you have both adjusted remove the cover over the light and make sure the brightest point of each light are even across the wall.

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VinceSez
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thanks


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