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Headlamp aiming (for Europe)

Headlamp aiming

  1. Inflate the tyres to the specified pressure and remove any loads from the vehicle except the driver, spare tyre, and tools.

  2. The vehicle should be placed on a flat floor.

  3. Draw vertical lines (Vertical lines passing through respective head lamp centres) and a horizontal line (Horizontal line passing through centre of head lamps) on the screen.

  4. With the head lamp and battery in normal condition, aim the head lamps so the brightest portion falls on the horizontal and vertical lines.

  5. To aim the low and high beams left or right, turn the driver (1) clockwise or counterclockwise. To aim the low and high beams up or down, turn the driver (2) clockwise or counterclockwise.

Aiming point

* A : Screen

Unit: mm (in)

Vehicle condition

Head lamp (Halogen type)

Head lamp (LED type)

Ground Height

Distance between lamps

Ground Height

Distance between lamps

Low/High beam

Low/High beam

Low/High beam

Low/High beam

H1

W1

H2

W2

Without driver

/ [mm (in)]

698 (27.5)

1,482 (58.3)

720 (28.3)

1,486 (58.5)

With driver

/ [mm (in)]

693 (27.3)

1,482 (58.3)

715 (28.1)

1,486 (58.5)

Head lamp low beam (LHD)
  1. Turn the low beam on without driver aboard.

  2. The cut-off line should be projected in the cut-off line shown in the picture.

  3. When aiming the low beam, vertical aiming should be adjusted after adjusting the horizontal aiming.

  4. If head lamp levelling device is equipped, adjust the head lamp levelling device switch with 0 positions.

Based on 10m screen

A : Vertical line of the left head lamp (low) bulb centre

B : Vertical line of the right head lamp (low) bulb centre

C : Horizontal line of head lamp (low) bulb centre

D : Cut – Off line

E : Car Axis

F : Ground

Head lamp low beam (RHD)
  1. Turn the low beam on without driver aboard.

  2. The cut-off line should be projected in the cut-off line shown in the picture.

  3. When aiming the low beam, vertical aiming should be adjusted after adjusting the horizontal aiming.

  4. If head lamp levelling device is equipped, adjust the head lamp levelling device switch with 0 positions.

Based on 10m screen

A : Vertical line of the left head lamp (low) bulb centre

B : Vertical line of the right head lamp (low) bulb centre

C : Horizontal line of head lamp (low) bulb centre

D : Cut – Off line

E : Car Axis

F : Ground