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Headlamp and front fog lamp aiming (for Europe)

Headlamp aiming

Type A
Type B
Type C
  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.

Front fog lamp aiming

The front fog lamp can be aimed as the same manner of the head lamps aiming.

With the front fog lamps and battery normal condition, aim the front fog lamps.

To aim the front fog lamp up or down, turn the driver clockwise or counterclockwise.

Aiming point

* A : Screen

Headlamp

Vehicle condition

Headlamp (MFR type)

Headlamp (BI-FUNCTION 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

H1'

W1'

Without driver / [mm (in)]

757 (29.8)

1,259 (49.6)

760 (29.9)

1,250 (49.2)

With driver / [mm (in)]

747 (29.4)

1,259 (49.6)

750 (29.5)

1,250 (49.2)

Vehicle condition

Headlamp (LED type)

Ground Height

Distance between lamps

Low beam

High beam

Low beam

High beam

H1”

H2”

W1”

W2”

Without driver / [mm (in)]

765 (29.9)*1

756 (29.8)*2

783 (30.8)*3

742 (29.2)*1

740 (29.1)*2

760 (29.9)*3

1,382 (54.4)*1*3

1,378 (54.3)*2

1,110 (43.7)*1*3

1,112 (43.8)*2

With driver / [mm (in)]

760 (29.9)*1

751 (29.6)*2

778 (30.6)*3

737 (29)*1

735 (28.9)*2

755 (29.7)*3

1,382 (54.4)*1*3

1,378 (54.3)*2

1,110 (43.7)*1*3

1,112 (43.8)*2

* 1. 185/65R15

* 3. 205/55R17

* 2. 195/55R16

Front fog lamp

Vehicle condition

Front Fog lamp (Bulb type)

Ground Height

Distance between lamps

H3

W3

Without driver / [mm (in)]

493 (19.4)

1,431 (56.3)

With driver / [mm (in)]

483 (19.0)

1,431 (56.3)

Head lamp low beam (LHD Vehicle)
  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 : Vehicle axis

B : Vertical line of the left head lamp bulb centre

C : Vertical line of the right head lamp bulb centre

D : Horizontal line of head lamp bulb centre

E : Ground

F : Cut-Off line

Head lamp low beam (RHD Vehicle)
  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 : Vehicle axis

B : Vertical line of the left head lamp bulb centre

C : Vertical line of the right head lamp bulb centre

D : Horizontal line of head lamp bulb centre

E : Ground

F : Cut-Off line

Front fog lamp
  1. Turn the front fog lamp on without the driver aboard.

  2. The cut-off line should be projected in the allowable range (shaded region).

Based on 10m screen

A : Vehicle axis

B : Vertical line of the left fog lamp bulb centre

C : Vertical line of the right fog lamp bulb centre

D : Horizontal line of fog lamp bulb centre

E : Ground

F : Cut-Off line

G : Upper limit