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My TR3B recently came back from some work that involved having the front
apron and headlights off the car. I checked the headlights. Ugh. Not even
close.
https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-66jhPmK/0/2d54dc90/X5/i-66jhPmK-X5.jpg
I'm going to try H4 LEDs to reduce the load on the generator, and I'll get
the vertical alignment taken care of then.
On Wed, Jun 28, 2023 at 7:58=E2=80=AFAM DAVID MASSEY <dave1massey@cs.com> w=
rote:
> I seem to recall, back in the day, that the you aim the lights to maintai=
n
> a horizontal low beam cut-off so as not to blind oncoming traffic. What =
I
> would do is find a flat parking lot next to a building and park the car
> close to and pointing at the building. Mark the cut-off point on the wal=
l
> (masking tape or something non-permanent). Then I back the car away a go=
od
> distance (20 to 50 ft) and adjust the headlights to that cut-off point.
>
> Back in the day, the old-school sealed beams were not very bright and a
> poor job of aiming wasn't a big deal. A friend bought a late 70's Cadill=
ac
> and complained about one of the head light and asked me to look at it. I
> found that it was installed up-side-down and had been that was since
> leaving the factory. But if you are using some high-performance lights
> aiming becomes more important.
>
> Dave
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dave Connitt <dconnitt@fuse.net>
> To: Triumphs <Triumphs@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Tue, Jun 27, 2023 9:28 pm
> Subject: [TR] Looking for an easy way to aim the headlights on my TR4A.
>
> Thanks
> Dave Connitt
>
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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-size:small">My =
TR3B recently came back from some work that involved having the front apron=
and headlights off the car.=C2=A0 I checked the headlights.=C2=A0 Ugh. Not=
even close.</div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-size:small"><a=
href=3D"https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-66jhPmK/0/2d54dc90/X5/i-66jhPm=
K-X5.jpg">https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-66jhPmK/0/2d54dc90/X5/i-66jhP=
mK-X5.jpg</a><br></div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-size:smal=
l"><br></div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-size:small">I'm=
going to try H4 LEDs to reduce the load on the generator, and I'll get=
the vertical alignment=C2=A0taken care of then.</div></div><br><div class=
=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Wed, Jun 28, 2023=
at 7:58=E2=80=AFAM DAVID MASSEY <<a href=3D"mailto:dave1massey@cs.com";>=
dave1massey@cs.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote=
" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);=
padding-left:1ex">
<div style=3D"color:black;font:12pt Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">
<div> <font size=3D"3">I seem to recall, back in the day, that the you aim =
the lights to maintain a horizontal low beam cut-off so as not to blind onc=
oming traffic.=C2=A0 What I would do is find a flat parking lot next to a b=
uilding and park the car close to and pointing at the building.=C2=A0 Mark =
the cut-off point on the wall (masking tape or something non-permanent).=C2=
=A0 Then I back the car away a good distance (20 to 50 ft) and adjust the h=
eadlights to that cut-off point.</font></div>
<div><font size=3D"3"><br>
</font></div>
<div><font size=3D"3">Back in the day, the old-school sealed beams were not=
very bright and a poor job of aiming wasn't a big deal.=C2=A0 A friend=
bought a late 70's Cadillac and complained about one of the head light=
and asked me to look at it.=C2=A0 I found that it was installed up-side-do=
wn and had been that was since leaving the factory.=C2=A0 But if you are us=
ing some high-performance lights aiming becomes more important.<br>
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<div><font size=3D"4">Dave <br>
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size=3D"2">-----Original Message-----<br>
From: Dave Connitt <<a href=3D"mailto:dconnitt@fuse.net"; target=3D"_blan=
k">dconnitt@fuse.net</a>><br>
To: Triumphs <<a href=3D"mailto:Triumphs@autox.team.net"; target=3D"_blan=
k">Triumphs@autox.team.net</a>><br>
Sent: Tue, Jun 27, 2023 9:28 pm<br>
Subject: [TR] Looking for an easy way to aim the headlights on my TR4A.<br>
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<div dir=3D"ltr">Thanks <br>
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