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I looked on Bob Danielson's site at all the modern improvements he has made
to his TR6, was surprised I didn't find a self leveling headlight
conversion page =F0=9F=A4=94.
Maybe it is in the works...
Greg Lemon
TR250
On Wed, Jun 28, 2023, 8:44 AM Don Hiscock <don.hiscock@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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 ev=
en
> close.
> https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-66jhPmK/0/2d54dc90/X5/i-66jhPmK-X5.jp=
g
>
> I'm going to try H4 LEDs to reduce the load on the generator, and I'll ge=
t
> the vertical alignment taken care of then.
>
> On Wed, Jun 28, 2023 at 7:58=E2=80=AFAM DAVID MASSEY <dave1massey@cs.com>=
wrote:
>
>> 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 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 po=
int
>> on the wall (masking tape or something non-permanent). Then I back the =
car
>> away a good 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 Cadil=
lac
>> 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
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
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<div dir=3D"auto">I looked on Bob Danielson's site at all the modern im=
provements he has made to his TR6, was surprised I didn't find a self l=
eveling headlight conversion page =F0=9F=A4=94.<div dir=3D"auto"><br></div>=
<div dir=3D"auto">Maybe it is in the works...</div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></=
div><div dir=3D"auto">Greg Lemon</div><div dir=3D"auto">TR250</div><div dir=
=3D"auto"><br></div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" c=
lass=3D"gmail_attr">On Wed, Jun 28, 2023, 8:44 AM Don Hiscock <<a href=
=3D"mailto:don.hiscock@gmail.com";>don.hiscock@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><=
/div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-le=
ft:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div class=3D"gmail_de=
fault" 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 ch=
ecked the headlights.=C2=A0 Ugh. Not even close.</div><div class=3D"gmail_d=
efault" style=3D"font-size:small"><a href=3D"https://photos.smugmug.com/pho=
tos/i-66jhPmK/0/2d54dc90/X5/i-66jhPmK-X5.jpg" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"nore=
ferrer">https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-66jhPmK/0/2d54dc90/X5/i-66jhPmK=
-X5.jpg</a><br></div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-size:small"=
><br></div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-size:small">I'm g=
oing to try H4 LEDs to reduce the load on the generator, and I'll get t=
he 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"; tar=
get=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noreferrer">dave1massey@cs.com</a>> wrote:<br></di=
v><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;borde=
r-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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From: Dave Connitt <<a href=3D"mailto:dconnitt@fuse.net"; target=3D"_blan=
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k" rel=3D"noreferrer">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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