[TR] Looking for an easy way to aim the headlights on my TR4A.

[DAVID MASSEY]

 Wow.  You're going to piss-off a bunch of motorists.
 
Dave 


 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Don Hiscock <don.hiscock at gmail.com>
To: DAVID MASSEY <dave1massey at cs.com>
Cc: dconnitt at fuse.net <dconnitt at fuse.net>; Triumphs at autox.team.net <Triumphs at autox.team.net>
Sent: Wed, Jun 28, 2023 8:03 am
Subject: Re: [TR] Looking for an easy way to aim the headlights on my TR4A.

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 AM DAVID MASSEY <dave1massey at 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 point 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 Cadillac 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 at fuse.net>
To: Triumphs <Triumphs at 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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