[DML] Re: Headlight alignment

["content22207" <brobertson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I use David's approach for totally replaced buckets, but position the
vehicle only a couple of feet from the wall. Impossible to miss bright
spots that way. Adjust the sealed assemblies so that bright spots are
in line with the vehicle and on the same plane as the front of the
car. This will be good enough to at least drive.

My final adjustments are made in an unlit parking lot. Two adjustments:
- Centered. Stand behind the vehicle and squint. You'll only be able
to see the brightest part of the beams, projecting far ahead. Adjust
sealed assemblies so that these beams are parallel and in line.
- Height. Adjust assemblies so that the light "splashes" against the
pavement a suitable distance in front of the car (10 feet? Never
measured). You'll know it when you see it. 
Of course you want both sides of the vehicle balanced.

I use this method for my whole fleet, which share 100% identical
sealed beam assemblies to the DeLorean (although some are round
shaped, and the truck has combined high/low elements). 

Every turn of the decade domestic used sealed beam headlights.
Properly adjusted, they provide excellent illumination. Late model
plastic housings need to be adjusted too, BTW.

Bill Robertson
#5939 

>--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "David Teitelbaum" <jtrealty@xxxx> wrote:
> It is relatively easy to adjust the headlights. This is best done at
> night against a wall. Take a car that has well-adjusted headlights and
> park it about 20 feet from the wall. Turn the lights on and put a
> piece of masking tale at the center of the beams on the wall. Now park
> the Delorean in the same spot and adjust the headlights to the same
> spots. This will get you close. When you drive the car you willl then
> see what minor adjustments you will need to get it right on. Always
> look for the bright spot in the center and put that where you want it,
> the rest of the beam will be OK. Even when you take it to a shop, my
> experience has been that you will still need to tweak the adjustments
> a little to get it right.
> David Teitelbaum
> vin 10757
> 
> 
> --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "cruznmd" <racuti1@xxxx> wrote:
> > Is it possible to align your own headlights to a reasonable degree or 
> > is this some critical function that only a "DMC ordained high-priest" 
> > can do?
> > 
> > Assuming I must take it to a shop, who normally does this, and what 
> > does it cost?
> > 
> > I realize that the DMC-12's headlights are outdated and don't provide 
> > the same illumination that modern cars do, but I'm pretty sure my low-
> > beams are pointing too far down, to the right and I've got one high-
> > beam especially pointing down.
> > 
> > Thanks in advance,
> > 
> > Rich A.
> > #5335




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