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Originally posted by randyj
My question is how do you make sure that when you graft different lights to a fender that the light will point down the road correctly and not up into on comming traffic?
Randy
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The way I see it, you would have to measure the angles and height off the ground that the lights sit on the donor car. The only way they would point in the correct direction is if they sit spacially in the same place as on the original. When you do have to adjust new cars' headlights, you need to get a special tool and grid panel from the factory that's set up in front of the car to set the beam path in the exact direction specified by the manufacturer. My friend had an Eclipse that he replaced the headlamps in, only to find out they were pointing too high up (he got a few tickets for it, too). He couldn't do anything about it until the manufacturer finally sent him the correct adjustment tools. You can't use a screwdriver alone on these newer lamps anymore, not like good ol' stock VWs!