[DML] Re: Results of Sylvania Silver Star light replacement

["content22207" <brobertson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Each headlight is adjusted by two screws pulling against two springs
-- one adjusts up & down, the other adjusts left & right. If either a
spring or screw is broken, adjustment will be thrown totally off,
quite possibly yielding lights aimed down rather than out.

Ensure both springs and screws are intact:
http://www.pjgrady.com/images/catalog/350.gif

I adjust my headlights by shining them down a dark parking lot. If you
stand directly behind the vehicle and squint, you will "see" quite
clearly the beams of light. You want the beams to point straight
ahead, and wash the pavement as they disperse.

On the way home from Pigeon Forge we adjusted headlights on nearly
every car in the caravan.

Bill Robertson
#5939

>--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "daviddlasvegas" <daviddlasvegas@...>
wrote:
>
> I went to Pep Boys today and bought the sealed beam silver star 
> lights. They claim to be just like HID lights. Well I can tell you 
> they are whiter and brighter...but like HID; no way. I have an '05 
> Volvo and an '07 Corvette both with Xenon HID and the Silver Star 
> cannot even compete. 
> 
> I put the new light in and compared to the old stock light. Yes the 
> difference was very dicernable.
> 
> My main problem is that with the old stock lights is that they were 
> dim and on the road all I had was 2 dots. Now with the new Silver Star 
> lights I have 2 bright dots. I think this may be an aiming problem and 
> my light brackets are a rusted mess. Can these lights from the 80s be 
> aimed so that the road in front of the car from left to right is 
> equally lit or is the 2 dots normal?
>




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