Eclipse
HEADLIGHT AIMINGPRE-AIMING INSTRUCTIONS
1. Inspect for badly rusted or faulty headlight assemblies.
2. These conditions must be corrected before a satisfactory adjustment can be made.
3. Place the vehicle on a level floor.
4. Bounce the front suspension through three (3) oscillations by applying the body weight to hood or bumper.
5. Inspect tire inflation, and adjust if necessary.
6. Rock vehicle sideways to allow vehicle to assume its normal position.
7. If the fuel tank is not full, place a weight in luggage room of vehicle to simulate weight of a full tank [3 kg (6.5 pounds) per gallon.)
8. There should be no other load in the vehicle other than driver or substituted weight of approximately 70 kg (150 pounds) placed in driver's position.
9. Thoroughly clean headlight lenses.
AIMING WITH SCREEN OR WALL
Headlight Aim preparation
1. Set the distance between the screen and the bulb center marks of the headlight as shown in the illustration.
2. Four lines of adhesive tape (or equivalent markings) are required on screen or wall:
1. Position a vertical tape or mark so that it is aligned with the vehicle center line.
2. Position a horizontal tape or mark with reference to center line of headlight bulb.
3. Position a vertical tape or mark on the screen with reference to the center line of each headlight bulb.
Visual Headlight Adjustment
1. A properly aimed low-beam will appear on the aiming screen 3 m (9.8 feet) in front of the vehicle. The shaded area as shown in the illustration indicates high intensity zone.
NOTE: 3 m (9.8 feet) in front of the vehicle must be the distance measured from the headlight center mark.
Standard value:
(Vertical direction)
30 mm (1.2 inches) below horizontal(H)
(Horizontal direction)
Position where the 15 degrees angle sloping
section intersects the vertical line (V)
2. When adjusting headlight, disconnect the other headlight harness.
CAUTION: Do not cover a headlight for mom than three minutes, or the plastic headlight lens will be deformed.
3. Adjust low-beam of the headlights to match the low-beam pattern on the aiming screen.
NOTE: If the visual low-beam headlight adjustment is made, high beam adjustment is not necessary
Vertical Adjusting
1. Use the adjusting screws to adjust so that the dispersion along the main light axis is at the standard value.
2. Check to see it the light distribution projected on the aiming screen is the same as the light distribution pattern described in Visual Headlight Adjustment.
3. If they differ, turn the vertical adjusting screw to adjust the vertical angle until the light distribution coincides with the correct lighting pattern.
Horizontal Adjusting
Turn the adjusting screw to adjust so that the mating mark on the gear is aligned with the mating mark on the stopper. If the mating marks cannot be aligned, check for distortion on the body.