- Hi, I'm Kyle Smith with Hagerty.
Today we're going to be fixing the crooked headlights
on a 1972 Chevrolet C10.
So fortunately for this job,
we've got three nice easy tools to use.
We're gonna need a roll of tape.
I prefer painter's tape.
You'll see why later.
A Phillips head screwdriver.
And then the last thing we need
is just a standard tape measure.
So our first step is to mark 25 feet back on the ground.
On this one I'm using my garage door as the surface.
You can use whatever's convenient for you.
You just need a large flat surface
that you're able to park 25 feet back from.
And then our second step is to actually put the headlights
on that 25 foot mark.
Then I'll close the garage door
and I will use that garage door to focus the lights.
So you will want to make sure the vehicle
is on flat, level ground
with a load consistent to what you typically drive with.
So typically a half tank of gas is a good place to start.
So our next step here,
we're taking three fairly specific measurements.
The first one that we're starting off with
is the distance from the ground
to the center of the headlight.
Now you can use any part of the headlight,
be it the top, the bottom, or the center.
But what you'll do from the ground
to the center here so we can see
it's about 29 inches.
As long as you're consistent from side to side
it won't make a difference.
And then we will set that there in the center
and get it lined up.
Over here to the side,
we're right at 60 inches side to side.
Right at five feet.
And then our third mark will be the one on the garage door.
And that will be three inches down
from our headlight center.
And that should be right at 26 inches.
What I'm doing is I'm marking a line where I measured up
from the ground to the center of the headlights.
I'm gonna transfer that line to this wall
at the same height.
And then I'm going to make a line three inches below that.
And we will be using the top line as our reference line,
and then the lower is what we're actually going to
focus the headlights on
and use as our true mark.
So I am going to mark two other marks on these lines.
And that is from the center, which I've marked here,
and lined the truck up with,
30 inches off,
which will tell us where the headlight is
relative to these lines.
So we'll just put a small piece of tape
right on that one there.
Then we'll come over and mark this side as well.
So I thought we were gonna be able to get away
with adjusting this without removing these trim bezels.
But looks like we are gonna have to
go ahead and remove them.
It really depends on the car.
Most cars you're gonna be able to get to
these adjustment screws without removing this trim piece.
So, looks like we're gonna have to.
Just spring it right off
and then make our adjustments with that out of the way.
So the screws that you're looking for are going to be
on the outer rim of the headlight.
So it'll be here at the top,
most likely at the 12 o'clock or the six o'clock position.
And then either nine o'clock or three o'clock position.
And that will allow you to adjust the headlight
up or down in the focus
or left to right.
So that's about the setting that I want
on the driver's side.
It's probably a little bit lower than it needs to be.
Better safe than sorry.
And we can always bring it up a little bit more later.
There we go.
There we're seeing it come up.
So we can see there, the kind of blob of light right here
is what's giving us just off of the headlight center line.
So that's going to eliminate the shoulder of the road.
Ah, that's right where I want it.
So you can see here if I hold both of my hands
in front of the light
where it actually darkens out.
And then when it comes back exactly how much light
this passenger side is throwing out.
So now that we've got the low beams all adjusted
and set to where we want them,
I'm gonna go ahead and check that the high beams
are in a rough location as well.
With this one only having two headlights,
it's a very simple operation because they're already focused
from the low beams.
Now if your car has separate high beams,
you're gonna want to go ahead and lather, rinse, repeat.
Do the exact same thing that you did for the low beams,
adjusting those high beams.
These look to be in good shape.
I'm gonna go ahead and call it done,
give it a quick road test,
and make sure everything's working fine.
So that wraps up this video of adjusting these headlights.
If you have any questions or any specific techniques
that you like to use,
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