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[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Should adjustment be made in a clockwise or anti-clockwise direction?
The neanderthal knuckledraggers  at Duckworth Jaguar lowered the beam to satisfy the MOT criteria. The headlights now shine about 4 feet in front of the car making it dangerous to drive in the dark.

[Marks DTM Calib]

It does not give specifics in Topix, best to drive upto next to a wall at night, mark the beam pattern, reverse a number of meters, and set to 10mm below

[aaronjb]

It does not give specifics in Topix, best to drive upto next to a wall at night, mark the beam pattern, reverse a number of meters, and set to 10mm below

How I've always done it, too. The top of the light (these days) usually has the drop marked as a percentage, too.. so 1.5% drop means 1.5cm at 1m, and so on.

Of course, finding a level enough area to do it is usually the problem! I can just about do the Mini in the garage

[Marks DTM Calib]

I do know its 1% on JLR headlights 

[aaronjb]

I do know its 1% on JLR headlights 

  I think 1.5% is me thinking of the Mini headlights (BMW Mini, obviously, not BL with 7" Lucas units .. not that they're much of an improvement, light output wise!)

[TheBoy]

It does not give specifics in Topix, best to drive upto next to a wall at night, mark the beam pattern, reverse a number of meters, and set to 10mm below

Nah, not out in the country, where its customary to set the drivers side so its like full beam all the time.  And if its a pickup truck, fit a load of 150W spots that you can then use to blind anyone who dares flash...

[TheBoy]

Oh, and drive with fogs on all the time.

[Kevin Wood]

Oh, and drive with fogs on all the time.

.. and try to drive your L200 like it's a sports car everywhere. Which begs the question of why you didn't, in the first place, buy a f****** sports car.

.. and relax.

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

I was stuck behind a pickup truck on my commute to work today which had its rear fog lights on in perfectly clear dry conditions and refused to exceed 21mph for miles on end. I was fantasising about shooting the driver in front of his inbred family.

[Sir Tigger KC]

I was stuck behind a pickup truck on my commute to work today which had its rear fog lights on in perfectly clear dry conditions and refused to exceed 21mph for miles on end. I was fantasising about shooting the driver in front of his inbred family.

Is that sort of thing a bit like eugenics? 

[Doctor Gollum]

Certainly a form of educational therapy...

[Varche]

I was stuck behind a pickup truck on my commute to work today which had its rear fog lights on in perfectly clear dry conditions and refused to exceed 21mph for miles on end. I was fantasising about shooting the driver in front of his inbred family.

Are you one of Dominics forecasting experts?

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

I had thought of applying,as Im certainly a weirdo. He seems an arrogant little nob though, so I might get fired in the first week for giving him a slap.

[Varche]

Should adjustment be made in a clockwise or anti-clockwise direction?
The neanderthal knuckledraggers  at Duckworth Jaguar lowered the beam to satisfy the MOT criteria. The headlights now shine about 4 feet in front of the car making it dangerous to drive in the dark.

Go on then I will dare to ask the questions others dare not ask.

1.Are you a trained MOT tester?
2, Was there a quality issue with the factory settings, i.e. not set as per MDT settings?
3. When you have adjusted your lights up is there a vague possibility that you will then be one of those folk with blinding lights at nightime?
4. Do you do enough driving at night on unknown roads to need 100% lights?
5. Have you had your eyes tested?

[Doctor Gollum]

Some cars lights aren't fit for purpose. Vectra C facelift for example. Adjusted to pass the MoT, they don't actually illuminate the road ahead.

Much like the emissions on your Golf