[WHITE1.8T-B5]

dont forget to do a headlight leveling after you drop your Passat, remember you are 1.5" lower or more and you lights will be as well.

 

[RAH]

That is a good recommendation, never even crossed my mind :crazy: . I will have to drop it first so . But now, i will think of that when i do, Thanks :thumbup:

 

[JimmyDee]

How do I know what is the right height?
I can shine the headlights on my garage wall, but I really don't know what height they should be at...

Is there some rule of thumb?

Jimmy

 

[cathalferris]

I set mine with the headlight adjuster between 0 and 1, and parked on level ground about 75 feet from a large wall at nighttime.
Using an allen key I adjusted the level (one at a time with the other headlight covered)
such that the horizontal bar section was about 6" from ground level. I also had to adjust the left-right anyway, so that the point between the horrizontal and the slanted sections ofthe light beam were about 2-3 feet to the left of straight ahead. - Note I drive on the left, so flip directions if you drive on the right.

I had the adjuster at that level as I had a full fuel load and some crap in the back, so it worked out that at empty it was bang on.

Fully laden with 4 kayaks, 4 people and a weekends kayaking and camping equipment it looks correct with the adjustment on 2.5.

I do a lot of night time driving, and correct adjustment for me is illuminating the road ahead on a level road to 2x my braking distance, without illuminating other drivers coming against me.

Next time I am out at night with a camera after the summer, i'll take a pic to demonstrate.

 

[Scuba2001]

I believe that HermanH has this listed in his how-to when he did his suspension install.

 

[jwilker]

Haines manuals have the adjustment specs in them also. I saw them the other day.

When I did mine it was 10' from a wall, but I can't recall the height of the beam and such. A search should help, it's been covered a few times.

 

[Jesstzn]

Here is a *How To * site for headlight alignment . Hope it helps .. Seems to have worked for me .. The VW shop that dropped mine was supposed to do the alignment but didn't.

http://www.advance-auto-parts.com/h...edia_html/ccr/ccr20010801ha/ccr20010801ha.htm