2006 Saab 9-3 Owner's Manual - Page 285
2006 Saab 9-3 Manual
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Car care be correctly aimed if the low beam lamps are aimed properly. If you find that the headlight needs adjustment follow these steps: 1 Open the hood and locate the vertical aiming devices there are two vertical aiming devices which shall be turned simultaneously and the same amount of turns. 2 Locate the marker on the lens. 3 Measure the distance from the ground to the aim marker No.1 on each lens. Subtract 2 inches. 4 At the wall or other flat surface, measure from the ground to the recorded distance (see point 4) and draw a horizontal line the width of the vehicle. 5 Cars with xenon lights: Xenon lights with automatic headlight levelling system must first do a reference run before aiming: Start the engine and let the headlights do a reference run. Turn off the engine but leave the low beam on. Cars with halogen lights: Turn on the low beam headlights. Both variants: Place a piece of cardboard or equivalent (although not directly on the lens) in front of the headlight not being aimed. This should allow the beam cut-off of the headlight being aimed to be seen on the flat surface. 285 Horizontal line on wall or other flat surface Correctly adjusted low beam Then follow the instructions in the optical headlight aimer instruction manual and point 1, 2, 5, and 6 in this instruction. NOTICE Do not cover a headlight directly on the lens to improve beam cut-off when aiming. Covering a headlight may cause excessive heat build-up that may cause damage to the headlight. 6 Turn the two vertical aiming screws simultaneously in the same direction indicated on the headlight until the horizontal cut-off of the headlight is aligned with the horizontal line on the wall. 7 If an optical headlight aimer device is used follow point 1 and 2 and center the lens of the optical headlight aimer device at the intersection of the two markers on the headlight lens.