Headlight Aiming Adjustment; Adjustment After Headlight Assembly Replacement - Hyundai 2001 Sonata Owner's Manual

place the headlight if damaged or cracked.
Keep the bulb out of the reach of children
and dispose of the used bulb with care.
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HEADLIGHT AIMING ADJUSTMENT

Vertical
aiming
Before performing aiming adjustment, make sure
of the following.
1. Keep all tires inflated to the correct pres-
sure.
2. Place the vehicle on level ground and press
the front bumper & rear bumper down sev-
eral times.
3. See that the vehicle is unloaded (except for
full levels of coolant, engine oil and fuel, and
spare tire, jack, and tools). Have the driver
or equivalent weight placed in driver's seat.
4. Clean the head lights lens and turn on the
headlight (Low beam).
5. Open the hood.
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DO-IT-YOURSELF MAINTENANCE
6. Draw the vertical line (through the center of
each headlight) and the horizontal line
(through the center of each headlight) on the
aiming screen.
1) Horizontal line dimension from ground:
25.58 in. (650 mm)
2) Distance between each vertical line:
49.18 in. (1,249 mm)
And then, draw the parallel line at 0.83 in.
(21 mm) place under the horizontal line.
7. Adjust each cut-off line of the low beam to
the parallel line with a phillips screwdriver -
VERTICAL AIMING
WARNING:
Horizontal aiming should not be adjusted by
a driver.
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Adjustment After Headlight Assembly
Replacement
Horizontal line
0.59 in. (15 mm)
Vertical
0.83 in. (21 mm)
line
W
"P"
H
Cut-off line
Ground line
L
H
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If the vehicle has had front body repair and the
headlight assembly has been replaced, the
headlight aiming should be checked using the
aiming chart as shown in the illustration. Turn
on the headlight switch. (Low Beam Position)
1. Adjust headlights so that main axis of light is
parallel to center line of the body and is
aligned with point "P" shown in the illustra-
tion.
2. Dotted lines in the illustration show center of
headlights.
"H";
Horizontal center line of headlights from
ground: 25.58 in. (650 mm)
"W";
Distance between each headlight center:
49.18 in. (1,249 mm)
"L";
Distance between the headlights and the
wall that the lights are tested against:
118.11 in. (3,000 mm).