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Re: Saskia fails her MOT!

To: Bill Gunshannon <bill@cs.scranton.edu>
Subject: Re: Saskia fails her MOT!
From: Nolan Penney <npenney@erols.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2001 20:34:26 -0400
You can very well adjust headlights to throw light where you want them that way,
sure.  But you cannot get them aligned to the specific x and y axis locations
that the testing facility will use to determine "correct" alignment, which has
nothing to do with optimum light dispersion pattern.

Bill Gunshannon wrote:

> On Wed, 11 Apr 2001, Nolan Penney wrote:
>
> > Headlights can certainly be adjusted by you easily enough, but
> > they cannot easily be adjusted correctly by you.
>
> Sure they can.  All it takes is a flat, level surface like a concrete
> garage floor or a driveway and a vertical surface like a wall.  Used to
> be done all the time.  Of course, if the testing place is picky enough
> that this method is deemed too unreliable, then the fact that the lights
> move when you open and close the bonnet are pretty much guaranteed to
> ensure failure.

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