Headlight aim

Digitalchaos · 12-26-2002, 06:01 AM

Hello. I recently added new larger tires to my Jeep, and with the addition of Sylvania Silverstars to help see I now more than ever need to aim my headlights correctly, back to stock height. I notice there are two diagnol hex-screws in the headlamp housing which I assume are for aiming. By the hex head and lack of info, its obvious Chrysler wants Jeep owners to bring their vehicles to the dealer for aiming. I was going to adjust these screws to see what I could do until noticing their diagonal placement. This lead me to believe they not only adjust the vertical position of the lamps, but also the horizontal. So now I am wondering how to adjust the vertical aim without misaligning them left or right... basically how do I aim them on a TJ? To my suprise, no information seems to be readily available on the Internet for this! Thanks in advance..

macb · 12-26-2002, 08:39 AM

just pull up behind a ricer, if your blinding him - it's good

JK!

I think I saw it in my haynes, when I get to the house I will post
it if this is still unanswered.

SAJeep · 12-26-2002, 10:00 AM

I thought about adding one of those back up lights in the middle of my spare tire. So that when one of those idiots tailgate me I can give them a litte surprise

. hehehehehehehehe

TroyBoyM · 12-26-2002, 01:09 PM

This thread talks about adjusting them. You can also install a smoke maching and oil sprayer ala James Bond to deal with those Ricers!

macb · 12-26-2002, 02:09 PM

hey TroyBoyM - do you know how much lift is required for mounting
a .50cal under my kilby skid plate?

TroyBoyM · 12-26-2002, 02:52 PM

4" is all, but to allow better articulation to blast low flying aircraft...

SAJeep · 12-26-2002, 03:23 PM

Forget the .50 cal go with the MK 19 Fully Automatic 40mm Grenade Launcher. It can shoot a grenade up to 2212 Meters. The only drawback is it weights around 75 pounds, but your girlfriend, wife or etc. weight at least that. Just my 2 cents.

Digitalchaos · 12-26-2002, 11:15 PM

Thats a good idea for those tailgaters! I think I'll mount a KCDaylighter lightbar to the rear bumper, then turn it on every time they come within 5 feet! Its always within 5 feet too if they're tailgating! Of course, a mixture of gasoline & oil released from an auxillary tank out the back of the Jeep would keep them at bay, then drill a spark plug into the exhaust & wire it up to a switch. Whenever they come within range, hit the panic button! lol. Nothing else seems to work, but I bet that would

TroyBoyM · 12-27-2002, 04:47 AM

Did we stray from the topic or what???

Let there be flames and so there were.

SAJeep · 12-27-2002, 07:11 AM

That single exhaust flame thrower is just too cool. To bad it's so expensive. And yes I do think we went off the subject just a weeeee bit.

macb · 12-27-2002, 07:24 AM

what was the subject???

oh yea, headlight aim...the link in TroyBoy's FIRST message looks like everything that was in the haynes, depending on the year.

TroyBoyM · 12-27-2002, 01:50 PM

Oh, I forgot one of the required steps when adjusting the lights. While you have the bezels off, get out your trusty rattle can of black Rustoleum and lose the chrome!!

Digitalchaos · 12-28-2002, 06:33 PM

Ok my lights vary slightly from the description. They look like this:

............*

*..........*

Each star representing screws around the driver's light. The two on the right are on the outer edge of the headlight, and the bottom left is of course the inside edge. So can I assume the bottom left adjusts vertical aim only? Seems like odd placement for that..

JeepinAmerica.com · 12-28-2002, 08:15 PM

My horn seems to have gone out. It now chirps like a bird rather than the classic Jeep sound I like. Anyone familiar with this?

Chirp, Chirp

JeepinAmerica

macb · 12-28-2002, 08:31 PM

sounds like it's not grounded properly...not enough AMPERAGE. or the horn itself...the way things have been going for you lately I'm surprised you can even get it to beep at all

I should talk, I am having new LCA mounts welded on next week!

12-26-2002, 08:39 AM	#2
macb Registered User Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: San Antonio, Texas Posts: 1,911 Profile Gallery Classifieds My Jeeps	just pull up behind a ricer, if your blinding him - it's good JK! I think I saw it in my haynes, when I get to the house I will post it if this is still unanswered. __________________ 3.5" Terraflex, 1" BL, Flat Belly Pan, Currie Steering, 35s, Cowl Intake, blah blah blah: [URL]http://www.sajeeps.com[/URL] [url=http://www.cafepress.com/H2RT]No Bling - H2 Recovery Gear[/url] Bob Supplee:supplee@ionet.net or (405) 799-8977 Stu Olson's great jeep resource site: [url=http://www.stu-offroad.com]www.stu-offroad.com[/url]

12-26-2002, 02:09 PM	#5
macb Registered User Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: San Antonio, Texas Posts: 1,911 Profile Gallery Classifieds My Jeeps	hey TroyBoyM - do you know how much lift is required for mounting a .50cal under my kilby skid plate? __________________ 3.5" Terraflex, 1" BL, Flat Belly Pan, Currie Steering, 35s, Cowl Intake, blah blah blah: [URL]http://www.sajeeps.com[/URL] [url=http://www.cafepress.com/H2RT]No Bling - H2 Recovery Gear[/url] Bob Supplee:supplee@ionet.net or (405) 799-8977 Stu Olson's great jeep resource site: [url=http://www.stu-offroad.com]www.stu-offroad.com[/url]

12-26-2002, 11:15 PM	#8
Digitalchaos Registered User Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: il Posts: 99 Profile Gallery Classifieds My Jeeps	Thats a good idea for those tailgaters! I think I'll mount a KCDaylighter lightbar to the rear bumper, then turn it on every time they come within 5 feet! Its always within 5 feet too if they're tailgating! Of course, a mixture of gasoline & oil released from an auxillary tank out the back of the Jeep would keep them at bay, then drill a spark plug into the exhaust & wire it up to a switch. Whenever they come within range, hit the panic button! lol. Nothing else seems to work, but I bet that would __________________ [b]1987 Jeep Cherokee Pioneer[/b][size=1] - Red & tan trim exterior, blk interior 4.0L 5spd 4wd -160k miles[/size] [url=http://thunderbirdinfo.blogspot.com][size=3][color=white]Thunderbird Infoway[/color][/size][/url]

12-27-2002, 07:24 AM	#11
macb Registered User Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: San Antonio, Texas Posts: 1,911 Profile Gallery Classifieds My Jeeps	what was the subject??? oh yea, headlight aim...the link in TroyBoy's FIRST message looks like everything that was in the haynes, depending on the year. __________________ 3.5" Terraflex, 1" BL, Flat Belly Pan, Currie Steering, 35s, Cowl Intake, blah blah blah: [URL]http://www.sajeeps.com[/URL] [url=http://www.cafepress.com/H2RT]No Bling - H2 Recovery Gear[/url] Bob Supplee:supplee@ionet.net or (405) 799-8977 Stu Olson's great jeep resource site: [url=http://www.stu-offroad.com]www.stu-offroad.com[/url]

12-28-2002, 06:33 PM	#13
Digitalchaos Registered User Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: il Posts: 99 Profile Gallery Classifieds My Jeeps	Ok my lights vary slightly from the description. They look like this: ............* .......... Each star representing screws around the driver's light. The two on the right are on the outer edge of the headlight, and the bottom left is of course the inside edge. So can I assume the bottom left adjusts vertical aim only? Seems like odd placement for that.. __________________ [b]1987 Jeep Cherokee Pioneer[/b][size=1] - Red & tan trim exterior, blk interior 4.0L 5spd 4wd -160k miles[/size] [url=http://thunderbirdinfo.blogspot.com][size=3][color=white]Thunderbird Infoway[/color][/size][/url] Last edited by Digitalchaos; 12-28-2002 at 06:36 PM..

12-26-2002, 10:00 AM	#3
SAJeep Registered User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: San Antonio, Texas Posts: 228 Profile Gallery Classifieds My Jeeps	I thought about adding one of those back up lights in the middle of my spare tire. So that when one of those idiots tailgate me I can give them a litte surprise . hehehehehehehehe

12-26-2002, 01:09 PM	#4
TroyBoyM whatever Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 635 Profile Gallery Classifieds My Jeeps	This thread talks about adjusting them. You can also install a smoke maching and oil sprayer ala James Bond to deal with those Ricers!

12-26-2002, 02:52 PM	#6
TroyBoyM whatever Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 635 Profile Gallery Classifieds My Jeeps	4" is all, but to allow better articulation to blast low flying aircraft...

12-26-2002, 03:23 PM	#7
SAJeep Registered User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: San Antonio, Texas Posts: 228 Profile Gallery Classifieds My Jeeps	Forget the .50 cal go with the MK 19 Fully Automatic 40mm Grenade Launcher. It can shoot a grenade up to 2212 Meters. The only drawback is it weights around 75 pounds, but your girlfriend, wife or etc. weight at least that. Just my 2 cents.

12-27-2002, 04:47 AM	#9
TroyBoyM whatever Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 635 Profile Gallery Classifieds My Jeeps	Did we stray from the topic or what??? Let there be flames and so there were.

12-27-2002, 07:11 AM	#10
SAJeep Registered User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: San Antonio, Texas Posts: 228 Profile Gallery Classifieds My Jeeps	That single exhaust flame thrower is just too cool. To bad it's so expensive. And yes I do think we went off the subject just a weeeee bit.

12-27-2002, 01:50 PM	#12
TroyBoyM whatever Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 635 Profile Gallery Classifieds My Jeeps	Oh, I forgot one of the required steps when adjusting the lights. While you have the bezels off, get out your trusty rattle can of black Rustoleum and lose the chrome!!

12-28-2002, 08:15 PM	#14
JeepinAmerica.com Registered User Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: huntsville, alabama Posts: 467 Profile Gallery Classifieds My Jeeps	A serious question about my Jeep My horn seems to have gone out. It now chirps like a bird rather than the classic Jeep sound I like. Anyone familiar with this? Chirp, Chirp JeepinAmerica __________________ 01 Flatfender Sahara. 1 ton axles, full width Mods listed on my site [url]www.JeepinAmerica.com[/url] Tow vehicle: 01 F350 Dully, turbo deisel, crew cab,

12-28-2002, 08:31 PM	#15
macb Registered User Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: San Antonio, Texas Posts: 1,911 Profile Gallery Classifieds My Jeeps	sounds like it's not grounded properly...not enough AMPERAGE. or the horn itself...the way things have been going for you lately I'm surprised you can even get it to beep at all I should talk, I am having new LCA mounts welded on next week! __________________ 3.5" Terraflex, 1" BL, Flat Belly Pan, Currie Steering, 35s, Cowl Intake, blah blah blah: [URL]http://www.sajeeps.com[/URL] [url=http://www.cafepress.com/H2RT]No Bling - H2 Recovery Gear[/url] Bob Supplee:supplee@ionet.net or (405) 799-8977 Stu Olson's great jeep resource site: [url=http://www.stu-offroad.com]www.stu-offroad.com[/url]