Headlight Adjustment

[Bagwan]

Is there such a thing as a garage in the Pattaya area who uses a kosher headlight alignment checker? When I asked my usually reliable garage they looked askance. I could carry out the required adjustments after all it isn't rocket science, but I suffer from congenital laziness.. So lazy in fact that I can;t be bothered to tell my wife to read up and do it.

Anybody know of one?

Edited June 25, 2011 by Bagwan

[cali4995]

it's not rocket science. go out at night and find a level soi / parking lot and just aim the beams

at the side of a building or wall, maybe 50ft away. adjust up-down and left-right usually by turning

screws on the top and side of the lamps. it's a regular requirement for most safety inspections but

we don't have that here as far as i know. especially the new generation of tungsten-halogen-blue

tinted watchtower lamps, if the high-beams are off, i imagine that must be seriously annoying.

oh, xenon gas high-intensity-discharge, thats the new thing. and can be retro-fitted on most cars. i

imagine maybe the dealership might a proper special headlamp adjustment set-up but you probably won't

find it anywhere else. by that i mean a "high-end" new car dealer. yeah, just get the wife to do it.

Edited June 26, 2011 by cali4995

[timekeeper]

if you go to a government testing agent, they have a beam checker as its part of the Thai vehicle test

i use the one on the left about 200 metres after boonthavorn DIY store on Sukhumvit road

[LennyW]

Any of the government testing stations have them, look for a pale blue sign with a yellow cog/gear in it.

[nam-thip]

I use the testing station which is located between the BUPA shop on the Northbound side of the Sukhumvit road and the Bangkok/Pattaya hospital.

[Bagwan]

Many thanks for information. The only check that has been carried out on my venerable NV is that the brakes and lights operate. Usually get the nod through although I don't offer a tip.

Now to find a Krypton tuning machine.

Edited July 2, 2011 by Bagwan

[cali4995]

Many thanks for information. The only check that has been carried out on my venerable NV is that the brakes and lights operate. Usually get the nod through although I don't offer a tip.

Now to find a Krypton tuning machine.

yes with all the accidents relating to "brake failure" or other systems "catastropic failure"

i rather doubt if they do much other than to see if the bulbs "light-up" when switched on.

or that the brake pedal doesn't fully go to the floor when depressed. and it has 4 wheels.

Edited July 3, 2011 by cali4995