Adjust your headlights down

[NYSierra4]

That was for everything, parts/labor/tax.  The dealer keeps the kit in stock, and told me they do them "all the time".  
 
I haggled a little, they added about $20 in "shop charges", so they took that back off and also gave me a 5% mil discount with my retired ID.  
 
Honestly, I don't think it would be worth more than $400,  at least not to me.   
 
 

Wow I appreciate the pic of the bill!! I just sent it to my dealer asking how they can charge $800+ for the same leveling kit! Can’t wait to hear their response.


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[Largely Unknown]

On 3/7/2018 at 6:23 PM, NYSierra4 said:

Wow I appreciate the pic of the bill!! I just sent it to my dealer asking how they can charge $800+ for the same leveling kit! Can’t wait to hear their response.


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Anytime, good luck. 

[ChevyChrisZ71]

So with this said. How many inches should you take the beam down from an already leveled 17 Silverado. I had 2 inch on front which raised it almost three for a true level. Didn’t even think to mark for headlights. Any suggestions on how to get the beams right. 

[movario]

I do government vehicle inspections, and i noticed that almost every car, stock or modified, is out of the right headlight adjustment. So you should not only check the adjustment when lifting your truck. Check it at least once a year (usually at an oilchange), because it gets out of level from vibrations, wear and changing bulbs.

I can do mine at work and always do it with something like this (don`t know the english word) https://shop.autotechnik.ch/shopimages/super/W-600104.jpg

 

Without something like this, you can also do it like this:

 

Park your car an a flat surface in front of a wall. Distance between wall and the car should be 10m (32.8ft). Then, look at your headlights, somewhere should be a percentage. Usually, US-Cars have 1.0%, EU-Cars have 1.5%. That Means that the light lowers 1% per meter(3.2ft).

 

So if the point where the bulb is is 1m over the ground, the light should be lowered by 10cm over 10m.

 

Here is a picture

 

of course, i don`t know the DOT Regulations in the US, but we in switzerland accept the US/SAE Headlights, so they shouldn`t differ that much beside the measuring units.

 

1AAuto made a video about this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWvSWBlAwnI