head light adjustment?

[hbowers]

I pull a 31 ft. 5th wheel r.v. w/my 2016 ram 3500dwr larimie long bed. my hitch weight is 2400 lb.just

towing early in morning before daylight nearly every car or truck I meet thinks I 'm on bright. my question is
should I adjust headlights down or put air bags on the truck? has anyone adjusted their headlights? where is the adjustment?
thanks for your input.

 

[Bob4x4]

Unless you tow 100% of the time do not adjust your lights.[h=3]HEADLAMP ALIGNMENT[/h]

NOTE:

Due to the linear nature of the headlamp cutoff, a properly aimed low beam headlamp will project the top edge of the high intensity pattern 2.5 centimeters (1 inch) below the headlamp horizontal reference line on the alignment screen. No horizontal (right/left) adjustment is required for this headlamp beam pattern. The high beam pattern will be correct when the low beams are properly aimed.

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1. The vertical adjustment screw for each headlamp is accessible through a hole located in a raised rectangular formation (2), with a raised arrow pointing to it. These features are stamped into the sheet metal of each front fender (1) ledge near the front of the vehicle.
   
2. Turn the headlamps ON and select the LOW beams.
   
3. Rotate the headlamp vertical adjustment screw (2) on the back of each front lamp unit (1) to adjust the beam height as required. The images below depicts proper call outs for this step.
   
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[h=3]FOG LAMP ALIGNMENT[/h]

NOTE:

A properly aimed front fog lamp will project a pattern on the alignment screen 10 centimeters (4 inches) below the fog lamp centerline and straight ahead of the lamp.

 

[hbowers]

headlight adj

I don't tow all that much and the only time I drive in the dark is early morning before daylight.

so I don't think I'll adust them. maybe airbags. thank you

 

[phantomusa]

Agreed unless you are towing at night 100% of the time adjusting your headlights isn't a fix you need to fix the problem and rear air bags will improve that problem by maintaining proper ride height. ... which you should do anyways even for day time driving
Even 18 wheelers have air bags to adjust ride height on the tractors it's the most efficient an economical way to maintain ride height
Pappy
Ps: I had a 1995 3500 that I towed a large 44ft enclosed car hauler with and my fix for sagging ride height was a set of timbre overload springs ( big rubber pucks basically )
But they gave a very rough ride even without a trailer on but did give me 9000 lbs overload

 

[Kirwin]

I carry a long T-20 Torx screw driver just for this purpose. 2 360 rotations is about right. I have the projector lamps and its the forward round hole in the fender under the hood for the up and down adjustment. I used a permanent marker to mark the hole and direction to rotate the screw. 2 turns if I will be towing at night, and 2 turns to restore it when I'm not towing.

My truck is not a daily driver and is only used to tow my RV and for sight seeing at the camping location.

 

[Deleted member 995608]

My headlights need adjustment. I'm habitually flashed by oncoming traffic with my low beams on. Maybe that why my OEM headlights suck; they're pointed too high?

 

[dogbreath650]

I carry a long T-20 Torx screw driver just for this purpose. 2 360 rotations is about right. I have the projector lamps and its the forward round hole in the fender under the hood for the up and down adjustment. I used a permanent marker to mark the hole and direction to rotate the screw. 2 turns if I will be towing at night, and 2 turns to restore it when I'm not towing.

My truck is not a daily driver and is only used to tow my RV and for sight seeing at the camping location.

Do you happen to recall which way (CW or CCW) you turn to lower the beams. My eyes aren't that good but when I look at the stamp on either side of the hole it sure looks like on the left side of the screw is an up/down arrow with R at the top and L at the bottom. Only problem it looks to me that on the right side of the hole is a identical stamp with R at the top an a L at the bottom of the arrow. Probably my eyes playing tricks but bottom line is I still am not sure which way to turn the screw (clockwise or counter clockwise) to raise or lower the beams.

 

[Kirwin]

Clockwise will lower the beam. See the picture below.

 

[dogbreath650]

Got it, thanks!

 

[GBBrown]

I don't have an adjustment screw at the front hole. I do have one on in the rear hole, could this be the one for height adjustment

 

[DavidC]

Air Bags, Measure from the ground to the inside lip of the fender well with no load, apply load and air the bags to acquire the same number. Your headlights will be right and your front end alignment will be the same which will save you money on tires.

Dave

 

[Kirwin]

I don't have an adjustment screw at the front hole. I do have one on in the rear hole, could this be the one for height adjustment

The hole I use is for the projector style headlamps. I assume the other hole is for non-projector lamps but I have not verified that.