aiming foglights on 2001 OBW

[John Rethorst]

They came aimed very low. I asked my dealer to aim them the same as low beam
headlights. He said they wouldn't go that high. Is he right? Is there a
workaround?

 

[Oscar_Lives]

My 2007 OBW has fog lights aimed so low I can't even see the area they
illuminate from the driver's seat.

There has got to be a way to adjust them up a bit, as well as the regular
headlights. However, I don't see any adjusters on either.

 

[Yousuf Khan]

My 2007 OBW has fog lights aimed so low I can't even see the area they
illuminate from the driver's seat.

That's funny, on my 2000 OBW, the fogs fill out the sides and a bit of
the fronts of my illumination area. If you don't notice it, then just
turn them off and turn them on again, you'll notice it right away.
However, it could be different on the 2007 model, they have those tiny
projection fogs don't they?

There has got to be a way to adjust them up a bit, as well as the regular
headlights. However, I don't see any adjusters on either.

They're probably under the assemblies in an area which is completely
inaccessible by normal human hands unless you put the car up on a lift.

Yousuf Khan

 

[Yousuf Khan]

They came aimed very low. I asked my dealer to aim them the same as low beam
headlights. He said they wouldn't go that high. Is he right? Is there a
workaround?

I got a 2000 OBW, almost the same as yours. I'm pretty sure you'd be
pissing off drivers of oncoming traffic if you adjusted them too high.

Besides, they're probably already adjusted to the same angle as the
low-beam headlights, but because they're so much lower on the car than
the headlights that it looks like they're illuminating different areas.

Yousuf Khan

 

[Edward Hayes]

Fog lights are NOT long range driving lights. They should point toward
the road at about 7 feet in front of the car. The idea is to NOT have
the light shine perpendicular into to the fog and back at you.

 

[strchild]

Also, in addition to what Mr. Hayes mentioned, fog lights are for
illuminating the sides of the road in foggy conditions so you can see the
limits of where you can steer the vehicle. Having lived on a gravel road
for fifteen years, on a mountain that fogs up every winter, I've seen enough
folks with misconceptions of what fog lights are and do. They are less
necessary on roads where the white outer line (the fog line) is visible, but
when you are on gravel and can't tell where the sides of the road are, the
wide angle illumination from the fogs really helps a lot.

On another note, it is actually illegal in Oregon to drive with aftermarket
fog lights on while there is oncoming traffic. There may be a reasonable
limit to what your dealer can do, to remain within the law where you are
located.

~Brian

 

[John Rethorst]

Fog lights are NOT long range driving lights. They should point toward
the road at about 7 feet in front of the car. The idea is to NOT have
the light shine perpendicular into to the fog and back at you.

You're right, and I should have been clearer in my original post. Where I live
(Seattle area), I don't have a special problem with fog, but it rains a lot, and
I've found that fog lights with yellow lenses added will illuminate a wet
asphalt road very well. I'd like to use the fog lights for that purpose, but
would need them aimed higher - not any higher than the standard low beams, of
course.