Whether it’s raining, foggy or snowing, most of the time, you appreciate being eqquiped of fog lights on your car. However, they can in some cases be out of adjustment or you may consider that they are too high or too low. That’s the key reason why we had written this short post to explain to you how to adjust the fog lights on your Chevrolet Traverse?. To get this done, first, we will see what is the purpose of adjusting the fog lights of his automobile, then, in a second part, how to adjust the fog lights of your Chevrolet Traverse.
Why is it important to adjust the front fog lights of your Chevrolet Traverse?
So we will start our short post with the interest of adjusting the fog lights to Chevrolet Traverse. Even though some fog lights are not set and are set at the factory, you have the opportunity to change their setting so that they light up more or less high. This equipment, which is not obligatory on an Chevrolet Traverse, allows you to greatly enhance your visibility. However, it is only authorized outside built-up areas in addition to the high beam, or in heavy rain, snow or fog.
Having an optimal setting of the fog lights of its Chevrolet Traverse allows you not to blind and to maximise the gain in visibility that they give. Furthermore, fog lights that are not correctly adjusted will surely disturb the car owners you pass and may increase the risk of an accident. It is therefore necessary, both for you and other users, that you have your fog lights correctly adjusted.
How to adjust the fog lights of your Chevrolet Traverse?
Now let’s move on to the portion you’re almost certainly most considering in this short post, namely how to adjust the fog lights on your Chevrolet Traverse? Now that you have realized the advantage of this adjustment, which may seem trivial, let’s move on to the practical part.
Adjusting the fog lights is really basic, here are a few techniques to follow to do it optimally:
- Empty your automobile, check the pressure of your tires and, place only one person (about 70kg) in the driver’s seat which will simulate an empty weight of your Chevrolet Traverse.
- Place your automobile on a flat surface with a clean wall in front of you, ideally between 5 and 10 meters from it.
- Measure the height from the ground to the top of your fog lamp (on your Chevrolet Traverse), write this distance on the wall in front of your car and tag it with a construction tape for example.
- Switch on the fog lights on your Chevrolet Traverse and check that the beam of the lights is less than or equal to the mark you just marked on the wall.
- If they illuminate higher than this point, through the engine compartment you will have to use the adjustment screws to lower the lighting of your fog lights (these screws are generally found above your fog lights, you should find them easily, they will be more or less accessible determined by the year and the options of your Chevrolet Traverse)
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Now you know how to adjust the fog lights on your Chevrolet Traverse, don’t forget to check it from time to time if you have the impression that they are not anymore illuminating properly, don’t think twice to read our short post on how to adjust the low beam lights on Chevrolet Traverse if you want to check their lighting level.
If you wish more guides on the Chevrolet Traverse, go to our Chevrolet Traverse category.
