Whether it’s raining, foggy or snowing, most of the time, it’s usefull having fog lights on your automobile. However, they can in some cases be out of adjustment or you may feel that they are too high or too low. That’s for what reason we had written this article to explain to you how to adjust the fog lights on your Jeep Patriot?. To achieve this, first, we will see what is the meaning of adjusting the fog lights of his car, then, in a second step, how to adjust the fog lights of your Jeep Patriot.
Why is it useful to adjust the front fog lights of your Jeep Patriot?
So we will start our article with the interest of setting the fog lights to Jeep Patriot. Although some fog lights are not set and are set at the factory, you have the possibility to modify their setting so that they light up more or less high. This equipment, which is not mandatory on an Jeep Patriot, enables you to greatly increase your visibility. However, it is only permitted outside built-up spaces in addition to the high beam, or in heavy rain, snow or fog.
Having a perfect setting of the fog lights of its Jeep Patriot allows you not to blind and to maximise the gain in visibility that they provide. Additionally, fog lights that are not effectively adjusted will inevitably disturb the car owners you cross and may increase the risk of an accident. It is therefore important, both for you and other users, that you have your fog lights perfectly adjusted.
How to adjust the fog lights of your Jeep Patriot?
Now let’s move on to the part you’re most likely most considering in this article, namely how to adjust the fog lights on your Jeep Patriot? Now that you have understood the advantage of this adjustment, which may seem insignificant, let’s move on to the practical part.
Adjusting the fog lights is particularly basic, here are a few simple steps to follow to do it optimally:
- Empty your car, verify the pressure of your tires and, set only one person (about 70kg) in the driver’s seat which will simulate an empty weight of your Jeep Patriot.
- Place your car on a flat surface with a clean wall in front of you, preferably between 5 and 10 meters from it.
- Measure the height from the ground to the top of your fog lamp (on your Jeep Patriot), write this distance on the wall in front of your car and tag it with a construction tape for example.
- Turn on the fog lights on your Jeep Patriot and control that the beam of the lights is less than or equal to the mark you just marked on the wall.
- If they light higher than this mark, throughout the engine compartment you will have to use the adjustment screws to lower the lighting of your fog lights (these screws are generally located above your fog lights, you should find them quickly, they will be more or less reachable depending on the year and the options of your Jeep Patriot)
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Now you know how to adjust the fog lights on your Jeep Patriot, don’t forget to check it from time to time if you have the impression that they are not anymore illuminating properly, don’t be reluctant to consult our article on how to adjust the low beam lights on Jeep Patriot if you want to verify their lighting level.
If you need more tutorials on the Jeep Patriot, go to our Jeep Patriot category.
