Whether it’s raining, foggy or snowing, most of the time, you appreciate having fog lights on your motor vehicle. But, they can sometimes be out of adjustment or you may consider that they are too high or too low. That’s for what reason we published this short post to demonstrate to you how to adjust the fog lights on your Kia Picanto 3?. To make this happen, first, we will discover what is the purpose of adjusting the fog lights of his car, then, in an additional step, how to adjust the fog lights of your Kia Picanto 3.

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Why is it beneficial to adjust the front fog lights of your Kia Picanto 3?

So we will begin our short post with the importance of setting the fog lights to Kia Picanto 3. Nevertheless 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 Kia Picanto 3, enables you to greatly improve your visibility. However, it is exclusively permitted outside built-up areas in addition to the high beam, or in heavy rain, snow or fog.
Having a perfect setting of the fog lights of its Kia Picanto 3 allows you not to blind and to maximise the gain in visibility that they give. Moreover, fog lights that are not properly adjusted will surely affect the car owners you cross and may increase the risk of an accident. It is therefore necessary, both for you and other users, that you have your fog lights properly adjusted.

How to adjust the fog lights of your Kia Picanto 3?

Now let’s go forward to the portion you’re probably most interested in in this short post, namely how to adjust the fog lights on your Kia Picanto 3? Now that you have realized the interest of this adjustment, which may seem insignificant, let’s move on to the practical part.
Adjusting the fog lights is specifically basic, here are a few things to follow to do it optimally:

  • Empty your car, 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 Kia Picanto 3.
  • Place your car 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 Kia Picanto 3), write this distance on the wall in front of your car and mark it with a construction tape for example.
  • Turn on the fog lights on your Kia Picanto 3 and verify 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 point, throughout 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 according to the year and the options of your Kia Picanto 3)

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Now you know how to adjust the fog lights on your Kia Picanto 3, don’t forget to check it from time to time if you have the impression that it has moved, don’t be reluctant to consult our short post on how to adjust the low beam lights on Kia Picanto 3 if you want to check their lighting level.

If you have any further questions about the Kia Picanto 3, do not hesitate to consult our Kia Picanto 3 category.