Whether it’s raining, foggy or snowing, generally, we are happy having fog lights on your vehicle. But, they can once in a while be out of adjustment or you may find that they are adjust too high or too low. That’s for what reason we had written this article to demonstrate to you how to adjust the fog lights on your Kia Rio 3?. To do this, first, we will see what is the reason of adjusting the fog lights of his car, then, in an extra step, how to adjust the fog lights of your Kia Rio 3.
Why is it important to adjust the front fog lights of your Kia Rio 3?
So we will commence our article with the interest of adjusting the fog lights to Kia Rio 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 gear, which is not mandatory on an Kia Rio 3, allows you to greatly increase your visibility. However, it is only allowed 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 Rio 3 allows you not to blind and to increase the gain in visibility that they offer. Furthermore, fog lights that are not correctly adjusted will undoubtedly bother the drivers you pass and may increase the risk of an accident. It is therefore essential, both for you and other users, that you have your fog lights perfectly adjusted.
How to adjust the fog lights of your Kia Rio 3?
Now let’s move on to the part you’re probably most focused on in this article, namely how to adjust the fog lights on your Kia Rio 3? Now that you have understood the advantage of this adjustment, which may seem unimportant, let’s move on to the practical part.
Adjusting the fog lights is specifically simple, here are a few things 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 Kia Rio 3.
- Place your car on a flat floor 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 Rio 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 Rio 3 and control 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 trace, throughout the engine compartment you will have to use the adjustment screws to lower the lighting of your fog lights (these screws are generally placed 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 Kia Rio 3)
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Now you know how to adjust the fog lights on your Kia Rio 3, 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 Kia Rio 3 if you want to verify their lighting level.
If you want more guides on the Kia Rio 3, go to our Kia Rio 3 category.
