Whether it’s raining, foggy or snowing, in general, we kind of enjoy being eqquiped of fog lights on your car. But, they can sometimes be out of adjustment or you may feel that they are adjust too high or too low. That’s the key reason why we wrote this short post to explain to you how to adjust the fog lights on your Mercedes Sprinter?. To do this, first, we will see what is the benefit of adjusting the fog lights of his car, then, in a second section, how to adjust the fog lights of your Mercedes Sprinter.
Why is it useful to adjust the front fog lights of your Mercedes Sprinter?
So we will start our short post with the interest of setting the fog lights to Mercedes Sprinter. Nevertheless some fog lights are not set and are set at the factory, you have the opportunity to modify their setting so that they illuminate more or less high. This gear, which is not obligatory on an Mercedes Sprinter, enables you to greatly improve your visibility. However, it is only permitted outside built-up sectors in addition to the high beam, or in heavy rain, snow or fog.
Having a perfect setting of the fog lights of its Mercedes Sprinter allows you not to blind and to maximise the gain in visibility that they provide. In addition, fog lights that are not correctly adjusted will surely bother the drivers 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 Mercedes Sprinter?
Now let’s move on to the part you’re probably most considering in this short post, namely how to adjust the fog lights on your Mercedes Sprinter? 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 really basic, here are a few steps to follow to do it optimally:
- Empty your car, check 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 Mercedes Sprinter.
- 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 distance from the ground to the top of your fog lamp (on your Mercedes Sprinter), 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 Mercedes Sprinter and check 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, through 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 determined by the year and the options of your Mercedes Sprinter)
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Now you know how to adjust the fog lights on your Mercedes Sprinter, don’t forget to check it from time to time if you have the impression that it has moved, don’t think twice to consult our short post on how to adjust the low beam lights on Mercedes Sprinter if you want to check their lighting level.
If perhaps you have any further questions about the Mercedes Sprinter, do not hesitate to consult our Mercedes Sprinter category.
