Whether it’s raining, foggy or snowing, most commonly, we kind of enjoy having fog lights on your car. But, they can in some instances be out of adjustment or you may feel that they are too high or too low. That’s for what reason we wrote this article to teach you to you how to adjust the fog lights on your Mercedes Viano?. To accomplish this, first, we will see what is the benefit of adjusting the fog lights of his vehicle, then, in another section, how to adjust the fog lights of your Mercedes Viano.
Why is it necessary to adjust the front fog lights of your Mercedes Viano?
So we will begin our article with the benefit of adjusting the fog lights to Mercedes Viano. Nevertheless some fog lights are not set and are set at the factory, you have the opportunity to change their setting so that they illuminate more or less high. This equipment, which is not mandatory on an Mercedes Viano, permits you to greatly enhance your visibility. However, it is exclusively 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 Mercedes Viano allows you not to blind and to increase the gain in visibility that they provide. In addition, fog lights that are not properly adjusted will inevitably bother the drivers you cross and may increase the risk of an accident. It is therefore crucial, both for you and other users, that you have your fog lights properly adjusted.
How to adjust the fog lights of your Mercedes Viano?
Now let’s move on to the part you’re almost certainly most enthusiastic about in this article, namely how to adjust the fog lights on your Mercedes Viano? Now that you have realized the interest of this adjustment, which may seem trivial, let’s move on to the practical part.
Adjusting the fog lights is particularly easy, here are a few techniques to follow to do it optimally:
- Empty your vehicle, 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 Mercedes Viano.
- Place your vehicle on a flat floor 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 Mercedes Viano), 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 Mercedes Viano 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, 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 very easily, they will be more or less reachable depending on the year and the options of your Mercedes Viano)
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Now you know how to adjust the fog lights on your Mercedes Viano, 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 read our article on how to adjust the low beam lights on Mercedes Viano if you want to verify their lighting level.
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