Whether it’s raining, foggy or snowing, in most cases, it’s usefull having fog lights on your vehicle. But, they can in some instances be out of adjustment or you may consider that they are adjust too high or too low. That’s the reasons we published this short post to explain to you how to adjust the fog lights on your Nissan Rogue?. To accomplish this, first, we will discover what is the benefit of adjusting the fog lights of his car, then, in an extra section, how to adjust the fog lights of your Nissan Rogue.
Why is it important to adjust the front fog lights of your Nissan Rogue?
So we will start our short post with the benefit of adjusting the fog lights to Nissan Rogue. 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 devices, which is not mandatory on an Nissan Rogue, allows you to greatly increase 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 an optimal setting of the fog lights of its Nissan Rogue allows you not to blind and to maximise the gain in visibility that they offer. Moreover, fog lights that are not correctly adjusted will undoubtedly bother the drivers 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 Nissan Rogue?
Now let’s go forward to the portion you’re probably most enthusiastic about in this short post, namely how to adjust the fog lights on your Nissan Rogue? Now that you have realized the advantage of this adjustment, which may seem unimportant, let’s move on to the practical part.
Adjusting the fog lights is really easy, here are a few 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 Nissan Rogue.
- 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 distance from the ground to the top of your fog lamp (on your Nissan Rogue), 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 Nissan Rogue and check 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 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 easily, they will be more or less reachable determined by the year and the options of your Nissan Rogue)
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Now you know how to adjust the fog lights on your Nissan Rogue, don’t forget to check it from time to time if you have the impression that they are not anymore illuminating properly, don’t think twice to read our short post on how to adjust the low beam lights on Nissan Rogue if you want to verify their lighting level.
In the event that you have any additional questions about the Nissan Rogue, do not hesitate to consult our Nissan Rogue category.
