Whether there are showers, foggy or snowing, most of the time, we are happy being eqquiped of fog lights on your car. However, they can occasionally be out of adjustment or you may find that they are adjust too high or too low. That’s the reasons we wrote this short post to demonstrate to you how to adjust the fog lights on your Renault Espace 4?. To make this happen, first, we will see what is the benefit of adjusting the fog lights of his car, then, in another section, how to adjust the fog lights of your Renault Espace 4.
Why is it necessary to adjust the front fog lights of your Renault Espace 4?
So we will commence our short post with the advantage of adjusting the fog lights to Renault Espace 4. Although some fog lights are not set and are set at the factory, you have the opportunity to modify their setting so that they light up more or less high. This equipment, which is not obligatory on an Renault Espace 4, allows you to greatly enhance your visibility. However, it is only allowed 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 Renault Espace 4 allows you not to blind and to increase the gain in visibility that they provide. Moreover, fog lights that are not correctly adjusted will undoubtedly disturb the car owners 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 properly adjusted.
How to adjust the fog lights of your Renault Espace 4?
Now let’s go forward to the part you’re probably most interested in in this short post, namely how to adjust the fog lights on your Renault Espace 4? Now that you have realized the advantage of this adjustment, which may seem trivial, let’s move on to the practical part.
Adjusting the fog lights is extremely simple, here are a few things 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 Renault Espace 4.
- Place your car on a flat area 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 Renault Espace 4), write this distance on the wall in front of your car and mark it with a construction tape for example.
- Switch on the fog lights on your Renault Espace 4 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 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 located above your fog lights, you should find them easily, they will be more or less reachable depending on the year and the options of your Renault Espace 4)
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Now you know how to adjust the fog lights on your Renault Espace 4, don’t forget to check it from time to time if you have the impression that they are not anymore illuminating properly, don’t hesitate to consult our short post on how to adjust the low beam lights on Renault Espace 4 if you want to check their lighting level.
If you want more guides on the Renault Espace 4, go to our Renault Espace 4 category.
