Whether there are showers, foggy or snowing, generally, you appreciate being eqquiped of fog lights on your motor vehicle. But, they can once in a while be out of adjustment or you may feel that they are adjust too high or too low. That’s the reasons we wrote this short post to explain to you how to adjust the fog lights on your Scion tC?. To do this, first, we will see what is the reason of adjusting the fog lights of his automobile, then, in another part, how to adjust the fog lights of your Scion tC.
Why is it necessary to adjust the front fog lights of your Scion tC?
So we will commence our short post with the point of setting the fog lights to Scion tC. Although 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 devices, which is not obligatory on an Scion tC, allows you to greatly boost your visibility. However, it is exclusively authorized outside built-up spaces in addition to the high beam, or in heavy rain, snow or fog.
Having a perfect setting of the fog lights of its Scion tC allows you not to blind and to maximise the gain in visibility that they provide. Moreover, fog lights that are not effectively adjusted will undoubtedly disturb the drivers you pass 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 Scion tC?
Now let’s move on to the portion you’re most likely most enthusiastic about in this short post, namely how to adjust the fog lights on your Scion tC? 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 extremely easy, here are a few things to follow to do it optimally:
- Empty your automobile, verify the pressure of your tires and, place only one person (about 70kg) in the driver’s seat which will simulate an empty weight of your Scion tC.
- Place your automobile on a flat surface 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 Scion tC), 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 Scion tC 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 trace, through 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 determined by the year and the options of your Scion tC)
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Now you know how to adjust the fog lights on your Scion tC, 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 short post on how to adjust the low beam lights on Scion tC if you want to verify their lighting level.
To discover more tips on the Scion tC, take a look at the Scion tC category.
