Whether you feel you can’t see as well at night, regardless whether you feel you’re lighting too low or too high, in all of these situations, there’s only one part of your car to blame – your low beams. Even though this adjustment may appear easy thanks to the thumbwheel on your dashboard, a whole adjustment is much more technical than this ordinary modification, and in this article, we will find out how to adjust the low beam lights of your Infiniti G? For this, first we will find out why you should adjust your lights, and, secondly, how to adjust the low beam lights of your Infiniti G.

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Why set the low beam lights of your Infiniti G?

So let’s begin our article with the advantage of adjusting the low beam lights of your Infiniti G. For most of us these lights are well enough adjusted, and it seems that they light up enough at night. However this is not always the case and verifying this setting, either because the low beams of your Infiniti G are not lighting up well, or because you have the sense that they are too low or too strong is a good option .

Adjusting the low beam of your Infiniti G for security is a good option.

Firstly, the adjusting of the dipped headlights of an Infiniti G must be done for a elementary security reason. Whether it’s for you, or for the other drivers you encounter during your night journeys. In reality, if you don’t see enough, the risk is to fail to see an obstacle on the road, or to predict a curve badly. Alternatively, if your lights are too strong, you risk dazzling the people in front of you, and thus putting yourself in danger. It is subsequently imperative for others as well as for you to have an optimal setting of your parking lights.

Setting the low beam headlights of an Infiniti G for legal justifications

Additionally to security, there is a law that regulates the power, the adjustment of low beams of cars, here is what it specifies: have between 2 and 4 headlights that illuminate at least 30 meters. Another regulation regulates their use, the European one (directive 76/756/EEC), which stipulates that the height of the beam must be between 500 mm and 1200 mm from the ground, and that they must be at least 600 mm apart.

How to adjust the low-beam headlamps of a Infiniti G?

We will now move on to the part that interests you the more in this article, how to adjust the low beams of his Infiniti G? This setting may seem a bit complex, but if you follow the instructions you should be able to do it without too much issue.

Preparations to set the low beam of a Infiniti G

Firstly, you will need to set up your car to adjust your low beam lights in good conditions, here are the preparations to put in place:

  • Place your car on a surface in front of a white wall for example, about 4 or 5 meters from the wall.
  • Verify your tire pressure rigorously.
  • Verify that the height adjustment knob for the lights is set to 0
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  • Try doing that with half a full tank.
  • Remove all unnecessary weight from the car, only one person should be in the driver’s seat.

The setting of the low beam headlights of his Infiniti G

Once your car is in position, you will turn on your dipped beam and make a cross-shaped mark (one horizontal and one vertical section) in the middle of the beam that will be projected on the wall. Make sure with a level that both parts of the cross are straight. Then back your car up to a distance of between 7 and 10 metres. For the rest of the task here are the steps to follow:

  • Open your bonnet, identify the screws for horizontal and vertical adjustment of the lights of your Infiniti G (they are in most cases marked, and those above must adjust the verticality and those on the side controls the horizontality of the adjustment).
  • Use a cloth or something else to hide the light on which you are not making the manipulation.
  • Using the screws to make the horizontal manipulation, you should have the most intense part of the beam which should be a little to the right of the vertical line marked on the wall
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  • With regard to vertical modification, you will have to use the screw to try to position the upper end of the beam at the level of the horizontal marking on the wall, or slightly below.
  • Once done, check that the low beam setting of your Infiniti G is consistent on the road, do not be reluctant to check that it has been driven, in some cases it may move.

If you want to adjust the fog lights on your Infiniti G, please read our article on this subject.

In the event that you have any additional questions about the Infiniti G, do not hesitate to consult our Infiniti G category.