Using yellow low beams as a replacement for fog lights?

Starinless

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http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/wa/consol_reg/rtr2014295/s291.html this is about as close as I have found to an actual aiming spec so far, but the NT has this http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nt/consol_reg/images/1202424.jpg as well as ACT and SA.

If I look in the same place in WA regs I just get that vague language in my first link.
I will have to measure my headlight height and try and convert that to a percentage.

Edit: I can find a light vehicle inspection Manual for every state except WA, They all seam to say no higher than the center of the light 8m away and no higher than 1m 25m away, I'm thinking that WA might be using the draft of the federal vehicle inspection manual insted of there own and that's why I cannot find a WA spaciffic one. https://www.google.com.au/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=http://www.ntc.gov.au/Media/Reports/(E6AB7981-9431-8853-6A4A-AEC4C56A22EE).pdf&ved=0ahUKEwixwsrfvafUAhWBvbwKHUqNBdMQFggeMAE&usg=AFQjCNGSOdpj1BHohlzBBapxHNWr-G6Rpg&sig2=gs0J2SpMLQBw9ragLHh3YQ
 
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-Virgil-

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No good -- those distance requirements are not only severely insufficient unless you don't exceed 30 km/h, but they also aren't really headlamp aim specs. You might call around to a few shops that do official inspections and ask them what the aim angle range is. Or if you don't want to be bothered, get on your computer and make a couple of decals with the headlight pictogram and 0.7%, stick them in place, and go get your headlamps aimed to spec! :)
 
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