Ensuring your vehicle's lights are working correctly is critical for your own safety and also other road users as it allows you to be able to see and help others to see you. Your headlights are a way to see and be seen when you drive in the dark, or in bad weather. It’s crucial that they are clean and aligned correctly.

If your headlights are too high, they can dazzle oncoming drivers, potentially causing an accident. Headlights set too low can limit your visibility, making it difficult for you to see where you’re going, or react in time to unexpected traffic on the road.

Headlamp aim may be affected over time or when a new bulb is fitted. Correct alignment is an important road safety feature that ensures you, the driver, can see enough of the road both in the distance and near to you. Irish cars have headlamps that dip to the left so that oncoming drivers aren't dazzled. It is normally a legal requirement to use beam converters when driving your Irish-registered car in a country where vehicles drive on the right.

We provide a quick headlight alignment service for all vehicles at our Walkinstown garage. Misaligned headlights are a major gripe with NCT testing centres. Correct headlight alignment can mean the difference between a pass or a fail at test time, so why not book a quick headlight service before you go for your NCT?