Headlight Adjust

[davey205 7 1 Cars]

sorry if this has been covered before but how do you adjust the headlights i keep getting angry flashes so im assuming they are far too high feel free to delete as soon as answered

[hengti 2]

if memory serves me rightly (which it might not be doing - wait for conf.), the ball/socket thing that the lamps are secured with are threaded, so that you can adjust up/down and in/out. there's some sort of lever as well isn't there? for quick adjustments if towing, etc?

[welshpug 1,666]

I take it you've done work on them since the last MOT?

 

I'd pop in the nearest friendly MOT garage and ask if they could check and adjust as necessary, make sure everything moves freely before you go though, and they'll be more inclined to do it for less, maybe some biscuits or beer tokens

[davey205 7 1 Cars]

I take it you've done work on them since the last MOT?

 

I'd pop in the nearest friendly MOT garage and ask if they could check and adjust as necessary, make sure everything moves freely before you go though, and they'll be more inclined to do it for less, maybe some biscuits or beer tokens

 

yeah i took them out to waxoyl around the engine bay etc absent minded as ever !

[davey205 7 1 Cars]

yeah i took them out to waxoyl around the engine bay etc absent minded as ever !

reakon the adjuster is fooked on both of them as well tried adjusting it just goes loose :-( boo hoo!

[jimistdt 1]

Is your headlamp secured on both sides with the spring clips? Before you push them back into situ, there is as hengti said, a small lever a couple of inches long and on the end of it a small clip that needs to locate into the ball on the adjuster. It is fiddly, long fingers are a bonus. Then you can push the lamp home.

 

If the adjuster is moving freely it sounds like either the ball and socket is not connected or it has broken off.

[davey205 7 1 Cars]

Is your headlamp secured on both sides with the spring clips? Before you push them back into situ, there is as hengti said, a small lever a couple of inches long and on the end of it a small clip that needs to locate into the ball on the adjuster. It is fiddly, long fingers are a bonus. Then you can push the lamp home.

 

If the adjuster is moving freely it sounds like either the ball and socket is not connected or it has broken off.

it is fubarred beyond all recognition some of the spring clips are missing and u cant even adjust it argh and then its loose as hell bloody car i havent even put the steering wheel lock on maybe its time to go for a nice saxo vtr or a 306 d turbo or even a mk2 fiesta beige with contrasting rust wheel arches lol :-( not a happy boy

Edited August 21, 2009 by davey205

[engine killer 6]

probably it's time for you to get a new pair of height adjuster.

 

left corrector - GBP24.6

right corrector - GBP24.6

 

my left one broke just a few days ago due to ageing.