General Front light adjustments

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General Front light adjustments

crafty_chris

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hi peoples!

Just wondering if theres any easy way of adjusting my front headlights as they seemed to be fairly low even though ive adjusted them (inside the car)..

I checked my haynes manual and it reccomends taking it to a dealer for this.. thats no good i wanna do it myself as budget is low at the monent.

many thanks!!!

chris
 
Do you know i've had my car for nearly 3 months and only found out today that the headlights can be dipped and lifted from inside the car LOL:D
 
open the bonnet and where the headlight is screwed in there will be a hole in the metal. there will be a white piece of plastic that you can turn to move them up or down. probably a good idea to get someone to check it out for you so your lights aren't dazzling on coming traffic..it couldn't cost that much!
 
park perpendicular to a wall.

put in-car headlight adjustment to lowest setting

open bonnet.

use a philips screwdriver to turn the white plastic height adjustment screw, one on each light

make sure both headlight beams are roughly level with the headlight glass, and each other

use a philips screwdriver to turn the white plastic angle adjustment screw, one on each light

make sure both headlights point straight ahead in line with the car, or to your preference (i like to spread the beams, especially to the left)

shut bonnet and do a little wiggle :)
 
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