concor

I have a little mystery. Both my headlights are aiming too high, about 2 meters high on 10 meters away. The painter claims he only removed the plastic headlight covers, and did not touch anything else. He did remove the front bumper and the right headlight is mounted too far back. Could anybody tell me how to fix this perhaps? Thanks in advance!

Mrmerlin

Do this first, There are level adjusters under the fenders, these require that the front fender block off plates be removed to see the height adjusters. ( both for up and down) and the front wheels must be removed as well.

Once the headlights are adjusted then final beam adjustment is done by removing the headlamp covers and adjusting the beams with the headlight screws
To center the headlights in the fenders, open the hood and look at the light bar where it enters the fender wells there are 2 10mm bolts( that hold the bar supports) these can be moved to adjust the headlights in the fender surrounds , you can also loosen the 2 connector bar bolts to move the headlights but it may take a combination of both.

concor

Excellent. Sounds good. Thanks a lot Mrmerlin, as usual, you are the man! I didn't know there were level adjusters, good to know. I think the level is okay by the way. Nice to read that there are 4 bolts to center the headlights again. Thanks again for your very complete explanation, I'm gonna dive into it this weekend.

Mrmerlin

Ahh forgot to mention that when your adjusting the lights you disconnect the battery and remove the headlight motor cover (its the rubber cover over the motor) then you can slowly run the lights up and down with the thumb wheel, to see if the covers will hit, if they do then you can stop and adjust the lights so it wont scratch the fenders or the headlight covers

concor

Fixed it today! I managed to center the headlight and stop it from hitting the side thanks to your advice of the 4 screws Merlin.
The aiming too high error was caused by the motor that turns the headlights. Its screws were lose and they are adjustable in height. So the whole motor was moved downwards which made both lights shine upwards simultaneous, blinding oncoming traffic.
I also exchanged a headlight which had a small whole in the glass and cannibalized the old headlight to make a 'best of' one without rusting screws. I exchanged all 6 screws of the plastic covers too, don't want them flapping off on the highway. And I touched up the paint damage it made where it touched to fender.

There was a strange problem too. There is a height adjuster which is controlled by a **** next to the chair. One of the height adjusters had the hose (with air/oil) disconnected and I found a screw in it that closed off the opening of the hose. Anyway, the height adjuster unit somehow is putting the headlight in a position that is too high. I cannot push it in further to make it aim down more. I find that rather strange because I think that when the height adjuster unit has no hose attached to it, that it is in the shortest (pushed in) position. I can pull it a bit and it has a spring in it that pulls it back. The result is that I had to adjust the aiming screws to aim the headlight maximum down, which in turn makes a gap on the top between the glass and the plastic cover. Through which more water than usual can poor in.

Anyway, I am very happy with all the things I fixed today. I'll post some pictures soon.

Mrmerlin

if you post some pictures of the adjuster your talking about someone may be able to guide you on how to fix it.
USA cars dont have the adjusters.

GlenL

If your headlight adjusters are messed up, as mine were, then you can replae the cylinders in the headlights with solid pieces. Check the PET for numbers. Solved a problem I had where the headlights bounced on every crack I hit.