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Re: Headlight Alignment (archive)
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Posted by Max Fretter (NZ 87 735i) on July 01, 2001 at 16:39:10:

In Reply to: Headlight Alignment posted by Stuart on July 01, 2001 at 16:08:15:

The little black plastic clips that the headlight front "ears" go into have cross-head bolts in them (eg phillips head on the metal ball on the top of the shaft/screw in the clips... these are at the front, LENS lide of the lights.

Screw the adjuster shafts in/out for adjustment.

Max


730 (UK model)
Since I'll be taking a trip abroad this year I thought I better check out reversing the headlight dip. The manual says to slacken the screws and turn the units on thier slots to the other extreme and job done.
Except when I looked someone had mashed up the slots on one unit and it was already loose.
After dark mumblings about life, the universe and everything I was struck by insipration. Do the left and right units use the same mounting slots ? because by jove there a lot of em (slots that is).
Luck was with me and simply swapping left and right meant both units had good slots.
However ......
One beam is now higher than the other Mmmmmmm.
Any ideas where the adjustment is made to bring them into line please ?




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